Senior Director, Programmatic Delivery

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Azerion is a global digital entertainment and media platform combining creative and technology to deliver brand performance and monetise publishers. With over 1250 employees across nearly 30 global offices Azerion is headquartered in Amsterdam and is one of the worlds fastest-growing digital companies. We own the creative and technology in our platform offering our partners unrivaled audience insight brand safety efficiency and effectiveness.

At Azerion US we embrace diverse perspectives and build teams with unique experiences and backgrounds. We look for individuals who align with our core values:

ExcellenceExcellence in all that we do.
Ownership Own the action shape the outcome.
Collaboration United effort shared success.
Innovation Innovation to drive progress.
Communication Transparency trust limitless possibilities.

The Role

You will scale operational excellence unify cross-channel programmatic delivery and align performance strategy and revenue risk management. This senior role requires deep expertise in programmatic strategy ad tech reporting automation risk management and team leadership.

What we are looking for:

We seek a strategic results-driven Senior Director of Programmatic Delivery to lead programmatic operations across media execution and technical account support. You will own the end-to-end delivery of programmatic campaigns managing and mentoring a high-performing team of Traders (Managed Service) and Technical Account Managers (Supply Curation) while driving operational excellence thought leadership and margin growth.

Job Responsibilities:

Leadership & Organizational Management

Lead mentor and develop a cross-functional team of Managed Service Traders and TAMs (Supply Curation).
Define and implement scalable team structures workflows and documentation.
Foster a collaborative solutions-driven culture balancing technical rigor with creative problem-solving.
Partner with analytics product and client services to refine workflows and escalation protocols.

Performance Management

Hold traders accountable for margin delivery and performance goals.
Review campaign health metrics regularly and implement corrective actions.
Ensure proper setup hygiene tool utilization and adherence to pricing/margin guidelines.
Leverage proprietary platforms (Hawk Targetspot Improve HT DMP) for cost efficiencies.

Risk Management

Oversee campaign and portfolio performance focusing on efficiency ROI and business outcomes.
Maintain account performance sheets Tableau dashboards and taxonomy standards for automated reporting.
Proactively identify and escalate delivery performance or margin risks.
Monitor pacing platform behavior and margin trends to preempt issues.
Lead troubleshooting for high-risk campaigns engaging SMEs as needed.
Maintain accurate updated and stress-tested forecasting models.

Pre-Sales Support

Approve final rates vendor recommendations and partnership pilots.
Manage DSP SSP DMP measurement and data provider relationships.
Guide integration of new technologies and advanced capabilities (e.g. dynamic creative identity resolution audience enrichment).
Collaborate with product marketing to bring emerging capabilities to market.

Operational Excellence & Governance

Create and enforce SOPs SLAs and escalation protocols.
Ensure adherence to brand safety fraud prevention viewability standards and regulatory compliance (GDPR CCPA etc.).
Lead quarterly business reviews and operational audits for enterprise clients.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Business/Marketing or related field (Masters degree preferred).
7 years in digital advertising or ad tech with 5 years in a programmatic leadership role.
Experience managing teams across trading ad operations or technical account management.
Expert knowledge of major DSPs and SSPs (e.g. The Trade Desk DV360 Magnite Index Pubmatic Xandr SSPs) tag management pixel tracking and data integrations.
Proven success delivering large-scale programmatic campaigns across multiple verticals or client types.
Experience with AdOps responsibilities inclusive of but not limited to tag troubleshooting tag wrapping creative trafficking and advanced measurement capabilities.
Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

Preferred Experience:

Experience within an agency in-house media team or ad tech platform environment.
Familiarity with regulations within the sensitive category ad space ie. HIPPA GDPR.
Working knowledge of ad verification and brand safety platforms (e.g. IAS DoubleVerify MOAT).

Required Experience:

Senior Manager