Manager, Programmatic

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Join an award-winning team at the heart of UK government, where your work will genuinely shape lives. As part of WPP 650 you’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative environment that values curiosity, kindness, and growth. Together, we use behaviour change principles to design smarter services, influence better decisions, and help millions of people across the country.

Named WPP 650, after the 650 UK parliamentary constituencies, the name is a reminder that our work must reflect the full breadth of the country, every community, every audience. No two days are the same. The challenges are complex, the problems worth solving, and the learning constant. You’ll tackle issues that matter, alongside talented colleagues who care deeply about what they do. It’s demanding – but always rewarding.

This is meaningful work with real-world impact – the kind you can point to with pride.

The Programmatic Account Manager will be responsible for the full campaign life cycle; in channel planning, managing set up, optimizing campaigns, ensuring delivery to WPP Media standards, and ending in reporting the results directly to the client. We have a selection of brand uplift focused clients and those who are more focused on driving a quality website traffic and a direct sale. Managing the execution of display and self-serve programmatic media activity, you will work closely with both the Display Account Director and your Display Account Executive (& in some cases the global hub teams).

• Competently create innovative Display & Video media plans designed to achieve specified KPIs
• Oversight of the implementation, management, and daily optimisation of campaign activity. To ensure that you excel in reaching your client objectives and KPIs
• Understand the products and solutions that could be relevant for clients that have been developed within the group.
• Take ownership of the testing plans of your clients and suggest innovative ideas for testing, including planning, executing & evaluating tests with methodical accuracy
• Develop understanding of wider digital media mix to understand the role of display within it

• Direct client servicing exposure with regular contact via weekly calls, campaign briefings and presenting performance in detail
• Complete client reporting and analyse campaign results extracting insight to provide recommendations for future activity
• Develop strong relationships with media owners, tech partners and other service providers to select the most appropriate suppliers for campaigns.

• Working with your line manager to ensure the effective management of more junior team members and your direct reports in Delhi, ensuring workloads are sufficiently monitored & prioritized to ensure deadlines are met.
• Working with line manager and team leadership to help train and develop junior team members. Leading by example to motivate and encourage those with less experience.
• Strong working relationships with key stakeholders within the agency e.g., Ad operations team
• Be an active member of the display team community, presenting in department meetings, sharing learnings, and participating in Sprints to drive the collective knowledge base forward.

• The appropriate use of tools to drive accountability in programmatic buying, operational efficiencies, and actionable business insights, with the scoping of agreed client outputs.
• Ensure financial accuracy, integrating the planning and buying process and reconciliation of spends, via buying templates and processes.
• Support on the day-to-day QA process, minimizing errors and ensuring consistent and accurate adherence to process with both teams locally and in the Global Hub.