Head of Programmatic

At Stagwell Media, our mission is to find the change that fuels growth. We apply this principle to the work we do with our clients and to how we engage with our people. We're a modern global agency bringing together media, data, technology and talent to make brands perform.

Our business is purpose driven. In March 2022, we were named Ad Age's first ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, recognised for our mission to leave the world better than we found it. This year we became B Corp certified, the result of a two-year journey. We're proud to have created a culture where diversity of thought, experience, and background are valued, within an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for meaningful impact.

When you join Stagwell Media, you become part of an award-winning global community of digitally led experts, home to 1,500 talented people across 25 offices globally. Together we create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving within an inspired, collaborative workplace.

Stagwell Media is poised for its next chapter of growth. We're a meritocratic, high-performance business with a progressive outlook and a growth mindset in all that we do. To realise our potential we need some new skills and thinking.

The core DNA of Stagwell Media lies in digital performance marketing. New and existing clients are asking us to extend this expertise across all media, connecting traditional channels with digital methods of execution, measurement and automation. We were born the right way to do this – we're building out from a leading digital and technology capability and adding the rest, rather than trying to reverse engineer a legacy business into a more modern version of itself.

At Stagwell Media we ask our people to embody three core values:

Show Up: actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth

Make Change: embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change

Win Well: approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination.

We look forward to meeting you and to discussing how we can grow together.

Strategic Leadership

• Set a clear European Programmatic strategy and roadmap, aligned with Stagwell Media's global proposition and the priorities of our European business.

• Provide visible leadership inside the agency and externally, giving clients and teams a strong point of view on the market, technology, data, AI and the future of programmatic media.

• Define Programmatic's role within Stagwell Media's wider integrated proposition and ensure it contributes actively to agency strategy, product development and new business.

• Turn the strategy into a focused plan with clear owners, milestones and measures of success.

Raise capability across our clients

• Work with Client Leadership to assess the maturity of Programmatic across priority accounts and agree specific plans to improve performance, capability and client confidence.

• Build credible, funded roadmaps that expand the role of Programmatic where it can create better business and media outcomes.

• Act as the senior Programmatic leader in important client conversations, reviews and pitches, bringing clear recommendations and helping teams solve complex problems.

• Raise the quality of our product, planning and delivery across the channel

Drive Programmatic growth

• Own a clear growth plan for the function, covering existing-client expansion, new-business opportunities, new products and strategic partnerships.

• Maintain an active pipeline with clear ownership and conversion plans, and be accountable for incremental Programmatic…