Senior Global Media Operations Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale cross-market media operations governance, aligning platform setup, safety, and quality while driving ongoing transformation with clients, agencies, and internal teams.

  • Global governance: standardize media ops across markets, ensuring compliance and platform quality.
  • Platform optimization: advise on ad tech/martech configurations, troubleshooting, and cross-team escalation.
  • Operational transformation: partner with product/data/tech to improve tools, processes, and adoption.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead global and regional media operations governance, ensuring consistent standards and compliance across markets
  • Act as a trusted operational partner to clients and agency teams, advising on platform setup, structure, and optimisation opportunities
  • Oversee the implementation and usage of ad tech, martech, and media platforms (including DSPs, social platforms, and planning tools)
  • Drive governance across brand safety, account setup, access management, and platform quality
  • Collaborate with activation hubs and offshore teams to support delivery, troubleshooting, and escalation management
  • Support training, adoption, and continuous improvement of tools, processes, and frameworks across markets
  • Work with product, data, and technology teams to enhance platforms and contribute to operational transformation

Requirements

  • Experience in media operations, digital operations, or ad tech/martech within an agency or consultancy
  • Strong knowledge of programmatic, paid social, and paid search ecosystems
  • Confidence working across multiple markets and senior stakeholders
  • Experience in governance, process improvement, and operational transformation
  • A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and a passion for continuous improvement

Benefits

  • We are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely.
  • We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.
  • Be Your Best
  • We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
  • At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
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Omnicom Media UK

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OMG UK delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, MG OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences.We are enormously proud of our Agency and Network of the Year accolades, including most recently, PHD named Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year, MG OMD named Thinkbox TV Planning Agency of the Year, and OMG Unite named Media Agency of the Year at the Leadership and Diversity Awards.We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, diverse voices and minority communities are valued, heard and well represented, and where everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness.

Founded in 2000
London, England, GBR
2K employees (446 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

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