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Manager, Programmatic

TWINOAKS
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/14/2026
Company Description

About Publicis Commerce: Informed by data, our passionate team strives to deliver Hero Moments for our clients’ brands in the final mile of the retail customer journey. We pride ourselves on being able to provide winning client solutions delivered across 7 core capability areas: Data & Consumer Insights; Shopper Marketing & Integrated RTM; Field Marketing; Events & Activations; Promotional, Risk, Reward & Loyalty and Retail POS Strategy.

Overview

We’re looking for a Programmatic Manager. Programmatic and/or biddable media experience on Walmart Connect and Amazon DSP is required. Candidates without this experience will not be considered. Candidates must reside in a commutable distance to our Atlanta, Chicago or New York office.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Partially client-facing role developing and flawlessly executing best-in-class connected commerce campaigns, mainly on Walmart Connect and Amazon DSP.
  • Hands-to-keyboard set-up, management, and optimization of campaigns on Walmart Connect and Amazon DSP. Provide training and troubleshooting to the rest of the team on this platform.
  • Work with eCommerce team to ensure full Amazon resources are being utilized, such as the Amazon Brand Innovation Lab and Amazon Marketing stack. Keep current on Amazon display/DSP innovations and new features.
  • Supervise and train a Specialist/Sr. Specialist. This is a people-managing role. You will be responsible for training, setting goals, and overall supervision of the Specialist.
  • Supervise creation of reports and presentations highlighting the campaign set-up and final plan with internal teams. Report back on campaign performance.
  • Collaborate with vendor and team to provide campaign data, insights and strategic recommendations based on client objectives, media strategy and results
  • Develop clear understanding of campaign set-up, performance and reporting structure and clearly set and communicate performance expectations with internal teams.
  • Proactively communicate with Director and team. Proactive communication is especially important in today’s world of remote work.
  • Management of budgets, ensuring all client facing documents are accurate, and all vendor savings are documented for financial reporting.
  • Management of program trackers and timelines.
  • Management of vendor partners.

Skillsets Required

  • Ability to proactively organize and prioritize workload to manage timelines and deliverables
  • Extremely high attention to detail.
  • Sound decision-making skills based on industry, agency, and client knowledge.
  • Prior hands-to-keyboard Walmart Connect and Amazon DSP experience required. Experience on The Trade Desk and/or DV360 is a plus.
  • Experience with other retail media networks is also a plus (such as Citrus Ad, Criteo, Quotient, Promote IQ, Pacvue, Instacart, etc.)
  • Experience with verification software (MOAT preferred), Google Ads, and Google Campaign Manager also a plus, but not required.
  • Robust spreadsheet skills (both Excel and Google Sheets) with confidence to use, daily, basic formulas, advanced formulas, VLOOKUP, and Pivot Tables.
  • Collaborative with willingness to listen and learn
  • Comfortable with proactive communication via email, Teams and phone calls.

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more

Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility

Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption

Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance

Tuition Assistance

Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more

Matching Gifts programs

Flexible working arrangements

‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)

Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits.

TWINOAKS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMTTACompliance@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $120,159.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/19/2026.

Salary : $120,159

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