Senior Programmatic Manager

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Programmatic Director, APAC

This role is ideal for a strategic programmatic expert with deep experience across DV360 and Campaign Manager 360 (CM360), hands-on campaign execution, and strong fluency in trading and programmatic guaranteed deals. You'll play a central role in leading programmatic strategy, delivering performance-driven campaigns, and acting as a key advisor for some of our most sophisticated international clients.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Activate, optimise, and report on programmatic display, video, and native campaigns in DV360 for clients across the APAC region
• Traffick creatives, manage tracking, and ensure campaign integrity using Campaign Manager 360 (CM360)
• Lead programmatic trading strategy and execution across open exchange, private marketplace (PMP), and programmatic guaranteed (PG) deals
• Maintain relationships with key publishers and supply-side partners to negotiate deal terms and inventory access
• Manage and QA all campaign trafficking, pixel implementation, and tagging to ensure seamless measurement and attribution
• Support campaign planning by collaborating with Strategy, Creative, Analytics, and Data teams to align execution with client objectives
• Lead the development of strategic programmatic recommendations, channel plans, and testing roadmaps that align to client goals
• Monitor campaign pacing and performance; provide actionable insights and ensure delivery against key KPIs
• Participate in cross-market knowledge sharing and best practice alignment across the broader APAC programmatic team
• Contribute to internal documentation, training, and onboarding of junior team members to help build long-term team capability
  

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of programmatic media experience, ideally in a digital agency or in-house trading desk

• Deep hands-on experience with DV360 and CM360 is essential

• 5+ years experience with direct publisher negotiations and managing custom programmatic guaranteed and PMP deals
• Familiarity with 1st and 3rd party audience strategies and data integrations within DSPs
• Strong QA skills, particularly when it comes to tracking, trafficking, and data integrity

• Strong, demonstrated client-facing oral and written communication skills

• Analytical mindset with the ability to extract actionable insights from campaign data
• Must have experience working with verification tools (IAS, Double Verify), ad servers, and advanced reporting platforms

• Highly valued:

  Past experience working across the Japanese market and/or with Japanese clients is considered a strong positive and will be prioritised

Who you are:

• Strategic:

  You're passionate about programmatic media and proactively lead channel strategy for your clients with confidence and expertise

• Execution-Focused:

  You enjoy to make campaigns run smoothly, efficiently, and on time

• Analytical:

  You're confident pulling insights from performance data and translating them into clear recommendations

• Team Player:

  You thrive in a collaborative, multicultural team spread across geographies and time zones

• Solutions-Oriented:

  You anticipate challenges and proactively solve for them

• Detail-Obsessed:

  You have a rigorous approach to QA, trafficking, and campaign hygiene

Additional Information

Join Jellyfish and experience a workplace where we prioritise your growth, celebrate your contributions, and empower you to tailor your work environment to suit your needs.

💰 Reward: You'll be eligible to join our discretionary annual bonus scheme.

Custom Work Environment:

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