Paid Social Senior Director

We are PMG PMG, a global independent platform company engineered for impact, integrates business strategy, media, creative, and data within a single operating model powered by our proprietary operating system, Alli. With more than 1,000 employees, PMG partners with brands including Apple, Nike, Dropbox, Experian, Sephora, and Whole Foods. Our work has earned top industry honors, including Cannes Lions and Adweek’s Media Plan of the Year, and PMG has won 40+ workplace culture awards, including being the only company to rank among Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for 11 consecutive years.

Who You Will Be Working With At PMG, the Social team is a driving force behind innovative paid media strategies that connect clients with their audiences in meaningful ways. We’re a group of creative strategists, data enthusiasts, and media experts who thrive on collaboration and excellence. Together, we work across PMG’s media, strategy, creative, and technology teams to deliver full-funnel marketing solutions that drive meaningful business outcomes for some of the world’s most ambitious brands.

As a Paid Social Senior Director , you’ll serve as a senior leader within the Social practice, shaping the strategic vision for complex client partnerships while helping advance the capabilities, talent, and innovation of the broader team. You’ll partner with senior client stakeholders, platform leaders, and cross-functional teams to translate business priorities into sophisticated social strategies that drive measurable growth.

You’ll also play a critical role in developing the next generation of leaders  setting a high bar for strategic thinking, client partnership, operational excellence, and people leadership, you’ll help teams navigate complexity, identify new opportunities, and continuously evolve how we deliver value for our clients.

• Set the strategic vision for paid social across complex, large-scale client partnerships, ensuring strategies connect media investment to broader marketing and business objectives.
• Serve as a senior strategic advisor to executive-level client stakeholders, building trusted relationships and guiding conversations around investment strategy, performance, innovation, measurement, and long-term growth.
• Lead the development of integrated paid social strategies across core and emerging platforms, establishing testing frameworks, measurement approaches, and innovation roadmaps that drive best-in-class performance.
• Identify opportunities to expand and evolve client partnerships, connecting emerging capabilities, technologies, and platform opportunities to clients’ evolving business needs.
• Develop senior-level relationships with platform partners, shaping strategic partnerships and identifying opportunities for early access, testing, innovation, and joint business planning.
• Partner across media, creative, strategy, data, and technology teams to develop integrated solutions that connect paid social to the broader customer journey and marketing ecosystem.
• Establish standards and best practices for paid social strategy, activation, optimization, measurement, and innovation, helping elevate capabilities across teams and client engagements.
• Champion the use of PMG’s proprietary technology, Alli, to unlock deeper insights, improve operational efficiency, and identify new opportunities to advance client performance.
• Lead, develop, and mentor managers and senior team members, strengthening their strategic, technical, client leadership, and people management capabilities.
• Build strong, high-performing teams by creating clarity around expectations, empowering leaders, providing actionable feedback, and fostering an environment of accountability and continuous growth.
• Oversee resource planning and team structures across complex accounts, balancing client needs, team development, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
• Partner with senior leadership on broader Social practice priorities, including capability development, talent planning, innovation, operational excellence, and the continued evolution of PMG’s paid social offering.

• 10+ years of experience in paid social…