Director, Operations & Resource Management

twentysix; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 112,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

PTO & holidays

401k with company contribution

Paid parental leave

Work-life balance

Career growth

Job summary

Monks is seeking a Director of Operations & Resource Management to lead end-to-end hiring, staff planning, and talent alignment for the Media Agency group. You will connect agency leadership with finance and recruitment, reporting to the VP, Operations, and act as the operational hub.

In this role, you will oversee hiring workflows, resource allocation, and weekly leadership syncs, delivering dashboards and maintaining data integrity across headcount and requisitions.

Qualifications

• Meticulous attention to detail with proven capability to maintain high data accuracy within complex operational tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• Hiring Workflow Execution: Drive the end-to-end role opening process, managing requisition entries, tracking approvals across Finance and executive leadership, and auditing recruitment systems to eliminate bottlenecks.
• Resource Allocation & Utilization: Analyze department utilization, billability, and project demands to guide headcount forecasts, staffing strategies, and casting decisions.
• Leadership Cadence & Reporting: Facilitate weekly hiring and ops leadership syncs by preparing real-time tracking dashboards that highlight open requisitions, priority backfills, and hiring statuses.
• Data Integrity & Headcount Reconciliation: Maintain source-of-truth trackers for team departures, historical turnover, and open positions, regularly auditing input sheets to prevent forecasting errors.
• Off-Cycle Promotion Management: Facilitate and streamline the submission, review, and leadership sign-off processes for off-cycle promotions and compensation adjustments.

Skills

Data analysis

Hiring workflow

Resource management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Greenhouse

Job description

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About the Role

As the Director, Operations & Resource Management, you will lead the end-to-end operational execution of hiring, staff planning, and talent alignment for the Media Agency group at Monks. Reporting directly to the VP, Operations, you will act as the key operational hub connecting agency leadership, finance, and recruitment.

• First 30 Days: Onboard seamlessly into existing systems and operational workflows for managing job requisitions, tracking approvals, and maintaining hiring data integrity.
• First 90 Days: Elevate team efficiency by leveraging observed resource utilization and billability metrics to drive data-informed staffing recommendations.
• First Year: Serve as the definitive "casting manager" for the entire Media department, strategically deploying talent and shaping staff planning in close partnership with cross-departmental leaders.

Responsibilities:

• Hiring Workflow Execution: Drive the end-to-end role opening process, managing requisition entries, tracking approvals across Finance and executive leadership, and auditing recruitment systems to eliminate bottlenecks.
• Resource Allocation & Utilization: Analyze department utilization, billability, and project demands to guide headcount forecasts, staffing strategies, and casting decisions.
• Leadership Cadence & Reporting: Facilitate weekly hiring and ops leadership syncs by preparing real-time tracking dashboards that highlight open requisitions, priority backfills, and hiring statuses.
• Data Integrity & Headcount Reconciliation: Maintain source-of-truth trackers for team departures, historical turnover, and open positions, regularly auditing input sheets to prevent forecasting errors.
• Off-Cycle Promotion Management: Facilitate and streamline the submission, review, and leadership sign-off processes for off-cycle promotions and compensation adjustments.

About You

Must-Haves:

• Meticulous attention to detail with proven capability to maintain high data accuracy within complex operational tracking systems.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with SME stakeholders, leadership, and finance teams to navigate and streamline hiring and approval workflows.
• Strong analytical ability with a track record of using data to inform staffing strategies and operational improvements.
• Prior resource management or operational leadership experience within a Media Agency environment.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience working with Greenhouse
• Prior experience working as a SME within paid media (strategy, planning, investment, etc.)

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.* *

This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

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What We Offer

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)

This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range: $130,000—$140,000 USD**About Monks **

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.