Key Notes
Revenue ownership and a team of more than ten people are the responsibilities of Trainline Media’s General Manager. You’ll set the travel-media proposition, build its operating model and align sales, advertising operations, client success and strategy. Experience scaling a media function, leading teams and owning revenue is required, with brand-media understanding and senior influence. The full-time London role is hybrid and requires at least 60% office attendance over twelve weeks.
What You'll Work On
- Set Trainline Media’s proposition, target markets and growth priorities, aligning revenue targets with senior stakeholders and wider rail-platform business objectives.
- Develop and launch the travel-media offering with Product, Data, PR and Marketing, representing the business to advertising buyers and the media industry.
- Lead and grow sales, advertising operations, client-success and strategy teams, developing capability across a function of more than ten colleagues.
- Design scalable client-delivery, billing and performance processes, using data and AI tools to balance commercial growth with effective media operations.
What They Are Looking For
- Experience: Building and scaling a media or advertising function, ideally within a broader consumer-technology business.
- Domain: Brand-media understanding and positioning an emerging proposition; performance-media experience is helpful.
- Experience: Leading large teams and owning revenue targets, operating rhythms and scalable commercial processes.
- Stakeholder: Constructive senior influence and clear judgement across competing business priorities.
- Preferred: Practical data or AI tools and an active media-industry presence are helpful; interest in building an industry presence is also accepted.