Senior Insight Director
Lead SMG’s UK Insight powerhouse - driving innovation, shaping strategy, and turning data into powerful stories that fuel growth across retail media and beyond.
Location: London, hybrid (two days per week in the office)
Level: Senior Director
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Insight Director to lead our UK central insight function. In this role, you will drive best-in-class measurement and deliver actionable insights across our retail media networks and agency, Capture. You’ll be at the forefront of turning complex data into strategic, future-facing decisions that create real value for our clients and retail partners.
If you love variety, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and embrace change with energy, this could be your right role.
Why SMG?
At SMG, we hire for the future, which is fast-moving and changing shape. Do you have the potential to help shape our business? We’re looking for brilliant, diverse talent who want to grow with us—people who are curious, ambitious, and eager to learn, whether as specialists or across teams.
Our culture is everything. If you’re someone who stays honest, stays hungry, stays foolish, and has fun, you’ll feel right at home here.
We value those who take ownership of their growth and bring fresh perspectives. That’s why we’re committed to equity, inclusion, and building a place where everyone feels empowered to grow. At SMG, it’s not just about filling a role but building the future together.
We’re proud to be ranked the #1 Best Marketing and Media Agency and to have received World-Class accreditation from Best Companies.
- 10% discretionary bonus
- £1,800 yearly wellbeing fund (on top of your salary!)
- Free Headspace subscription
- £500 yearly “Learning Fund” for learning
- 4 extra Wellbeing Days off per year
- Summer & Winter conferences + year-round celebrations
- 4pm finishes every Friday
- Flexible and hybrid working
Are We What You’re Looking For?
We move fast, adapt quickly, and like to challenge each other. We're looking for people who enjoy the buzz of change, the satisfaction of building something better, and the joy of working with a close-knit, values-driven team.
This isn’t for everyone, but if you thrive in this environment, we’d love to meet you!
A Little Bit About You
You’ll bring:
- Proven leadership in insight, analytics, or strategy. Ideally in a retail, media or marketing background
- Deep knowledge of campaign measurement and translating data into actionable insights
- A strategic mindset with a bias for action and strong problem solving skills
- Experience building & leading high-performing, scalable teams
- Strong communication & stakeholder influence skills
- Understanding of data platforms, first party data, test & learn frameworks and econometrics
Don’t meet every single requirement? We still want to hear from you. If you believe you’d thrive in this role, your unique perspective might be just what we’re looking for.
What You’ll Be Doing
Your days will be dynamic. You might find yourself:
- Leading a team of 20+ across retail media networks, defining priorities and driving team capability
- Ensuring accurate, timely campaign evaluations and championing operational excellence
- Delivering insights that shape smarter investment strategies for clients and partners
- Driving the evolution of plan-apps and insight measurement frameworks across RMNs
- Representing SMG in industry conversations on measurement, standardisation and innovation
- Identifying future measurement trends and translating them into commercial opportunities
Our Values:
Stay honest. Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Have fun.
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