Senior Media Lead (12 month fixed term contract)

CompanyKenvue

LocationReading, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/20/2026

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Description

Kenvue Is Currently Recruiting For a

Senior Media Lead (12 month fixed term contract)

What We Do

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who We Are

Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future–and yours. For more information, click here.

Role Reports To

Media and Digital Director Northern Europe

Location:

Europe/Middle East/Africa, United Kingdom, Reading, Berkshire

Work Location:

Hybrid

What You Will Do

Job Title

Media Lead – Maternity Cover (12 months)

Location

Reading (Hybrid)

Reporting to

Digital & Media Director

What We Do

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who We Are

Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future–and yours. For more information, click here.

Role Summary

This role provides maternity cover for the Media Lead position, with a clear focus on agency leadership, governance, financial control, and media investment decision-making.

The successful candidate will act as the senior in-house media authority, responsible for ensuring that agency partners deliver against strategic, financial, and operational expectations. The role is less focused on hands-on retail or e-commerce media execution, and instead prioritises agency transition leadership, robust media planning, billing and finance governance, and evaluation of media and content quality.

This role will work closely with marketing, finance, procurement, and agency partners to ensure media activity is strategically sound, operationally efficient, and financially accountable.

Key Responsibilities

Agency Leadership & Governance

Lead and manage relationships with media agencies across planning, buying, and activation
Act as the senior day-to-day client lead for agencies, ensuring clarity of scope, accountability, and performance
Lead and support any agency transition or restructuring activity, including onboarding, ways of working, governance frameworks, and continuity of delivery

Own agency ways of working, ensuring consistency, transparency, and best-practice standards across teams

Conduct agency performance reviews and contribute to evaluation of operating models, resourcing, and value delivery

Media Planning & Strategic Evaluation

Provide senior media planning oversight across channels, ensuring plans align to brand strategy, business objectives, and audience needs
Evaluate media strategy quality, channel roles, phasing, reach and frequency logic, and investment balance
Assess content quality and media-context fit, ensuring creative and media work together effectively
Act as a strategic advisor to brand and marketing teams on media choices and trade-offs

Financial, Billing & Investment Oversight

Own oversight of media billing processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reconciliation
Partner closely with finance and procurement teams on budgets, forecasting, accruals, and spend tracking
Ensure agencies operate within agreed financial processes and governance frameworks
Lead evaluation of media investment decisions, including rationale for spend, expected return, and effectiveness

Support development of clear media investment criteria: why we invest, where we invest, and what success looks like

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work collaboratively with marketing, finance, procurement, and external partners to ensure joined-up delivery
Act as the key connector between agencies and internal stakeholders, resolving issues quickly and constructively
Support integrated briefing processes and ensure media considerations are embedded early in planning

Leadership & Capability

Provide leadership and direction to internal media team members (where applicable), ensuring clarity of priorities and delivery focus
Bring structure, pace, and rigour to media operations during the maternity cover period
Champion strong process, documentation, and decision-making discipline

What We're Looking For

Extensive experience in media roles, either agency-side or in-house, with strong exposure to media planning, governance, and agency leadership
Demonstrated experience leading or supporting agency transitions, onboarding, or changes in operating model

Strong understanding of media billing, finance processes, and budget management

Proven ability to evaluate media strategy, investment decisions, and performance beyond surface-level metrics

Experience working closely with senior stakeholders

Skills & Attributes

Highly operational, organised, and delivery-focused
Commercially minded, with confidence interrogating spend, value, and return
Strong communicator, able to challenge constructively and lead senior agency conversations
Strategic thinker with the ability to assess media and content quality holistically
Comfortable operating in complex, matrixed organisations
Calm, credible, and decisive during periods of change

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