**Company description** **About Us** **:** With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands. Within Canada, Starcom is a part of Publicis Media within Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications groups. Our team spans across our Windsor, Toronto and Montreal offices. We truly love the world of Media and Advertising. We see the planning and buying process as art. However, it is an art that is always best when backed by the science of empirical data. You will be joining a well recognised agency with credentials: + Great Places to Work certified three years in a row + Only communications company to be ranked in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Great Places to Work + 2022 Media Agency of the Year + 2023 Media Agency of the Year finalist **What we Offer:** + Work Your World program enabling you to experience working from anywhere in Canada or overseas for up to 6 weeks a year + Extended long weekends throughout the year with an additional day off each long weekend + Wellness & Tech benefits to support what’s most important to you + Birthday leave + Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform as well as a Professional Development Allowance + Local and Global Mobility within the Publicis Groupe network **Overview** Programmatic Director is a hard-working, process-oriented people leader that understands digital structures through technology. You are an experienced programmatic executioner where you managed DSP/SSP/DMP structures and maintained a clean working environment for teams working within these technologies. You understand digital strategy and can bring your experience to refine it and create a best-in-class activation for clients. You know what an intersection between client needs – technology capabilities – and strategic direction in digital meets and lead account managers to evolve their activation practice. You act as a strategic lead across your book of business and troubleshoot any programmatic tasks that comes your or your team’s way. **Responsibilities** + Develop campaign strategy or programmatic strategy with the internal or external client team + Evaluate the best avenues and draw conclusions that are both data and marketing driven from client campaigns for both immediate and long-term levels advancements for clients + Help Account Managers create advanced actionable insights when needed. + Create programmatic campaigns within our demand side platforms when the team is in need + Be the people leader, a mentor and sometimes a doer when needed. + Work with Head of Precision on your portfolio of clients to advance client knowledge and comfort level in programmatic activation. + Oversee user management across the group and clients. + Manage forecasts for your respective book of business. + Ensure that activation managers have a proper understanding of programmatic landscape as it pertains to their book of business. + Manage knowledge sharing across within your group + Keep up with new and innovative programmatic technology trends **Qualifications** + College or University degree required. + 6-8 years combined experience in digital with a focus on platforms evolution. + 3 years of experience managing demand side platforms and working environment for traders. + 2-3 years of experience managing a group of 5 or more individuals. + Experienced in operations as asset + Perseverance/tenacity. + Well organized/diligent/detailed oriented is necessary. + Inquisitive, asks questions, out of the box thinker. **Additional information** Starcom is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We create and nurture a vibrant work environment that celebrates, values and leverages all aspects of diversity and inclusiveness, attracts world-class talent and serves as the industry benchmark for best practices. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and will provide appropriate accommodation for candidates with disabilities or accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process, upon request. Please contact our recruiter for any questions, accommodations or specific requests. We thank all candidates for their interest in Starcom however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.