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Associate Manager, Investment, Programmatic

Apply pin iconLocation Chicago, Illinois Job Category Media Business Unit (brand) Rise Date posted 07/09/2025 Job ID 32201

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB

The Associate Manager, Programmatic is responsible for effectively supervising a team and set of clients with a focus on accuracy, growth, and innovation. This individual will act as a subject matter expert on Programmatic strategy and execution, assuming a client facing role during pre-sales activity and enterprise level client meetings. As a supervisor, the Associate Manager, Programmatic will oversee employee development and retention, including training and goal setting. Additionally, this individual is an expert at process/project management, efficiently creating processes that can be scaled across multiple accounts or teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Act as direct supervisor for up to (4) direct reports in Chicago, Buenos Aires, and/or Mexico City

· Accountable for all aspects of team oversight, including: employee onboarding, employee training, employee performance (accountability and behavior), employee retention

· Maintain target utilization for assigned work and for direct reports work.

· Onboard, maintain and grow assigned client base: coordinate with Account Management & Media Strategy on long term strategic roadmap

· Own performance accuracy for campaign execution, optimization, and Rise 5 on all assigned clients.

· Quickly and tactfully troubleshoot employee and client issues

· Act as a liaison between internal rise teams and programmatic team for all matters related to assigned clients.

· Develop processes to help improve efficiency of the team and clients. Scale processes across a greater Programmatic team.

· Lead weekly team and individual meetings with programmatic team members, other Rise employees, and outside vendors.

· Collaborate with Programmatic managers on team wide initiatives

· Stay up to date on industry trends and technology partners, seeking out opportunities to vet and test new technologies.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's degree required

Experience: 2-3 Years Digital Marketing Experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

· Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting media strategy directly to internal and external stakeholders.

· Experience creating clear and concise media proposals (media plans, media strategies, powerpoint presentations) that showcase thought leadership and creative thinking.

· Detail Oriented: ability to execute digital media campaigns flawlessly while providing robust insights and analysis.

· Developed multiple processes that impacted the profitability/efficiency of an account/team.

· Establishes him/herself as trusted resource by developing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

· Understands technical nuances associated with various media buying platforms in order to improve client results.

· Possesses leadership skills necessary to independently manage potential issues while knowing when to manage up.

Preferred Skills:

· 1+ Year people supervision experience

· 1+ Year Programmatic execution experience

· Platform Expertise: Google Display & Video 360, Google Campaign Manager, The Trade Desk

· Excellent knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets with ability to use advanced formula functionality

· Strong relationships with publisher and technology partners in the programmatic space

Employees can be expected to be paid an annualized salary range of $66,910 - $100,000, based on variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions. 

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