Head of Programmatic London, England Full Time

Group M Worldwide Inc.

We believe there always is a better way to grow. We positively provoke growth for our clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content and technology. The Wavemaker way is globally consistent. Fuelled by the world’s most powerful consumer data, we understand where and how marketing can intervene decisively to help brands win more sales.

Our name is our mission and our method. To make waves, you need to be provocative, even fearless. We do our best work for brave brands and people who want to be challenged to go further and faster. We know it’s not easy, but if it’s in you, we will get it out of you.

Our 7,600 people across 90 markets provoke growth for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses. Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:

• Deep knowledge we have of our clients’ business
• Confidence to challenge what’s gone before
• The support to go further than we thought possible

About GroupM Nexus:

GroupM Nexus UK is a community of more than 1000 specialists comprised of Search, Social, Programmatic & Display, and Ad Tech Ops Practice Squads from across the GroupM agencies. GroupM Nexus is designed to accelerate GroupM clients’ businesses by leveraging the power and capabilities of GroupM and its agencies, through partnerships with the world’s leading digital platforms, advanced accreditations for digital practitioners or continued development and deployment of industry leading benchmarks.

The Team:

We are a team of 10 + people working on a mixture of exciting clients that include Audible, Skyshowtime , Colgate and Helly Hansen . The team are part of the Wavemaker worldwide department, managing our largest multi market programmatic clients. We’ve won some exciting pieces of business this year and we are looking to grow our programmatic team and you will be expected to be an expert in setting up self serve programmatic, groupM products and services for programmatic as well as external partners in programmatic helping clients make the right choses to grow their business .

The Role:

The Head of Programmatic role is a senor digital leadership position within the Wavemaker worldwide department . As the head of programmatic department, you will be responsible for the development and ongoing growth of the programmatic team, as well as the entire programmatic and display offering to all Wavemaker clients. You will manage your own P&L and control resource (onshore and offshore) allocation across the different clients to ensure client success.

In addition to Programmatic activation you will also be called upon to act as the Programmatic strategic advisor for our largest network clients, in cases like these you will support the global network in developing Programmatic best practice for our largest network clients.

This Head of Programmatic will ensure integration with other disciplines such as Reservations and Biddable (Social and Search) to support a 360 audience led approach for clients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead the Wavemaker programmatic offering with operational processes that enable effective ways of working
• Manage and be responsible for a team of programmatic practitioners based in London, Delhi and Poland
• Be engaged with other markets to instill best practice and excellence across the network
• Liaise with GroupM on a regular basis, being part of programmatic related forums and bringing GroupM knowledge, resource and expertise to bear as and when required
• Upskill other agency teams on the Wavemaker programmatic offering as well as wider industry POVs
• Drive innovation and best in class programmatic services for clients
• Build the programmatic arm of the business and instil our reputation as a leader in this field within the wider agency

Direct Reports:

Programmatic Business Directors, Account Directors, Managers and Executives

Core Competencies and skills required

• Extensive experience in all forms of programmatic media
• Experience managing growing teams and developing people’s careers
• Ability to work collaboratively and bring ideas to bear that lead to success for the agency
• Able to build trusted and strong client relationships
• Able to inspire and motivate teams – on the ground and in other locations across the globe
• Work in an agile and efficient manner to ensure Wavemaker is always at the forefront of the programmatic landscape
• Commercially minded with an ability to recognise trading requirements for the agency

What Success Looks Like:

• Results in agency development programme
• Growth in Programmatic billings and new business over time
• Overarching internal feedback – senior level and team members
• Client scores and feedback of Programmatic output