Director, Investment Standards

Company Description

As the traditional marketing funnel collapses and fragmentation increases, clients rely on Publicis Collective to connect media, data, technology, and teams by what matters most – business outcomes. We’re a full-service media agency where nearly half our experts focus on data, research analytics, technology, or strategy. At Publicis Collective, 100% of our 2,200 global practitioners can access advanced insights and scale media with precision through our proprietary OS, powering marketing that drives measurable business performance and transformation.

We are building a dedicated Standards & Enablement team responsible for defining how our agency delivers world‑class activation across platforms, channels, and client engagements. This team ensures every buying team operates with unified workflows, clear governance, platform accuracy, QA rigor, and scalable onboarding—especially during new‑client transitions where consistency matters most.

• Own and implement the agency‑wide vision for platform activation and governance across client(s) and/or brand(s).
• Be accountable for accuracy, compliance, and ways of working.

• Serve as senior platform authority for clients and internal leadership.
• Set expectations for activation excellence and compliance.

• Build scalable platform operating models and training frameworks.
• Ensure teams are enabled to activate and QA across all platforms.

• Authority‑level understanding of investment buying platforms like Prisma, Search , Social , DSPs and other media buying platforms.
• Ownership and oversight of brand safety, verification, and compliance tooling including IAS, Double Verify, and Zefr.

• 10+ years of digital media, activation, or operational leadership.
• Expertise across search, social, and ad‑serving platforms.
• Strong leadership, accountability, and strategic vision.
• Track record of building scalable, high‑quality delivery models.

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $ - USD $/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third‑party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the Final date to receive applications for this job posting will be 7/26/2026.