Business Director Marketing Science - PHD UK

<p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The role is for a senior leader within the team who reports directly to the Head of Marketing Science. It involves significant responsibilities across project and line management, commercial oversight of some financial targets, and new product development. </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Business Director provides direction to the team and the clients, ensuring we are focused on the questions that matter and that the team have the right tools and techniques to be able to deliver projects that are both valued by clients and profitable as a business.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The role will be a mix of strategic, client-facing interaction role and hands-on delivery of advanced analytical projects. Liaising with clients and directing projects end to end, ensuring statistical rigor and real-world media relevance. The role requires a good understanding of how media works and prior experience of measurement, ideally in a media agency environment. Working alongside Strategy, Planning and Investment teams, this role will bridge the gap to clients, ensuring that client requests are turned into designs for Analytics and that outputs are high quality and presented in a client friendly way.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">The opportunity</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a senior role for someone who can combine a creative approach to problem solving with smart technical know-how and polished project management/people skill.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong>About the Agency:</strong></p> <p>PHD UK is a growth-focused media agency driven by innovation and creativity.  It is the reigning <strong>Campaign AND Media Week Awards Media Agency of the Year</strong> and in March 2026 was named as <strong>the most awarded media agency in the World in the annual Warc Media 100 rankings</strong>. </p> <p>Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly.</p> <p>Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors.</p> <p>Over the