Associate Director, Data & Platforms

Chicago, IL (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years exp

Posted 8 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and guide data strategy for ad tech client work while shaping client POVs and educating stakeholders on complex platforms.

  • Relationship & Thought Leadership: Own day-to-day client relationships and share audience insights to influence business decisions.
  • Data & Tech Deployment: Oversee identity resolution/CDP tools and project manage deployment and activation.
  • Intellectual Capital and Mentoring: Demonstrate point-of-view driven leadership and onboard/coach team members.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage data strategy for advertising clients, communicating strategies/recommendations to clients using a consultative approach
  • Understand how platform/data technologies work and offer the ability to explain technical concepts in ordinary terms (be technically savvy - understand the opportunities and limitations)
  • Identify opportunities – industry learning, meet with vendors and provide a POV, with a client lens and in desired format - education/evangelize the findings
  • Oversee relationship with the Identity Resolution platforms, CDPs, or other AdTech solutions and project manage the deployment and activation of data technology solutions
  • Partner with internal Programmatic and media investment arms to support campaign activation as well as advanced data use cases
  • Oversee, author and/or constructively edit and review the writing of media documents (timelines, POVs, RFPs, plans, agreements, client memos, and correspondence from within and outside the agency).
  • Share knowledge with client and internal teams regarding audience insights and results to impact business needs
  • Provides input to client business-related decisions
  • Ownership of day-to-day client relationship (mid-level)
  • Anticipates risks and prepares multiple resolutions
  • Actively manages client care strategies
  • Builds strong client relationships
  • Accountable for manager and associate level deliverables
  • Provides clear and concise direction and messages
  • Has “Intellectual Capital”, understands people want to hear a point of view
  • Showcases the ability to manage & mentor others
  • Accountable for onboarding and team readiness

Requirements

  • 5+ years of prior digital advertising experience in a client-services capacity
  • 2+ years managing 2+ direct reports
  • In-depth technical knowledge of ad and marketing technology, including ad servers, rich media, dynamic creative, streaming video, OBA, ad verification, customer data management platforms, identity resolution solutions, DSPs, etc
  • Strong project management skills and keen ability to delegate
  • Strong understanding of digital media planning and management processes
  • Expert knowledge and experience with Identity Solution tools (eg. Epsilon, Liveramp, Neustar)
  • Expert understanding and usage of CDP (eg. Salesforce, Adobe, Treasure Data)
  • Expert understanding data flow within adtech/martech ecosystem
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Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. Website: www.publicisgroupe.com X: @PublicisGroupe Instagram: @publicisgroupe YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/publicisgroupe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe

Founded in 1926
Paris, Ile de France, FR
34K employees (11,817 in marketing)
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526.1K
Traffic Source Mix
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33.4%
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Referral
11.8%
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15.8%
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0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8,687 (22% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
103

Funding

Total Funding
$1.4B
Last Raise
$1.4B
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
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