Manager, Programmatic

Agency: Omd Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Performance Media Job Description: Who we’re looking for:   We are seeking a Programmatic Media Manager with experience in campaign management and execution, who is a vocal and engaged leader on their client and functional teams and has shown the ability to carry out strategy through structuring and planning. Managers are direct managers of the junior team members on their account and take responsibility for guiding their growth and ensuring that the team functions most effectively and with minimal errors.   As a Manager on our Digital Activation team, you will play a key role in developing programmatic media plans and executing campaigns while ensuring that pacing, performance and the Digital Activation Process is activated correctly.    We are seeking individuals with experience managing a team, delegating tasks and providing growth opportunities for junior team members. A proven track record of managing-up and actively communicating to all team members. This role requires that you clearly and concisely articulate communications to external and internal teams.     We want an individual that is accountable for all aspects of the plan and has the ability to flag and escalate concerns appropriately to their manager. The ideal candidate has strong attention to detail and extensive experience in QAing large datasets.   We value our culture above anything else, and that culture is built on the spirit of our people. We’re looking for tireless optimists, happy warriors and fearless collaborators who bring that extra dose of contagious energy.

The responsibilities of the Programmatic Media Manager will include:   Leadership  Drive overall digital strategy and associated tactics to meet client’s goals, working closely with account lead(s)  Established as leader with the client and across all departmental teams, effectively prioritizing and negotiating needs between all parties  Effectively manage and develop junior team members (mentoring, training, etc.)  Prioritize and manage quarterly priorities and ad-hoc requests to ensure they are executed on time and to client expectations by entire client team  Ability to problem solve, such as finding solutions for issues not yet attempted  Proactively share learnings and best practices across the organization  Establish oneself as an expert within their functional department and client team  Identify ways to improve team efficiency and effectiveness, such as new processes  Bring new proactive ideas to help meet client goals and grow business  Communication  Ability to consult/educate/negotiate with clients and agency partners; providing expert consultation to vendors, internal teams, and clients Effectively communicate paid media insights, reporting, trends, and new initiatives to client/agency partners and vendors   Ability to present recommendations/ideas to client and internal team  Ability to effectively merchandise successes to the client   Help educate client team on latest trends, best practices, technologies, etc.; ability to distill key ideas for non-digitally-centric teams Demonstrates appropriate judgment through proper escalation      Functional Expertise  In-depth knowledge of:  Programmatic optimizations (proactive and reactive)   Forecasting and opportunity/gap analysis  Advanced platform knowledge across all objectives (awareness, consideration and conversion)  Monitoring new media trends and products and evaluating application to client  Research tools/competitive analysis  Budget/pacing and billing  Understanding integrated media  Industry trends  Our expectations of you:   Deep understanding of programmatic media campaigns and activation; providing inputs and guidance around campaign design, including requirements for success and optimal use of demand side platforms  Help strategists and coordinators develop insights and