TechYard Recruitment is currently working with a global consultancy who are building a new GMP practice.
They are hiring for a Programmatic Consultant. This person will be a programmatic subject matter expert.
This is a client-facing role that will be responsible for several strategic initiatives across the programmatic and GMP/GCP landscapes. These include collaboration on product strategy/vision, client-direct consultancy, license reselling, and internal and external training/education. This is a consultative role and the candidate will not be directly responsible for any media trading or activation.
The ideal candidate will have extensive programmatic digital media planning and buying experience across a variety of channels, very strong analytical, and writing skills, and the ability to make clear, concise presentations. They will have extensive hands-on experience using GMP products and will be individually certified in the use of DV360 and other relevant GMP technologies. Most importantly, they must possess a strong inner drive to redesign the digital marketing landscape, enjoy working with some of the finest minds in the industry, and want to be a part of something truly unique.
Key Responsibilities
Consultancy
* Evangelize, train, and collaborate with teams on Product and consultancy offering
* Support GMP/GCP tech maturity projects that highlight our data-led approach to programmatic delivery
* Support the agency teams and central practice teams in driving the growth and innovation of GMP/GCP data-enabled capabilities and operations by developing new solutions and services
* Development and ownership of GMP programmatic data-led consultancy solutions utilizing ad/mar-tech data including forecasting tools, activation governance tools, dashboards, and custom algorithms
* Ownership of Programmatic Consultancy pipeline across relevant tech maturity projects and clients.
* Working with stakeholders to identify programmatic opportunities and requirements
* Lead pre-sales across relevant consultancy solutions and services
* Help shape the post-sales implementation process, delivering project status updates and redeveloping project scopes as required. Responsible for the timely delivery of assigned projects.
* Work with relevant teams and client contacts to identify requirements and opportunities, and feed these back into solution development roadmaps
Operational Support
* Collaborate to improve operational DV360 processes
* Act as a strategic resource to consult on key Google-related client programmatic consultancy projects
* Support projects related to programmatic development, Google partnerships, and agency relations
* Maintain thorough documentation of programmatic product and consultancy offerings
* Support clients and PM Agencies with deploying data-enabled and programmatic services
Required Experience & Skills
* Experience working for a fully certified GMP Op-Co and Sales Partner.
* Be an expert in advertising technologies such as DSPs, SSPs, Exchanges, DMPs, Ad servers, Ad exchanges, verification technologies, cross-device tracking technologies, website analytics systems, DCO, etc.
* Be capable of inventing and architecting complex technological solutions to solve specific marketing challenges.
* Ability to lead projects independently from start to finish, working with internal and external teams to make decisions and maintain forward momentum
* Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to lead a team.
* Participate in new business meetings/pitches as a Programmatic Subject Matter Expert representing all possible uses of GMP/GCP in marketing programs.
* Technical and problem-solving mindset
* Team management and leadership experience
* Possesses a charismatic, engaging personality and can successfully interact with senior/executive-level client contacts
* Be influential at a senior level and be a self-motivated operator, comfortable with navigating a matrixed global organisation.
* Experience with delivering complex technical content to large groups, in a coherent, accessible, and inspiring way
* Has the ability to grow client relationships through new strategies and innovative ideas
* Proven track record of delivering client results and revenue
Desirable skills
* Knowledge of the wider Google Marketing Platform, Google Cloud, and allied functions
* Working with large multinational clients to deliver consultancy services and GMP-specific license reselling