Senior Strategy Director, Programmatic

Salary: $130-$150k base, plus bonus based on performance

100% remote position - must be willing to work East Coast hours (9:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST)

As the Senior Director of Programmatic Strategy, you will serve as the agency’s foremost expert and strategic leader in the programmatic media landscape. This role sits at the intersection of innovation, data-driven media planning, and enterprise client advisory. You’ll define and lead programmatic strategy across a portfolio of high-growth accounts, collaborating closely with internal teams and senior clients to architect solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

You bring deep knowledge of DSP platforms (including DV360, The Trade Desk, and Amazon) and a forward-thinking approach to programmatic buying across Display, Video, Native, OTT/CTV, and Digital Out-of-Home. This is a high-impact leadership role focused on driving campaign excellence, account growth, and strategic innovation.

• Own strategic leadership for all programmatic engagements—developing comprehensive media plans aligned to client goals, market trends, and emerging opportunities.
• Shape the agency’s programmatic vision, evolving our service offerings and innovation roadmap in collaboration with cross-channel leads and executive stakeholders.
• Act as the senior strategic advisor for clients, translating business objectives into scalable media strategies and overseeing campaign performance at a portfolio level.
• Partner with data, analytics, and creative teams to develop full-funnel, insight-driven campaign strategies, rooted in audience segmentation, behavioral data, and channel attribution.
• Guide a team in the development, optimization, and execution of complex, multi-channel media campaigns—ensuring precision, performance, and a culture of testing and iteration.
• Champion internal education and best practices across the programmatic discipline—upskilling teams and establishing strategic frameworks, benchmarks, and processes.
• Leverage advanced analytics and platform data to synthesize performance narratives and present recommendations to executive stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Proactively identify whitespace, growth opportunities, and efficiency gains across accounts and internal operations.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in programmatic media, with a focus on strategic leadership and client advisory.
• Programmatic YouTube experience transacted through DV360
• Demonstrated success leading multi-million-dollar programmatic budgets with proven performance growth.
• Deep expertise in DV360 (required), The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, and additional programmatic platforms and measurement tools.
• Strong fluency in all programmatic tactics including display, native, video, OTT/CTV, and DOOH.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of building integrated media strategies that ladder up to business outcomes.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects, mentor team members, and collaborate across disciplines (creative, analytics, client services).
• Exceptional communication skills—able to distill complex media performance into clear, actionable insights.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, or a related field.

Benefits

We strive to empower outstanding people to exceed our client’s expectations by providing them with the best resources, merit-based incentives and tools to transform data into actionable insights. Join us on our purpose to provide scalable, strategic and indispensable value to our clients.

About Jump 450

Jump 450, an Omnicom Media Group Agency, is based in New York City but employs experts throughout the world. We are a high-growth digital performance marketing agency that has seen rapid growth of over 150% over the past four year and doubled our staff. Jump’s exceptional culture, employee development approach, team engagement, perks, and benefits were just part of the reason publications like Fast Company Magazine, Inc Magazine, Agency Spotter’sTop 30 Agencies 2021 and Ad Age Best Places to Work chose to highlight Jump. We are also an Inc 5000 Company and have a >90% team member retention for professional reasons.

This work environment has created a triangle of alignment between company management, our employees, and our clients. We only hire experts, then provide additional learning and development so that our clients are receiving only the highest quality of output from real professionals. Among Jump's six core values are problem solving, ownership, execution, thought leadership, innovation, and collaboration. Our culture encourages team members to take calculated risks, actively look for innovation and creativity, and seek out ideas from all layers within the organization.

In addition to our beautiful New York office space (Brookfield Place), employees are encouraged to work from their home or wherever they feel most comfortable. They can choose to work from the office, their home, or at the coffee shop.

Additional benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision Insurance Benefits
• Life and Accident Insurance Plans
• Short and Long Term Disability Plans
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Family Forming Plans
• Cigna Secure Travel
• Health Savings Account (HDS)
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Limited Purpose FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Access to MetLife Legal Plan Services
• 401k Match Plans
• Commuter Transportation Benefits
• Access to Virtual Health Services such as Telaheath, 2nd.md and Headspace
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible / Numerous PTO Days
• Volunteer Days
• Free Company Lunches
• Half-Day Fridays All Year (Not Just in the Summer!)
• New MacBook Pros and Additional Monitor on Your First Day
• Communal Meeting Rooms and Standing Workstations are Available in our NY Office
• Company Events & Happy Hours
• 10 Week Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement Of Up To $5,000

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