As a Director, Programmatic, you will lead the strategy, operating model, and financial performance of the organization’s programmatic media investment portfolio. You will oversee bidding strategy, inventory quality, supply-path optimization, measurement frameworks, risk controls, and team performance across major programmatic platforms and partners.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in programmatic media, digital investment, or performance marketing, including leadership experience within a trading desk, in-house programmatic function, or media investment organization
- Proven track record building and scaling programmatic capabilities within a fast-growing, client-facing environment
- Deep hands-on expertise across major DSPs, including DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, and retail media ecosystems
- Strong understanding of the broader programmatic supply chain, including SSPs, exchanges, identity frameworks, curated marketplaces, and supply-path optimization
- Demonstrated ability to develop, optimize, or operationalize bidding strategies, custom algorithms, log-level optimization, and AI-driven decisioning frameworks
- Experience leveraging data, automation, and AI platforms to improve media performance, operational efficiency, and portfolio-level outcomes
- Strong analytical and measurement capabilities, including incrementality testing, attribution, MMM, and interpreting model outputs to drive business decisions
- Financial and commercial acumen, including experience managing media budgets, analyzing unit economics, evaluating ROI, and owning portfolio performance outcomes
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with data science, engineering, analytics, finance, strategy, and client leadership teams
- Experience building processes, operating models, and governance structures within high-growth or evolving organizations
- Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with Python, R, clean rooms, or advanced analytics environments preferred
- Background in quantitative finance, trading, retail media, curated marketplaces, or internal media technology/platform development is a strong plus
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
