Senior Campaign Manager, Programmatic

Job summary

Oversee complex programmatic campaigns from strategy through execution, optimizing targeting, bidding, platforms, and data use to meet client objectives while ensuring brand safety and campaign quality. Analyze performance, lead testing and innovation, resolve escalated issues, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with clients, agency teams, and technology partners.

Job details

Agency: Omnicom Media Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Performance Media Job Description: Position Summary: The Senior Campaign Manager, Programmatic is a senior expert responsible for driving strategic excellence and flawless execution across a portfolio of accounts. This role serves as the primary point of escalation for complex campaign challenges, is responsible for mentoring and training junior team members, and proactively contributes to campaign strategy and client growth opportunities. Key Responsibilities: Strategic Campaign Management & Oversight: Oversee the end-to-end management of complex campaigns, ensuring strategies are implemented effectively to exceed client business objectives. Set and define campaign strategies, including advanced targeting, bidding models, platform selection, and data utilization to drive performance and innovation. Demonstrate expert knowledge in the strategic application and optimization of all deal types, including the Open Marketplace, Private Marketplaces (PMPs), and Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) deals. Ensure all campaigns adhere to best-in-class brand safety and suitability practices, implementing proactive measures to protect client investment. Conduct recurring audits of campaigns and accounts to ensure they meet and exceed internal and industry best-in-class standards for setup, strategy, and performance. Act as the first point of escalation for all campaign-related issues, including performance, pacing, and complex technical challenges, providing expert-level troubleshooting. Proactively present strategic recommendations and campaign solutions to internal agency teams and, when required, directly to clients. Advanced Analysis & Data Strategy: Lead the analysis of complex campaign performance, delivering deep, actionable insights and making compelling arguments for strategic shifts based on data. Support the utilization of advanced data platforms, including Data Management Platforms (DMPs) and Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), for sophisticated audience segmentation and activation. Leverage the Omni marketing intelligence platform and identity data to develop advanced testing frameworks and strategic recommendations that drive campaign innovation and performance gains. Develop and lead the implementation of testing frameworks (e.g., A/B testing, lift studies) to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Team & Partner Collaboration: Formally train and mentor Campaign Managers and Coordinators on advanced programmatic strategies, platforms, and operational processes. Serve as the go-to technical and strategic expert for the junior members of the activation team, guiding their day-to-day work and fostering their professional development. Proactively own professional development by consistently completing DSP certifications and advanced trainings to maintain expert-level knowledge and identify new opportunities for campaign innovation. Actively manage relationships with key media and technology partners to stay ahead of new opportunities, platform updates, and industry trends, bringing relevant innovations to their clients. Work with internal teams to develop and document best practices that lead to incremental performance gains and operational efficiency. Qualifications: 3-5 years of deep, hands-on programmatic experience with an expert-level understanding of major DSPs, DMPs, and the broader ad-tech landscape. Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale campaigns and delivering against client business objectives. Demonstrated experience in setting campaign strategy and using data to drive performance. Experience training or mentoring junior team members. Excellent client-facing communication and presentation skills are a strong asset. Deep understanding of data strategy, audience segmentation, and advanced measurement frameworks. Career Path: A senior campaign manager who excels in strategic oversight demonstrates strong leadership in mentoring their team and begins to master client and partner relationship management is on a direct path to becoming an account manager. Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000 To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice. Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/

What you’ll do

Oversee complex programmatic campaigns from strategy through execution, optimizing targeting, bidding, platforms, and data use to meet client objectives while ensuring brand safety and campaign quality. Analyze performance, lead testing and innovation, resolve escalated issues, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with clients, agency teams, and technology partners.

Requirements

Requires 3–5 years of hands-on programmatic experience, expert knowledge of major DSPs, DMPs, and the ad-tech landscape, and a record of managing complex campaigns and using data to drive results. Candidates should also have experience setting campaign strategy and mentoring junior colleagues, with strong client-facing communication skills and knowledge of audience segmentation and advanced measurement.

Listed skills

• Data analysis · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Programmatic Campaign Management
• Campaign Strategy
• Demand-Side Platforms
• Data Management Platforms
• Customer Data Platforms
• Audience Segmentation
• Campaign Optimization
• Data Analysis
• Performance Measurement
• A/B Testing
• Lift Studies
• Brand Safety
• Client Communication
• Team Mentoring
• Partner Relationship Management
• Ad-Tech
• Continuous Development
• Operational Efficiency
• Customer Data Platform (CDP)
• Relationship Management
• Business Objectives
• Campaign Management
• Data Strategy
• Auditing
• Bidding
• Management
• Investments
• Communication
• Leadership
• Innovation
• Marketing Intelligence
• Mentorship
• Presentations
• Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

Job areas

• Marketing
• Creative & Media
• Management & Leadership
• Data & Analytics
• Programmatic Campaign Manager
• Communications Campaign Manager
• Advertising and Public Relations Managers
• Public Relations Managers

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