Programmatic Manager, Client Success

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive client success in a programmatic self-serve offering by guiding adoption, expanding spend, and improving outcomes.

  • Own the self-serve programmatic offering and serve as primary client contact.
  • 4+ years in programmatic advertising, client success, or related digital media.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with sales and operations to improve client experience and inform product enhancements.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the VP of Client Success to define, package, and evolve the self-serve programmatic offering and establish scalable servicing standards
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for programmatic clients, providing strategic guidance and troubleshooting support within a self-serve environment
  • Drive adoption and success of self-serve campaigns by educating clients on best practices, platform capabilities, and optimization strategies
  • Analyze campaign performance data to deliver actionable insights and recommend improvements that maximize client outcomes
  • Grow client accounts by identifying opportunities to expand spend, transition campaigns to always-on strategies, and deepen creative usage
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships to foster long-term partnerships and retention
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with sales and operations teams to improve the client experience and inform product enhancements
  • Develop scalable resources (playbooks, training materials, FAQs) to support client onboarding and ongoing success
  • Monitor industry trends and programmatic best practices to continuously refine client strategies and service models

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in programmatic advertising, client success, account management, or a related digital media role
  • Strong understanding of self-serve platforms, programmatic buying, and campaign optimization strategies
  • Hands-on experience working within DSPs and/or SSPs (e.g., The Trade Desk, DV360, Xandr, Magnite), with a solid grasp of platform capabilities and workflows
  • Proven ability to manage and grow client relationships, with a track record of driving retention and revenue expansion
  • Experience working with data and analytics to generate insights and inform strategic recommendations
  • Highly collaborative mindset with experience partnering cross-functionally across sales and operations teams
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and help define processes, offerings, and best practices from the ground up
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, client-friendly guidance
  • Proactive, solutions-oriented approach with a focus on continuous improvement and client outcomes

Benefits

  • We are a team of talented, kind people, driven by innovation.
  • We put the human first. Whether our employee, client, partner, or community; we genuinely care about your well-being and will do whatever we can to support it.
  • We are relentless in our pursuit of innovation, remaining flexible and open to change, remaining scrappy and collaborative in pursuit of common goals.
  • We balance our dedication to success with the accountability to deliver, trusting our expertise, while verifying our thinking at every step.
  • We advocate for the growth and success of our people and the communities in which they belong to through transparent & clear communication, championing a culture in which everyone has a voice and contributes to our success, and a socially aware approach to everything we touch.
  • We aim to cultivate a work environment where each person, no matter the identities they hold, not only feels safe, seen, and heard, but also celebrated.
  • Unlimited PTO with a healthy culture of taking time off to recharge so you can bring your best self to work
  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including modern support services via Bennie, such as a custom app and healthcare concierge to support a simplified benefits experience for our staff
  • Mental Health Support via Samata Health paid 100% by KERV
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KERV.ai is powering convergence of AI-video content, context, commerce for the world's leading brands, agencies and publishers. Our patented AI technology captures metadata across every video frame at the pixel edge to identify, analyze and match context and objects to immersive and shoppable advertising, driving unparalleled performance for advertisers and monetization opportunities for content owners.

Founded in 2017
Austin, Texas, USA
111 employees (16 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.1%
Direct
53.8%
Referral
5.9%
Social
7.9%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~113

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (11% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$34M
Last Raise
Series Unknown, 4 years ago

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