Director, Global Operations

Agency:

Omd

Job Function:

Account Management and Growth

Job Subfunction:

Account Management

Job Description:

About the Role:

Media Operations Director

Join our team at the heart of delivering high-impact, multi-channel media solutions for a global client portfolio. We bring together creativity, data and technology to deliver seamless campaigns that drive measurable business growth, and this role plays a pivotal part in making that happen.

As Media Operations Director, you will lead the delivery, optimisation and evolution of media operations across digital, traditional and emerging channels. Acting as a bridge between creative, technical and commercial teams, you will shape efficient processes, champion innovation and ensure best-in-class campaign execution.

What you’ll do:

Develop and deliver media operations strategies aligned to business goals, ensuring efficiency, compliance and risk management

Lead cross-functional collaboration to set performance targets and drive accountability

Oversee campaign execution and optimisation across all channels, improving workflow and output quality

Build trusted client relationships and act as a strategic advisor

Use data and insights to streamline resource and capacity planning

Partner with finance on governance, budgets and quality assurance

Lead transformation initiatives with global stakeholders

Manage vendor and technology partnerships, ensuring smooth integration

Champion learning and development, and lead, mentor and grow a high-performing, global team

What you’ll bring:

Deep knowledge of the media landscape, platforms, analytics and programmatic tools

Strong operational expertise across workflows, processes and resource management

A data-led mindset with the ability to turn insights into action

Curiosity for emerging technologies, including AI and automation

Experience leading and developing teams across multiple locations

About the Agency:

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.

Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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