Agency Investment Program Lead

**Agency Investment Program Lead Responsibilities**:

- Take lead on program strategy and implementation. Evolve the program and it’s design for maximum relevancy and impact with our target community
- Work closely with the other members of the Agency Investment team and cross-functionally with in-market Sales teams, Business Operations, Measurement/Metrics, Product Marketing, Legal, Finance and Engineering teams to manage, develop and maximize the effectiveness of Meta agency partnership programs. In particular manage effectiveness of relationship with Solutions Engineering team.
- Drive both strategic and operational alignment with other tech and commercial programs focused on agency capabilities
- This is a doing role as well as a strategic program management role. The individual will not only drive strategy of the overall program and relationships but also manage development of programs with specific major clients within the program.
Own business performance analysis capabilities that drive deep understanding of the performance drivers and demonstrate program ROI and effectiveness
- Reflect on the business and improve process, policies and efficiency. Ensure we have the best processes and tools in place to deliver maximum impact across the program
- Engage with external agency partners to gather and further external data to help build our approach and evolve our programs
- Responsible for, and drives, the program while recognizing that they are a facilitator not an “owner”. They lead through consultation, influencing and alignment, they are “finishers” and subscribe to the principle “Nothing at Meta is somebody else’s problem”
- Evaluate, structure and guide deal proposals and drive efficient processes for teams to develop and execute successful partnership frameworks across a range of partners
- Once design is signed off, partner with global, regional and local sales and other XFN partners to scale our partnership initiatives across local markets and drive program success
- Meaningfully contribute to the strategic development of the wider program and commercial strategy, working collaboratively to shape existing program and support scaling and development of internal marketing strategies
- Demonstrating a deep understanding of the project ROI and effectiveness and ensure successful delivery of ROI studies

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- 15+ years of work experience in the following areas: Media Agencies, Commercial Roles, Program Management, Project Management and/or Strategy Consulting
- Strong communication skills and ability to manage a range of situations. This role requires someone who is able to lead and manage a senior client facing program as well as manage and collaborate with a wide range of Internal Stakeholders
- Intermediate excel skills and strong numeracy are essential (e.g. high comfort level evaluating commercial proposals and consolidating and joining large data sets)
- Creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills - ability to think outside the box and demonstrate a “can do” attitude is critical
- Proven experience to drive performance and commercial arguments through data with senior stakeholders
- Articulate, adaptable and assertive communicator with ability to influence. Strong team working and people skills. This is a highly cross-functional role. Motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and work ethic

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- BA/BSc/MA/MSc in an analytical field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, Economics or related field)
- Direct Media Agency experience would be a definite plus
- Proven experience in the media or technology industries (specifically digital media) is preferable
- Experience managing virtual/remote project teams.