Global Director, Programmatic

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $230K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

Job Summary

Own and drive the global programmatic practice, guiding a multi‑disciplinary team across video, mobile, social, display and native campaigns; coordinate cross‑functional streams with Strategy, Planning, Direct Investment and Analytics; shape practice deliverables such as SWOTs, QBRs, POVs and roadmaps, and collaborate with Data Science to align measurement plans with holistic brand metrics.

  • Own programmatic strategy and desk operations
  • Lead cross‑functional collaboration and measurement‑driven optimization
  • Develop thought leadership and roadmap initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As a Global 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.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
WPP Media logo

WPP Media

Media is changing. So are we. We are WPP's global media collective, built for the AI era.We bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create innovative solutions that deliver unparalleled growth for brands - in every market, every day.

30K employees (6,827 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$100K/yr – $230K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

See all WPP Media salaries

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
159.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
10.7%
Social
5.7%
Paid
2.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.1K
WPP Media logo

Global Director, Programmatic

WPP Media · New York City, NY · Hybrid