Supervisor, Platform Management & Investment

About the Role

RPA is seeking a Supervisor, Programmatic Investment to join the Platform Management & Investment team, reporting directly to the Associate Media Director, Programmatic. This role serves as a strategic programmatic lead responsible for campaign success, team development, operational excellence, process improvement, and innovation across programmatic media investments.

Responsibilities

• Lead programmatic investment across Display, Online Video, CTV, DOOH, and emerging channels through expert use of demand-side platforms (DSPs), overseeing campaign activation, optimization, performance analysis, and reporting.
• Manage and mentor a team of Specialists and Coordinators, providing strategic guidance, quality assurance, workload oversight, and support across daily, weekly, and monthly deliverables.
• Partner cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders on media strategy, creative development, trafficking, measurement, verification, reporting, and billing initiatives.
• Own end-to-end campaign planning and execution, including comprehensive pre-launch and mid-flight QA across brand safety, audience targeting, bidding strategies, tracking, pacing, and performance.
• Identify, evaluate, and present new programmatic opportunities, technologies, and innovations that drive client business results and advance media capabilities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact on internal and client-facing meetings, providing strategic leadership and ensuring all recommendations, reporting, and communications are accurate, polished, and presentation-ready.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve workflows, documentation, QA standards, and operational processes to drive consistency, efficiency, and scalability across the team.
• Provide ongoing coaching, training, and professional development support through regular feedback, knowledge sharing, and performance management.
• Drive operational excellence across assigned accounts and workstreams, ensuring campaign launches, reporting deliverables, billing inputs, partner coordination, and key deadlines are executed accurately and on time.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with media, technology, measurement, and platform partners while proactively identifying solutions, opportunities, and industry best practices for clients.

Requirements

• 3+ years of digital media experience, including at least 2 years focused on programmatic media.
• Demonstrated success managing people, complex projects, and large-scale programmatic investments.
• Hands-on experience with leading demand-side platforms, including DV360, The Trade Desk, and/or Yahoo DSP.
• Strong understanding of full-funnel programmatic strategy across channels such as Display, Online Video, CTV, and Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH).
• Strong working knowledge of Google Campaign Manager (CM360).
• Experience managing at least one direct report, with a demonstrated ability to mentor, develop, and support the growth of junior team members.
• Deep understanding of self-serve programmatic media, including a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience activating and optimizing campaigns across multiple channels and categories.
• Ability to generate actionable, ROI-driven insights and recommendations based on agreed-upon KPIs across the full funnel, including CPC, CPA, ROAS, CPM, VCR, Brand Lift, and other performance metrics.
• Strong understanding of the programmatic ecosystem, including platforms, partners, technologies, and industry trends, with the ability to train and mentor teammates while maintaining accountability for team performance and execution.
• Exceptional troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, coupled with strong attention to detail across campaign setup, QA, optimization, and reporting.
• Direct client-facing experience, including leading meetings, presenting recommendations, and communicating campaign performance and strategic updates through written and verbal communications.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize competing priorities and consistently meet deadlines across both personal responsibilities and team deliverables.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment, building strong partnerships across internal teams, clients, agencies, and media partners.
• Ability to communicate complex programmatic concepts clearly and effectively to audiences with varying levels of media and technical expertise.
• Advanced knowledge of leading programmatic platforms, including DV360, The Trade Desk, and Yahoo DSP, as well as audience activation through DSPs and CDPs, Google Campaign Manager (CM360), Prisma/MediaOcean, and third-party verification solutions.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the ability to transform data into clear, compelling insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to improve workflows, establish scalable processes, and identify opportunities to enhance team efficiency, accuracy, and overall campaign quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO).
• Experience with audience development.
• Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs).
• Experience with buying tools such as Prisma/MediaOcean.

Pay

The salary rate for this position is $110,000. The pay for this role is non-negotiable.