Senior Programmatic Lead

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom dentsu Full time

Programmatic Team Lead Job Description

The Programmatic Team Lead will be responsible for leading a team of programmatic specialists across the UK and be a member of the senior leadership team at dentsu digital. As the team lead, they will have the responsibility of nurturing talent and fostering a culture of expertise within the Programmatic department. They will be driving the growth of the capability by enhancing a market-leading proposition, working with dentsu's partnership and trading teams to accelerate key partnerships as well as actively contributing to dentsu's brand growth through thought leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Set the vision and direction for dentsu's programmatic initiatives in the UK, collaborating with stakeholders across the UK and Global teams.
  • Lead a diverse team of programmatic experts across the UK and offshore locations, ensuring their growth and development while driving commercial success.
  • Drive profitability and growth by delivering on targets, employing effective resource planning, and ensuring best practices, consistency, and innovation across all programmatic activities. Work with client leads and growth leads to ensure programmatic investment growth.
  • Foster collaboration with other channel leaders, standardizing work output, and engaging in cross-channel strategic planning.
  • Develop and evolve the product offering in partnership with strategic alliances to adapt to market and technology changes.
  • Cultivate programmatic knowledge across the dentsu UK network, spearheading initiatives for thought leadership, and enhancing relationships with key media owners and senior clients.

Delivering Client Solutions:

  • Represent dentsu's capability, maintaining a competitive edge in the industry, and serving as a strategic subject matter expert in client engagements.
  • Lead or support senior client communications, ensuring strategic solutions are effectively communicated and driving business growth with existing and prospective clients.

Team Leadership:

  • Define and drive the programmatic vision, motivating the team to achieve excellence while building a team of subject matter experts.
  • Support programmatic leaders in personal development and ownership of core pillars, ensuring alignment with the broader vision.
  • Provide oversight and make strategic decisions on resourcing, recruitment, and career development within the programmatic department.

What We Offer:

  • This is a permanent role.
  • The team is based in both our London and Manchester offices and operates under flexible working arrangements.
  • As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs which includes:
  • Competitive Salary
  • Company-provided Medical Healthcare
  • Generous Pension provisions
  • Health and Wellness benefits
  • Volunteering days
  • Life Assurance
  • Working in diverse teams where you can make a real impact.
  • Exciting and rewarding environment.
  • Varied work across industries

Inclusion and Diversity:

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners, and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds, and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.



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