Group Platforms Director

Are you passionate about digital media and eager to make a significant impact in a leading media agency? MBM is on the lookout for a talented and driven Group Platforms Director to join our dynamic team. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and are excited by the prospect of establishing programmatic excellence, this role is perfect for you!

At MBM, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of digital media innovation. With offices in Auckland and Wellington, we deliver seamless ad platform implementation, trading, and reporting, working closely with talented and supportive media peers as well as a tech & analytics in-house team. We are part of the Publicis Groupe, meaning you'll have access to an extensive network of resources and cutting-edge technology partnerships.

Your Role

As the Group Platforms Director, you will oversee the ad operations and biddable media product and process at MBM. You'll collaborate with senior specialists across digital planning, search, adtech and analytics to support client objectives and drive advanced audience targeting, reporting, and measurement solutions. You'll also manage a team of Implementation & Biddable specialists, ensuring their growth and development.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you'll provide thought leadership and business development support, encouraging trial of biddable platform activities and contributing to our "Point of View" documentation. You'll also play a crucial part in pitch responses and RFPs. Your leadership skills will be vital in nurturing relationships with business and digital directors, promoting staff development, and maintaining our positive workplace culture.

You will take hands-on ownership of client campaigns, supporting advanced audience segmentation and actively managing biddable campaigns to ensure optimal results. You'll lead the reporting process, budget management, and campaign performance monitoring, providing insightful reports to clients and internal teams.

In this role, it is important to build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and Publicis Groupe investment and intelligence division, PMX, as well as identifying new partner opportunities and custom audience solutions. You'll also work with third-party partners on verification and brand safety, ensuring our campaigns meet the highest standards.

Our ideal candidate will foster a culture of learning within the digital team and broader agency by supporting internal knowledge-sharing sessions, providing market updates, and sharing industry trends. Your leadership will ensure the development of internal processes and best practices to enhance team efficacy.

Our offer to you

MBM will offer solid career progression opportunities, and the role will be mentored by experienced seniors.

Community and culture

• A collaborative, fun and rewarding team culture where collaboration is key 
• Team ‘forced fun’ events to enjoy each other outside of the day-to-day
• Attendance at industry events
• Ready access to senior management for development and mentoring

Wholeself program:

• Flexible working conditions
• Confidential 24-hour support via our employee assistance programme.
• Birthday day off
• Industry leading parental leave policy 

Career Development:

• Learning & Development opportunities
• Access to Best-in-class network capability and support

If this sounds like you, and you are ready for your next step, we’d love to talk!

Additional Information

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe network, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing
• A creative, fun and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge - Homepage - Working with Cancer Pledge
• Inclusive leave policies such as Fertility Treatment, Menopause, Flexible Public Holidays, Gender Affirmation and Parental leave with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitment@publicisgroupe.com - your personal information will be kept confidential.