Overview
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We are PMG, named Ad Age Best Places to Work for 10 years in a row and Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators since 2022. PMG is a global independent marketing services and technology company that delivers cutting-edge digital solutions and innovative media strategies through business strategy and transformation, creative, media, insights, and its proprietary operating system, Alli. Our team comprises over 900 employees globally, serving brands across 85+ countries.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Lead ad technology, tech integration tests, dynamic DCO, and omni-channel campaign production across multiple brand teams, locations, and products (including new business and new agency tech initiatives).
* Develop large-scale programmatic, social and video campaigns across multiple formats and channels using HTML/JS/CSS and leading ad technology.
* Balance resources across projects and 3rd-party vendors/contractors to ensure optimal delivery of commitments, campaign deliverables, launches, and roadmap objectives.
* Facilitate campaign delivery statuses and lead day-to-day tech delivery conversations.
* Support auditing and defining criteria for functional and non-functional deliverables, including dynamic ad serving, data pass work streams, API/product feed integrations, asset tracking and tagging, performance outputs, creative authoring tools, scalability, and QA.
* Foster relationships with platform partners to establish development best practices, drive innovation, and ensure continuity of service through reporting and troubleshooting.
* Encourage innovation, adoption of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, cross-team collaboration, self-organization, and diversity.
* Assist in devising strategic roadmaps and onboarding materials for product development and campaign delivery, QA automation tools, and process adoption through international developer hubs, with Build/Buy/Borrow perspectives.
* Become a super-user on new tools developed by PMG Product Teams.
* Engage and motivate development teams to adopt best practices, standardized development processes, automation tools, and ownership of overall product quality.
* Manage career growth of direct reports through mentoring, coaching, goal setting, and professional development opportunities.
* Identify staffing needs and hire/develop top talent while managing performance of direct reports.
What You’ll Bring
* 12+ years of experience, including at least 6 years in a Creative, AdTech, or Digital Agency environment.
* Extensive knowledge of digital creative best practices and deliverables.
* Ability to write scalable and modular code for multi-variant testing and dynamic creative industry standards.
* Digital Creative Development (front-end) or relevant ad technology background with 6+ years experience.
* Proven ability to balance campaign objectives and time-to-market with high product quality.
* Strong understanding of IAB Standards and Digital Ad Formats & specifications.
* Training and Certifications on PMG required DCO ad serving platforms, including Google GMP and familiarity with Clinch, Celtra, Google GMP (DCM, GWD, DCS), Innovid, Smartly, Jivox, Bannerflow, Google Web Designer.
* Working knowledge of project management and DevOps tools (Airtable, JIRA, Smartsheets, Asana, GitHub).
* Self-starter with initiative, able to build processes in a multi-stakeholder environment.
* Ability to identify skill and capacity gaps to inform hiring and allocation of top talent.
* Proven ability to mentor and grow direct reports, coach team members, and manage performance issues.
* Ability to influence and coach multi-disciplinary developer teams and delegate tasks effectively.
* Proven ability to identify inefficiencies and implement major process revisions.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Detail-oriented with the ability to support development through troubleshooting and quality assurance.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Word, PPT, Outlook, Teams).
* Familiarity with Creative Assets and Design apps such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, After Effects).
Preferred Skills
* 4+ years working with internal and third-party APIs (REST, SOAP, JSON) such as OpenWeatherMap or CRM data.
* 3+ years Python experience or comparable language.
* Understanding of audience analytics capabilities and best practices in measurement, onboarding, workflow, limitations, and workarounds.
* Experience with Excel formulas for data matching, aggregation, and math.
* Experience with database systems, Website CMS tools queries and normalization.
* Basic understanding and ability to work in After Effects as needed.
* Working knowledge of data factors driving project success (PII vs. anonymized data, cookies vs. people, panels vs. census, etc.).
What We Offer
* Professional Development: learning programs, mentorship opportunities, and career advancement support.
* Generous Time Off and holiday allowances.
* Parental Leave: paid parental leave.
* Retirement & Pension Plans with contribution matching.
* Fertility and Family Support benefits.
* Healthcare coverage tailored by geography.
* Pet Insurance to protect your pet’s health.
* Lifestyle Spending Accounts funded by the company.
* Commuter Benefits where available.
* Annual Bonus eligibility.
* Volunteering Opportunities: 8 give-back hours per year.
* AI Enterprise License and weekly AI training sessions for AI safety.
Benefits vary by country, location, and geography to reflect local laws, norms, and expectations.
What Sets Us Apart
Being part of PMG means joining a company culture unmatched in digital, dedicated to serving employees and clients with value, results, and innovation. PMG commits to an inclusive, diverse culture and is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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