Senior Manager, Digital Investment

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end digital investment execution, from strategy and activation to optimization and reporting, while guiding client-facing conversations and cross-functional collaboration on programmatic campaigns.

  • Own programmatic activation, pacing, and optimization across DSPs
  • Provide data-driven insights and mentorship to the team
  • Collaborate with publishers and vendors to unlock client performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute digital investment recommendations across programmatic and direct partners based on client objectives, audiences, budgets, and KPIs, partnering with account and strategy leads as needed.
  • Oversee programmatic campaign activation across DSPs, ensuring campaign structure, targeting, budgets, tracking, QA, and launch requirements are accurate and aligned to the media plan.
  • Manage in-flight pacing, budget management, optimization, and performance across assigned campaigns, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and recommending appropriate actions.
  • Troubleshoot trafficking, creative, publisher, platform, and measurement issues, coordinating with internal teams and third-party vendors and escalating more complex issues when appropriate.
  • Create and oversee performance reporting and analysis, providing data-driven insights and recommendations that support campaign optimization and client KPIs.
  • Measure campaign impact and effectiveness using relevant quantitative and qualitative metrics and translate results into clear insights and recommendations for clients and internal teams.
  • Present campaign recaps, performance insights, and strategic recommendations to account leads, strategic planners, and clients, with increasing ownership of client-facing conversations.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in digital investment execution across programmatic platforms and digital media channels, helping the team apply best practices.
  • Build and maintain relationships with publishers, media vendors, data partners, and platform representatives, supporting effective execution and identifying opportunities for client performance.
  • Provide guidance, mentorship, and quality oversight to Account Managers and other digital investment team members, helping strengthen technical skills, campaign execution, and problem-solving.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in digital media, with at least 2 years of hands-on programmatic media buying and/or digital investment experience, preferably agency-side.
  • Experience working with at least one major DSP, such as DV360, The Trade Desk and Amazon DSP with a strong understanding of campaign setup and optimization.
  • Experience presenting digital media performance, insights, and strategy in a client-facing setting.
  • Experience managing publisher, media vendor, data vendor, and/or platform partnerships directly, including communication, execution, and issue resolution.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign data, identify trends, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
  • Strong attention to detail and technical fluency with digital media platforms, ad serving, tracking, measurement, and campaign QA.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple clients and priorities, collaborate across cross-functional teams, and take ownership of workstreams from planning through execution and reporting.

Benefits

  • Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
  • Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
  • 401k with company contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
  • Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
  • A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
  • Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
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