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Director, Programmatic

GroupM
Los Angeles, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/7/2025

Description

Position at GroupM

Role Summary & Impact

As a Director, Programmatic, you will guide and direct the programmatic buying team, including Associate Directors, Managers, and a team of new and experienced programmatic specialists executing campaigns across multiple channels, platforms and devices such as video, mobile, social, display and native advertising. You will lead cross-departmental work streams and communication with Strategy, Planning, Direct Investment and Analytics to facilitate best-in-class execution and service to clients. In addition to team leadership, you will contribute to practice-level thought leadership and be responsibile for higher-level programmatic deliverables such as SWOTs, QBRs, POVs and account-level programmatic roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide programmatic leadership to Associate Directors, Managers, and junior staff.
  • Collaborate with the Data Science and Analytics team to develop measurement plans for tactical recommendations.
  • Continuously expand the knowledge base and improve our Programmatic offerings.
  • Lead account-level programmatic roadmap creation in lockstep with the Data Science teams.
  • Partner with our client and agency brand teams to drive their understanding of programmatic and its advantages and our capabilities to grow the adoption of programmatic as part of a holistic measurement plan that aligns optimizable media and brand metrics.
  • You will develop, apply and share standard methodologies for desk operations, communications, campaign management, cross-departmental coordination (finance, ad ops, etc.), measurement planning and reporting.
  • Help lead overall development of desk-level programmatic buying strategies; leadership of programmatic specialists; evaluation and identification of optimal partners (tech, data, media).

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Analytics, Marketing, Communications, Advertising; OR equivalent professional work experience.
  • 7 Years experience progressively senior / technical experience in programmatic, ad operations or biddable media on the media owner, agency (preferred) or ad tech side.
  • Hands-on experience with ad technologies including data management platforms, DSP's, SSP's, ad-verification, and third-party data providers is required.
  • Familiarity with viewability measurement (MOAT, IAS, DoubleVerify) and audience measurement (Nielsen DAR).
  • Practical experience with ad-serving solutions, tag management and operations is a strong plus.
  • Familiarity with Media Mix Modeling, or attribution modeling is advantageous.
  • Ability to showcase your strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency.
  • Life at GroupM

    Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. GroupM employees can tap into the global GroupM & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

    GroupM is WPP's media investment group and the world's leading media investment company with a mission to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. The company is responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, as measured by the independent research bureau COMvergence. Through its global agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, and T&Pm, and cross-channel performance (GroupM Nexus), data (Choreograph), entertainment (GroupM Motion Entertainment) and investment solutions, GroupM leverages a unique combination of global scale, expertise, and innovation to generate sustained value for clients wherever they do business. Discover more at www.groupm.com.

    GroupM provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse / family member of a protected veteran; or disability.

    GroupM is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with GroupM, please send an e-mail to GroupM Leave Administration at [email protected] or call ([redacted] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

    The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $100,000 to $230,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, please visit https : / / www.wpp.com / people / wellbeing / benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.

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