Senior Digital Investment Leader

twentysix; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 78,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health insurance

Generous PTO and holidays

401k with company contribution

Paid parental leave

Work-life balance

Career growth

Diversity and inclusion culture

Job summary

Monks is seeking a Senior Digital Investment Manager to lead day-to-day media strategy and execution for a portfolio of clients. You will develop investment plans, oversee activation, and drive optimization across programmatic and direct channels, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure client KPIs are met.

You will mentor junior team members, build publisher and partner relationships, and present performance insights to clients and internal stakeholders, while aligning with the

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in digital media, with at least 2 years of hands-on programmatic media buying and/or digital investment experience, preferably agency-side.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute digital investment recommendations across programmatic and direct partners based on client objectives, audiences, budgets, and KPIs, partnering with account and strategy leads as needed.
• Oversee programmatic campaign activation across DSPs, ensuring campaign structure, targeting, budgets, tracking, QA, and launch requirements are accurate and aligned to the media plan.
• Manage in-flight pacing, budget management, optimization, and performance across assigned campaigns, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and recommending appropriate actions.
• Troubleshoot trafficking, creative, publisher, platform, and measurement issues, coordinating with internal teams and third-party vendors and escalating more complex issues when appropriate.
• Create and oversee performance reporting and analysis, providing data-driven insights and recommendations that support campaign optimization and client KPIs.
• Measure campaign impact and effectiveness using relevant quantitative and qualitative metrics and translate results into clear insights and recommendations for clients and internal teams.
• Present campaign recaps, performance insights, and strategic recommendations to account leads, strategic planners, and clients, with increasing ownership of client-facing conversations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in digital investment execution across programmatic platforms and digital media channels, helping the team apply best practices.
• Build and maintain relationships with publishers, media vendors, data partners, and platform representatives, supporting effective execution and identifying opportunities for client performance.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and quality oversight to Account Managers and other digital investment team members, helping strengthen technical skills, campaign execution, and problem-solving.

Skills

Digital media

Programmatic

Campaign optimization

Client-facing

Analytics

Tools

DV360

The Trade Desk

Amazon DSP

Job description

Monks is seeking a Senior Digital Investment Manager to lead day-to-day media strategy and execution for a portfolio of clients. You will develop investment plans, oversee activation, and drive optimization across programmatic and direct channels, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure client KPIs are met.

You will mentor junior team members, build publisher and partner relationships, and present performance insights to clients and internal stakeholders, while aligning with the