Director, Media Operations

Requirements

• University Degree or College Diploma or Equivalent Work Experience, preferred in Marketing, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Communications/Advertising.
• Ideal candidate has media or advertising agency experience and understands the inner workings of the agency model.
• 7+ years of overall industry experience with 5+ years in media operations within the Advertising and/or Media field, including experience leading and developing direct reports.
• Proven track record of building processes or an operating model from the ground up on a new or immature account.
• Billing, budget management, forecasting, and reconciliation experience within a media agency, with strong financial acumen.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities, with the ability to create order from chaos.
• Hands-on interest in automation and AI, with a track record of using tools to streamline manual workflows.
• A continuous improvement mindset and systems thinker who can see the big picture and connect the dots.
• Proven capabilities leading projects from conception to implementation, and managing concurrent projects.
• Excellent leadership skills and the ability to inspire and interact with all levels of staff.

Preferred

• Experience with Prisma/Mediaocean, Guidelines/MediaTools.
• Hands-on experience with automation and AI tools (e.g., Power Automate, generative AI tools, Power BI, advanced Excel).
• Experience leading systems implementations, taxonomy, or data governance initiatives.
• Exposure to SOX compliance and contract or SOW governance.

Benefits

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• 'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances