Head of media trading

Retail Media has moved from emerging channel to strategic priority for the brands and the retailers. In 2025, global spend reached $171 billion — one dollar in every five spent on advertising worldwide. But the real competition is no longer about budgets. It is about consistently proving that every euro invested leads to new, measurable sales.

About Unlimitail

Our ambition: to become the #1 Commerce Media Network worldwide by connecting every shopper moment — from discovery to purchase — and turning media investment into measurable, incremental sales.

Built on Carrefour's decade of Retail Media experience, Unlimitail today works with 35 retailers across 21 countries, representing 250 million shoppers and more than 3,000 brands — already the #1 omnichannel Commerce Media Network in Europe.

Joining Unlimitail means joining a company at the crossroads of data, technology, and digital marketing — at the precise moment when the industry is deciding what performance actually means.

Role Overview

As a Head of Media Trading , you will join our Operations team and report to Françoise, VP Operations . In this role, you will build, lead and develop the programmatic and social trading capability at Unlimitail across all platforms: DV360, The Trade Desk, Xandr Curate, Meta, TikTok, etc. You will manage and mentor a team of Media Traders, define the trading strategy, and ensure campaign performance excellence across our retailers portfolio.

Your main responsibilities will include

Performance Management and Team Leadership

• Recruit, onboard and manage a team of Media Traders, set clear objectives and conduct regular performance reviews.
• Provide clear direction to the trading team, fostering accountability, continuous learning and a performance-oriented culture.
• Coach and develop traders at all levels — from junior profiles in active formation to experienced senior traders — fostering a culture of trading excellence, continuous learning, and data-driven decision making.

Process Optimization Management

• Define and continuously improve the end-to-end trading workflow: from brief intake, campaign setup, activation to optimisation and reporting.
• Drive efficiency and productivity by streamlining processes, leveraging platform automation, and ensuring scalable and consistent campaign execution.

Performance Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor campaign KPIs (CPM, CTR, ROAS, viewability, delivery pacing, etc ) across all platforms, identify optimisation levers, and drive corrective actions to meet objectives.
• Produce regular performance reports and budget pacing recommendations for internal stakeholders.

Quality Assurance and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with industry regulations, platform policies, and brand safety standards.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (Sales, Account Management, CSM, Data, Product) to translate campaign briefs into efficient trading strategies, and implement quality assurance processes to ensure flawless campaign delivery.

Platform Expertise and Innovation

• Be the internal expert on all offsite platforms, maintaining strong relationships with partners. Stay ahead of updates, new features, market innovations and emerging technologies (AI bidding, attention metrics for ie).
• Support the VP Operations defining and driving the programmatic and social trading roadmap for Unlimitail. Propose and co-build new offers in collaboration with Sales, Product and Data teams. Identify and test new platforms and supply opportunities to expand Unlimitail’s media offering and grow the business.

We're looking for someone who brings

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in programmatic trading, preferably in a media agency, trading desk, ad tech company or retail media environment.
• 3+ years of experience in management
• Comfortable working with the retail media ecosystem, including onsite and offsite activation, first‑party data strategies, and the specificities of Retail Media Networks (RMN).

Hard Skills

• Strong knowledge of all platforms in scope (programmatic and social), including campaign setup, audience targeting, bid strategies and performance optimization.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with Sales, Account Management, CSM and Data teams, as well as external platform partners (Google,The Trade Desk, Meta, TikTok).
• Professional proficiency in both french and english

Mindset

• Leadership : Proven ability to recruit, develop and manage a team of traders, including junior profiles in active upskilling, driving a performance-oriented culture.
• Strategist : Ability to align trading operations with business objectives, balancing short-term performance delivery with long‑term platform and capability development.
• Entrepreneurial spirit : Strong market watch capability and entrepreneurial mindset to identify new technologies and translate them into concrete product or commercial proposals that grow Unlimitail’s programmatic and social media business.

What’s in it for you

• Work in a fast‑paced , international , and innovative environment, at the intersection of data, retail, and media – one of the fastest-growing spaces in digital
• A strategic role in a high‑growth team with autonomy and impact
• Office located in the heart of Paris
• A flexible remote work policy of 2 days/week
• 90% reimbursement of public transportation
• 10€/day Swile card for each working day, we'll cover 60% of the cost
• Covered by the Advertising Industry Collective Agreement

Our Hiring Process

Our hiring process is designed to help us get to know each other and ensure a strong match between your experience, your ambitions, and our needs.

• A first conversation with our Talent Acquisition team (15 min) : A short introductory call to discuss the role, understand your expectations, align on key elements such as scope, location, compensation, and answer your initial questions.
• A deep-dive interview with our Talent Acquisition team (1 hour) : An in-depth conversation to explore your background, experience, motivations, and fit with the role. This is also an opportunity to dive deeper into the position, the team, and what you could bring to Unlimitail.
• Interviews with the hiring manager and key stakeholders (1 hour) : A chance to meet the team, discuss the business challenges, and better understand how you could contribute to our success.
• Final discussions and offer : The final step to align on expectations and move forward together.

Unlimitail is committed to fostering a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background.

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.