Programmatic Lead, Media Management and Delivery

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the global programmatic agenda, aligning local market nuances with a unified operating model to drive consistent, high-performance activation across markets.

  • Growth Infrastructure: unify programmatic setups and governance to enable scalable, cross-market activation.
  • Governance & Measurement: codify best practices in account structure, taxonomy, activation hygiene, and data-informed decisioning.
  • Global Collaboration & Client Leadership: lead investment governance, cross-market learning, and multi-market activation teams for durable growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities and how this role operates across markets
  • Growth Infrastructure: unifying local programmatic setups into a global operating structure to drive consistency with local nuance.
  • Governance & Measurement: establishing best practices in account structuring, campaign taxonomy, activation hygiene, and marketing-science informed decisioning with QA processes.
  • Global Collaboration & Client Leadership: leading client and Investment governance, cross-market learning rituals, and multi-market activation teams to sustain growth and accountability.
Requirements
  • Substantial success leading the global programmatic agenda for major brands across multiple markets.
  • Deep expertise in account structuring, campaign setup, and optimisation across major DSPs (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, Yahoo, others).
  • Proven ability to roll out governance frameworks, playbooks, and QA processes across distributed multi-market teams.
Preferred
Benefits
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)

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

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6,288 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
21