Director, Digital Activation

Wpp Group; Cherry Hill Township (NJ); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

CMI Media Group, part of WPP, is seeking a Director of Digital Activation to oversee biddable media offerings across SEM, Paid Social, Programmatic, and Digital Video. You will lead strategy with the VP, build client relationships, and drive performance analysis from implementation to optimization.

The role requires 8+ years in biddable media, strong leadership and analytics, and a track record managing partners and teams. Healthcare media expertise is a plus.

Formación

• 8+ years of biddable media campaign management experience.
• 5+ years of team management and partner relationships.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead and build departmental processes, partnerships, and tools.

Responsabilidades

• Lead strategy with VP to deliver biddable capabilities for clients.
• Set goals and KPIs with Business Insights for campaigns across channels.
• Create SOPs and best practices; identify staffing optimization opportunities.
• Build strong client, vendor, and partner relationships across teams.
• Mentor channel leads and ensure executional excellence.
• Stay current on new technologies, data sources, and innovations.

Conocimientos

Biddable media management

SA360 experience

The Trade Desk

Audience strategy

Analytical thinking

Project management

Leadership

Communication skills

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business

Herramientas

Sprinklr

GA360

Google Ads

Descripción del empleo

Description

Position at CMI Media Group

As a key leader within our agency, the Director, Digital Activation will be instrumental in overseeing CMI Media Group's biddable offerings on assigned accounts. This includes, but is not limited to, SEM, Paid Social, Programmatic, Digital Video, and more. You will provide critical thought leadership both internally and externally, leading the development of strategic plans designed to meet clients' brand and marketing objectives, from implementation through performance analysis.

This role is part of a core leadership team, responsible for building and maintaining strong external relationships with clients, vendors, suppliers, and agency partners, in collaboration with client team leads. Internally, you will establish key relationships across Engagement Strategy, Client Finance, Supplier Partner Team, Customer Development Team, Ad Ops, Media Investment, Insights/Analytics, and other digital channels. You are deeply versed in the buying, execution, and evaluation of all biddable strategies, including interaction with leading tools and platforms.

What You'll Do:

• Strategic Leadership: Work closely with the VP, Digital Activation to lead strategy, innovate, and deliver our biddable capabilities for assigned clients.
• Performance & Optimization: Establish goals and KPIs in partnership with the Business Insights team for campaigns across all biddable channels.
• Best Practices & Innovation: Collaborate with Digital Activation leadership to ensure best practices and SOPs are created, implemented, updated, and executed. Identify opportunities for alternative staffing arrangements to streamline work processes.
• Thought Leadership: Play a significant role in thought leadership across both endemic and non-endemic opportunities, representing the organization in public forums and contributing to industry recognition.
• Partnership & Collaboration: Establish strong, strategic relationships with key partners in the biddable media space (Google, Microsoft, TikTok, The Trade Desk, PulsePoint, IQVIA, Meta, Twitter/X, etc.). Identify and lead omnichannel opportunities to connect biddable media channel data, insights, and strategies across teams.
• Client Success: Partner with Digital Activation leadership, internal stakeholders, and client leadership to ensure client satisfaction in all biddable media areas, establishing relationships with senior members at assigned clients.
• Advocacy & Adoption: Advocate for proprietary tools and data, increasing adoption amongst teams. Introduce additional CMI Media Group and WPP solutions to clients as needed.
• Team Development: Mentor assigned biddable channel leads, developing their strategic and business skills. Provide leadership and hold teams accountable for executional excellence.
• Continuous Learning: Continuously educate yourself on new technology, data sources, partners, and innovations, advocating for their use and adoption within the agency.

What You'll Bring:

• 8+ years of experience managing biddable media campaigns in management platforms like SA360, Sprinklr, TTD, or other inventory and optimization platforms.
• Deep expertise in audience suppliers, especially in the areas of Video, Programmatic, Paid Social, SEM, and more.
• Excellent digital media background and project management skills.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven experience leading and building departmental processes, partnerships, and tools.
• 5+ years of team management experience.
• 5+ years of managing partner relationships.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills.
• Ability to create, grow, and expand relationships with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrable passion for learning new technologies.
• Strong business and leadership skills to make independent decisions affecting the daily operations and management of campaigns.
• A passion for working in a fast-growing healthcare media agency.
• Expert in Digital Media best practices, strategy, and execution.
• Healthcare/Pharmaceutical background is a significant plus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably in marketing, business, or any quantitative or analytical related fields preferred.

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $90,000 to $180,000. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications.