Manager, Programmatic

Job Description:

Dentsu programmatic is shaping the future programmatic and is looking for the next rising star to join the team. We are looking for someone who is proactive works well in a team environment and is accountable. As a Programmatic Manager your role is to support and strengthen our team of programmatic buyers and strategists. Youll be the teams go-to resource for platform and ad tech expertise quality control billing accuracy process and escalations making sure the team can deliver excellent campaign results. A successful candidate would be hands-on when needed stepping into campaigns to cover capacity gaps troubleshoot issues and provide growth and mentoring to their team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the first point of escalation for programmatic buyers/strategist on platform issues pacing/delivery problems optimization questions and technical troubleshooting issues such as pixels etc.
• Collaborate with internal teams on upcoming campaign strategies identifying areas for testing new industry products as well as use of advanced Dentsu products.
• Show up as a team leader to provide support and collaboration for clients when needed.
• Work alongside Programmatic Director to identify areas of opportunity related to revenue and growth goals.
• Help manage team capacity and workload distribution alongside leadership.
• Coach and mentor jr team members to build their technical skills and confidence across programmatic.
• Oversee month-end reconciliation between platform spend and invoices and resolve any discrepancies with finance and partners.

Qualifications

• 5 years of digital advertising experience with at least 3-4 years of hands-on programmatic trading.
• Deep expertise in at least one major DSP (The Trade Desk DV360 Amazon DSP etc.) with working knowledge of others.
• Strong knowledge of the ad tech ecosystem and how its components work together: DSPs SSPs ad servers DMPs/CDPs verification and data providers.
• Solid understanding of programmatic billing including fee structures budget setup invoicing and reconciliation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for delivery pacing tracking and discrepancy issues.
• Experience participating in client meetings; presenting campaign performance recommendations and learnings.
• Experience coaching training or informally leading peers.
• Proficiency in Excel for reconciliation and analysis
• Technically curious with a deep understanding of how the ad tech stack works
• Comfortable context-switching between campaigns and priorities

Additional Information.

Vacancy:Is this posting for the purposes of filling an existing vacancy Y/N

The salary range for this position is$75k-$85k. Actual salary within thesalary range will be based on avariety of factors including relevantexperience knowledge and skills.A range of medical dental RRSPpaid time off and/or other benefitsalso are available to all permanentemployees.

AI Disclosure: dentsu utilizes artificial intelligence tools as part of its recruitment process as during the sourcing and screening stages. All other parts of the dentsu application and hiring processes do not utilize artificial intelligence tools.

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