About the Position

Manager Programmatic (Mensch)

Düsseldorf, Germany

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalization at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

About the Role

As a Manager Programmatic (Mensch), you will be responsible for the further development of programmatic activities and the operational implementation for our clients.

Responsibilities

Best Practices: Analyze campaign results regularly and derive appropriate optimization measures. Implement existing best practices and develop them further with the team.
Monitoring: Keep an eye on ongoing campaigns in the DSPs and ensure clean and continuously optimized setups.
Strategy: Assist in selecting suitable target groups, technologies, and inventories for programmatic purchasing.
Numerical Understanding: Optimize programmatic media purchasing and keep relevant KPIs in view. The goal is to reliably achieve agreed performance targets.
Networking: Work closely with specialist teams and external partners in an international environment.

Requirements

Qualification: You have a completed university degree with a focus on Marketing, Media Studies, or a comparable education and have more than 1-2 years of professional experience in online marketing.
Data & Tech: The digital media landscape (DSPs, Data, Inventories, Ad & Audience Verification Technologies, etc.) are not just terms for you, but you have also implemented them in practice.
Curiosity & Willingness to Learn: Always moving forward is not just a motto! It is essential for you to stay "UpToDate" in programmatic.
Data Preparation: Your good structure (in Excel and PowerPoint) makes it easy for you to present complex matters in an easily understandable way.
Language Skills: You can communicate confidently in both German and English.

Additionally, you are: team player #communicative #solution-oriented

We Offer

Work-Life-Balance: With our flexible working hours & remote work, you shape your everyday life as it suits you. You can also compensate for overtime.
Vacation Mode On: You receive 30 vacation days plus a flexible day – additionally, December 24th and 31st are off.
Wellbeing First: Health benefits, attractive retirement plans, and Mental Health Awareness Days put your health at the center.
Practice Makes Perfect: Develop yourself with our diverse training programs and use our internal career programs for your development in the WPP network.
More Than Just a Job: Unforgettable events, employee discounts, and other highlights such as the Job Ticket, Wellhub, or the Job Bike await you.
Be Yourself: Everyone is welcome here - diversity and equal opportunities are close to our hearts.

About the Company

At WPP Media, we shape the future of media and consistently invest in our employees. Each colleague enjoys the benefits of the global network of WPP Media and WPP to further develop and learn at the forefront of marketing and advertising. We live diversity and cohesion through numerous Employee Resource Groups and regular internal events - for exchange, inspiration, and to celebrate our successes together.

WPP Media is an employer that promotes equal opportunities. We consider all applicants for all positions without discrimination. Our goal is a culture of respect and belonging, where everyone has the same opportunities to contribute and grow professionally.

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Manager Programmatic (Mensch)

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