Remote Associate Director Programmatic Strategy & Growth

LHH; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH is seeking an Associate Director of Programmatic for a permanent role. This hands-on leader will craft smart media strategies, oversee activation and optimization, and partner with internal teams and clients to drive measurable results.

The ideal candidate brings strong agency experience and deep programmatic knowledge, balancing strategic thinking with day-to-day execution.

This is a remote role for candidates living in the United States and authorized to work without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in programmatic media or paid media strategy and execution.
• Agency experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience managing programmatic campaigns across major DSPs such as The Trade Desk, DV360, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of the programmatic ecosystem, including audience strategy, inventory, data partners, measurement, optimization, and reporting.
• Experience developing campaign strategies and executing full-funnel programmatic media plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of programmatic media strategies across client accounts
• Build, launch, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot programmatic campaigns across DSPs and activation platforms
• Translate audience, media, data, and measurement strategies into actionable campaign plans
• Analyze campaign performance and provide optimization recommendations to improve results
• Partner with internal teams across media planning, analytics, ad operations, creative, and client services
• Serve as a subject matter expert on programmatic media, audience activation, measurement, and emerging industry trends
• Develop best practices, QA processes, workflows, and reporting standards to support consistent campaign execution
• Present strategic recommendations, performance insights, and campaign results to internal stakeholders and clients
• Support new business, organic growth, and client strategy discussions as needed

Skills

Programmatic media

Agency experience

Analytics

Full-funnel strategy

Campaign optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing/advertising/business/analytics

Tools

The Trade Desk

DV360

Job description

LHH is seeking an Associate Director of Programmatic for a permanent role. This hands-on leader will craft smart media strategies, oversee activation and optimization, and partner with internal teams and clients to drive measurable results.

The ideal candidate brings strong agency experience and deep programmatic knowledge, balancing strategic thinking with day-to-day execution.

This is a remote role for candidates living in the United States and authorized to work without sponsorship.