Director, Video Solution
Description
About the Role:
This newly created role is a pivotal role within the GroupM Nexus Media Solutions team and key to driving the overall Nexus Media Solutions agenda forward, acting as a collaborative team member that works in unison with the entire Nexus organization to grow our business and people.
The Video Solution Lead will be responsible for improving our proprietary Advanced TV, Integrated Video, and Data Driven Linear Solutions. They will make strategic supply, measurement and creative capability decisions to enhance our solution. They will work closely with the Solutions Deployment & Optimization to ensure all important solution requests are prioritized and executed on. The ideal candidate must have a demonstrated record of accomplishment in product leadership, strategy ideation and development; owning product (new media offerings) roadmaps; and working proactively to drive results in the performance and growth of these product offerings.
Some of the things we’d like you to do:
- Own the Video Solutions roadmap and ensure well-defined prioritized features that will realize the company’s product vision and value are prioritized
- Embed principles of continuous improvement for our Video Solutions
- Ingest client feedback into our video solution roadmap
- Develop video solution case studies with account teams
- Work closely with GroupM Investment, Choreograph, and the marketplace to ensure we’re including the best measurement, rates, data, creative, and tech into our Video Solutions
- Contribute to the Nexus Solutions newsletter for all video updates
- Own any new Video Solution development workstreams, from ideation to launch and education.
- Coordinate across Nexus teams to develop internal workflow processes and implementation guidelines for new media products.
- Oversee product marketing to create content around media product differentiators and benefits
- Be a thought leader across the organization and in the marketplace
- Represent the US in all Nexus Media Solution conversations around Advanced TV and Integrated Video
- Collaborate cross holding and specialty group to develop unique and differentiated business models and partnerships.
A bit about yourself:
- Autonomous, assertive, and solutions-oriented leader
- Minimum 8 years of experience building advertising products (Publisher, Ad Network, DSP side)
- Ability to distill complex ideas and processes into tangible tasks and execute on these tasks
- Comprehensive knowledge of the online video, CTV, and addressable landscape and major players in the marketplace
- A passion and curiosity for digital marketing, digital media, and measurement
- Experience building relationships with stakeholders such as data providers, publishers, technology platform providers, operations and account services
- Sound business judgment and commercial acumen
- Demonstrated ability to meet or beat assigned targets and deadlines
- Effective and engaging written communication and presentation skills
- Experience in linear TV a plus
Life at GroupM
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. GroupM employees can tap into the global GroupM & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
GroupM is WPP’s media investment group and the world’s leading media investment company with a mission to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. The company is responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, as measured by the independent research bureau COMvergence. Through its global agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, and T&Pm, and cross-channel performance (GroupM Nexus), data (Choreograph), entertainment (GroupM Motion Entertainment) and investment solutions, GroupM leverages a unique combination of global scale, expertise, and innovation to generate sustained value for clients wherever they do business. Discover more at www.groupm.com.
GroupM provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.
GroupM is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with GroupM, please send an e-mail to GroupM Leave Administration at [email protected] or call (212) 297-8507 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. GroupM employees can tap into the global GroupM & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
GroupM is WPP’s media investment group and the world’s leading media investment company with a mission to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. The company is responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, as measured by the independent research bureau COMvergence. Through its global agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, and T&Pm, and cross-channel performance (GroupM Nexus), data (Choreograph), entertainment (GroupM Motion Entertainment) and investment solutions, GroupM leverages a unique combination of global scale, expertise, and innovation to generate sustained value for clients wherever they do business. Discover more at www.groupm.com.
GroupM provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.
GroupM is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with GroupM, please send an e-mail to GroupM Leave Administration at [email protected] or call (212) 297-8507 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.