Manager, Campaign Management EMEA

Criteo

Criteo

Barcelona, Spain
Posted on Feb 12, 2026

What You'll Do:

Criteo is seeking a strategic and people-focused leader for its Campaign Management EMEA team within the EMEA Performance Media segment. This role is responsible for driving commercial success through operational excellence, team leadership, and a forward‑looking strategy that elevates client value and operational efficiency. Beyond delivering today’s performance, this leader will also shape the future of the function, continuing to define its long‑term vision, embedding innovative, scalable ways of working.

  • Leadership: Lead and inspire a globally distributed team of Campaign Managers and Team Leaders, with full financial accountability for scaling and optimizing top-tier advertiser portfolios. Set clear KPIs, rigorously track performance, and embed a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.

  • Talent Management: Own end-to-end talent lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, training, and ongoing performance management. Identify strengths and development gaps, conduct structured performance reviews, and actively support career progression and succession planning.

  • Coaching & mentoring: Drive sustained performance growth through regular coaching, actionable feedback, and hands-on leadership support

  • Client Escalations: Serve as the primary escalation point for complex client and internal issues, ensuring timely resolution and consistently high client satisfaction. Partner cross-functionally to deliver aligned, high-quality client service.

  • Process Optimization: design and implement scalable frameworks to monitor campaign health, standardize workflows, and improve operational efficiency. Champion initiatives that drive operational excellence, innovation, and commercial impact.

  • Role Evolution: Continuously assess and evolve the Campaign Management function to ensure alignment with changing business needs, market dynamics, and strategic priorities.

Who You Are:

  • Leadership experience : Demonstrated leadership and relationship-building skills, able to influence senior stakeholders internally, having managed multicountry teams.

  • Business impact: Proven track record of exceeding goals and contributing to team success.

  • Cross-functional collaboration: Comfortable operating in a matrixed, fast-paced environment, balancing strategic priorities with executional rigor.

  • Campaign optimization: Experience in managing clients and driving performance KPIs across the marketing funnel.

  • Proven results: Consistently exceed goals and contribute to team success.

  • Strategic communicator: Deliver clear, relevant, and solution-oriented updates to leadership and teams.

  • Excellent communication: Translate complex ideas into simple, compelling narratives.

  • Authentic: Demonstrate self-awareness and humility.

  • Curious, pragmatic, and impact-driven : you combine insights, collaboration, and accountability to deliver results.

We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we’d love to see your application!​

Who We Are:

Criteo is a leader in commerce media, helping brands, agencies, and publishers create meaningful consumer connections through AI-powered advertising solutions. We’re shaping a more open and sustainable digital future for advertising.

At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.

We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.

What We Offer:

🏢 Ways of working – Our hybrid model blends home with in-office experiences, making space for both.
📈 Grow with us – Learning, mentorship & career development programs.
💪 Your wellbeing matters – Health benefits, wellness perks & mental health support.
🤝 A team that cares – Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected.
💸 Fair pay & perks – Attractive salary, with performance-based rewards and family-friendly policies, plus the potential for equity depending on role and level.

Additional benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo.