Associate Director, Programmatic

Lead programmatic media strategy and execution for a team, overseeing campaigns across display, video, mobile, and emerging biddable platforms. Provide strategic insight and consultancy to local markets, driving programmatic best practice and managing supplier relationships. Mentor team members and collaborate with social and cross-channel activation directors to deliver integrated digital campaigns.

This role leads a programmatic team within WPP's Global Operations Centre, managing delivery to regional teams across the US, Europe, and Asia. The Associate Director is responsible for enforcing DV360 and TrueView best practices, ensuring high-quality output, and serving as the point of escalation for the team. This position also involves line management of 2-5 direct reports, capacity planning, and providing career development and coaching.

This role leads a programmatic team within WPP's Global Operations Centre, managing 2-5 direct reports and up to 10 indirect reports. The Associate Director is responsible for enforcing DV360 and TrueView best practices, ensuring consistent high-quality delivery to regional teams, and providing career development and coaching. They also handle capacity planning, resource management, and serve as the point of escalation for team challenges.

Leads a digital media team, overseeing strategy, execution, and optimization of digital campaigns across channels. Requires expertise in programmatic buying, performance media, and team leadership.

This role manages day-to-day programmatic campaign performance for Amazon across DSPs like DV360 and The Trade Desk, ensuring KPIs are met through optimizations and strategic campaign setup. The manager communicates with internal teams to facilitate client requests and requires 5+ years of programmatic platform exposure and deep knowledge of the programmatic technology stack.

This role manages end-to-end media planning and campaign delivery for the L'Oréal International Distribution account across 30+ markets. The Manager builds multi-market channel plans, coordinates local agency teams, and directs offshore activation desks in Delhi, requiring 3-5 years of digital media planning experience and advanced Excel skills.

This role leads media investment and execution for integrated campaigns with a strong focus on offline media in India. The Senior Manager will oversee end-to-end investment across TV, Print, Radio, OOH, and digital channels, negotiate with media partners, manage inventory, and mentor junior team members, requiring strong commercial negotiation skills and experience with BARC data.