Your responsibilities

• Role Summary and Impact
• As part of the Global Operations Centre (GOC) in Poland, you will work closely with teams across the United States, Europe, and Asia to deliver high-impact solutions in a collaborative, multicultural environment. We are looking for a Programmatic Planning & Operations Director, who will:
• Campaign Management
• • Build effective media plans to organize campaign actions and goals
• • Oversee and ensure best-in-class campaign activation across relevant accounts, ensuring campaigns are operating at the highest standard and delivering highest quality output for our clients.
• • Take a proactive role, supervising campaign activation and optimisation rigor, while also supporting global hub, executives, and managers, across your clients.
• • Create templates and proven methodologies for optimisation approach for key trading tactics and optimisation logs.
• Client and Partner Management
• • Build strong, effective relationships with clients maintaining relationships of trust and respect
• • Demonstrate an understanding of the media and technology developments that influence our client’s business.
• • Drive revenue growth through spotting new optimisation opportunities, services or products and delivering excellent results.
• • Develop strong relationships with media owners and other service providers to select the most appropriate suppliers for campaigns.
• • Understand the products and solutions that could be relevant for clients that have been developed within the group.
• People Management
• • The ability to motivate and train individuals, being a key stakeholder in the development of junior staff.
• • To support and nurture junior & global hub employees, ensuring their training and development needs are constantly evaluated and fulfilled.
• • Clearly outline tasks and objectives with the Programmatic Associate Director, with specific deliverables and timelines for progression.
• • Highlight great teamwork, and client initiatives. Demonstrate examples of Programmatic best practice to the wider team and contribute to department and wider agency PR and communications.
• Operational Excellence
• • The appropriate use of tools to drive accountability in programmatic buying, operational efficiencies, and actionable business insights, with the scoping of agreed client outputs.
• • Ensure financial accuracy, integrating the planning and buying process, and reconciliation of spends, including client terms and programmatic fees, via buying templates and processes.
• • Maintain standards and process throughout the end-to-end campaign lifecycle
• • Proactively seek opportunities to develop and enhance your understanding and knowledge of the programmatic landscape, latest tech platforms, vendors, and suppliers.

Our requirements

• Strong experience in programmatic roles and client-facing positions.
• Experience in managing multi-location activations teams.
• Experience in training and maintaining quality standards at scale.
• A strong background in biddable media is a must.
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-market accounts where you’ve delivered measurable business outcomes.
• EU regional experience is required
• Ability to craft a compelling, data-driven story that is anchored in the client’s business need.
• Ability to anticipate challenges/opportunities and deliver highly persuasive, strategic & structured communication.
• Confident in forecasting budget during campaign delivery as many times as needed.
• Solutions-oriented and high levels of organisation.
• An empathetic and thoughtful leader comfortable with working through detailed, written communications.
• Ability to effectively work in a matrix organization.
• Proficiency in English

What we offer

• Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include access to internal learning platforms, certifications, and training sessions, life insurance, medical care & sports card in Medicover, funding for English language learning, employee mental health awareness day and , and more.
• WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. We are committed to offering equal opportunities to all employees, which is why we only establish collaborations based on employment contracts.
• We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office two days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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