Senior Manager, Programmatic

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About The Role

The Senior Manager, Programmatic role is part of the Media.Monks, Performance.Monks unit. The Programmatic & Digital Media team (P&M) helps to develop and execute direct buys with online publishers, as well as programmatic media buying across ad mediums (CTV, display, video & more). The Senior Account Manager is responsible for day-to-day set up, trafficking, monitoring, and optimization of programmatic media campaigns across multiple buying platforms. The Senior Account Manager will serve a portfolio of clients and collaborate across an integrated team to ensure media plans are delivered flawlessly in line with customer processes and standards. You would be joining Performance.Monks fastest growing team on the ground floor.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the client-facing programmatic digital media lead on account teams (usually comprised of an account lead, paid search lead & paid social lead)
• Develop the strongest digital media plan across programmatic and direct partners based on client goals
• Set-up & launch of programmatic media campaigns working across a variety of DSPs
• RFP and select direct media partners across a variety of top publications
• Oversee the RFP, launch, and post campaign stages with a variety of media publications
• Coordinate with ad ops on ad trafficking in DCM, as well as guiding floodlight and tracking set up for net new advertisers
• Monitor media in-flight campaign pacing, budgets, optimizations, and results, both in-flight and post buy
• Troubleshoot trafficking issues related to creative, publisher implementation & escalating to 3rd party vendors. Create reports and provide data-driven recommendations that support optimizing campaigns towards client’s desired KPIs
• Measure impact and effectiveness of campaigns using quantitative and qualitative metrics to share with account lead and client contact
• Provide subject matter expertise on executing programmatic media campaigns across different programmatic platforms
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to ensure our marketing efforts remain innovative and impactful
  
  
  

About You

The essentials:

• 4+ years of experience in programmatic ads management
• Experience working with at least one of the following: DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, StackAdapt, 6sense, Demandbase etc.
• Experience working with or familiarity of DCM
• Experience with CTV/OTT, digital audio, native, high impact, or direct buys (at least 1 category)
• Experience presenting programmatic and digital media performance and strategy in a client-facing scenario
• Passion for crunching numbers, analyzing data, and navigating Excel spreadsheets
  
  
  

At Media.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
• 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!)
  
  
  

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$81,000—$91,000 USD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.