Senior Manager - Programmatic Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$80K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the programmatic strategy and lead growth discussions with agency partners, turning data into upsell opportunities and end client value.

  • Lead programmatic strategy and multi channel pitches to convert data into client narratives.
  • Drive adoption of FYND across media plans to grow the programmatic business.
  • Build case studies and collateral to accelerate upsell and educate agency teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Reporting into the Director of Programmatic Strategy and Planning, you will lead the Programmatic strategy and assist in multi-channel agency pitches.
  • Delivering a world class service – the agency account and planning teams are the primary clients, so you will communicate well with agency colleagues and share your knowledge striving to constantly improve the reputation of programmatic investment through your professional attitude and knowledge of the space.
  • Demonstrate programmatic leadership – you will need a high-level knowledge of digital media, programmatic technology and industry to help champion programmatic investment with the agency account teams and with the end client. Working closely with FYND leadership, to better understand our USP to up-sell and improve solutions based on market trends.
  • Drive business growth – the growth of our programmatic business depends on the increased adoption of FYND across media plans. You will assist at the planning stage to ensure that FYND’s programmatic offering is considered from a strategic growth process and act as the advocate to push programmatic solutions by having constructive data led discussions.
  • Proven experience of building strong relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders across the agency.
  • You will articulate the value of FYND Media service for each client through effective and insightful data led presentations. You will be an expert in explaining difficult data led concepts and analysis in a story driven discussion to educate and upsell ideas.
  • You will act as a point of escalation for all top line programmatic queries and troubleshooting problems, deep-dives and be considered an expert in programmatic strategy and planning, through both platform-working knowledge and a strong understanding of industry trends and competitor offerings.
  • Ensure a complete understanding of end-to-end programmatic strategy and planning from a commercial and revenue front is adopted alongside how to address agency planning versus our internal programmatic solutions.
  • Working with internal departments as well as carrying out your own research rapidly learning and articulating new value propositions and building case studies and other relevant material to drive client investment in our programmatic solutions.
  • Leading business development pitches as the programmatic expert.
  • Creating and amending programmatic collateral to support the pitch and selling in FYND’s programmatic solutions.
  • Creating case studies to support the wider Business Development and account teams.
  • Working with marketing leads to help improve/create relevant programmatic content such as whitepapers or social media articles that can help promote our great work.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in the field of agency sales/client servicing role in the digital media and or programmatic space.
  • A proactive, self-starter who can use their own initiative to spot and leverage opportunities via innovation and forward-thinking and are comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and leadership team.
  • Application of industry & technical knowledge of internet functionality, the online advertising industry, trends, technologies, and pricing models.
  • Strong programmatic knowledge to meet client objectives. A deep understanding of our competitor’s programmatic solutions to be able to convey our USPs versus theirs.
  • Experience working with programmatic Display, Video, and Mobile. CTV, Audio, DOOH are a plus.
  • Working with marketing leads to help improve/create relevant programmatic content such as whitepapers or social media articles that can help promote our great work.
  • Working knowledge of key programmatic DSPs (DV360, Trade Desk), Ad servers, Mobile Measurement tools would be beneficial.
  • Excellent communicator at all managerial and leadership level, with the ability to explain key concepts and strategies in a compelling way by tailoring our message as a convincing story to the audience.
  • Agility and flexibility are important to demonstrate the ability to solve problems
  • Strong proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint, especially in presentation skills to different stakeholders.

Preferred

  • CTV, Audio, DOOH are a plus.

Benefits

  • We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive employer subsidized benefits package which includes group medical, dental and vision coverage, Health Savings Account, 401k retirement plan with annual company match, employee wellness, commuter benefits and cellular phone allowance, generous paid time off and employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility giving time to the non-profit, community service or charity of your choice.
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M+C Saatchi Group

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M+C Saatchi Group is a global creative solutions company and the world’s largest independent creative network. We connect specialist expertise, powered by creativity, data and technology, to help build famous brands, solve the most complex business and societal challenges, and create and curate Cultural Power for our clients.

Founded in 1995
London, England, GBR
1.3K employees (474 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
71% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
52.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.1%
Direct
45.7%
Referral
7.1%
Social
8.7%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
210 (16% of company)
Median Career Experience
7 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
10

Funding

Total Funding
$66.5M
Last Raise
$66.5M
Post IPO Debt, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2021
    Post IPO Debt • $66.5M

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