Maternity Cover – Senior Programme Manager – Samsung Ads (Europe)

at  Samsung Electronics

Position Summary
Why join our team?
Founded in 2017, Samsung Ads (Europe) is a relatively new business within Samsung, but is already proud to be at the forefront of redefining advertising in the Advanced TV landscape and the Mobile ad industry!
Our mission is to help consumers in discover relevant content and brands, while providing advertisers the opportunity to amplify their brand messaging and fully surround the Samsung audience.
Powered by deep analytics and industry-leading technology, Samsung Ads is an intuitive audience platform, delivering meaningful experiences to reach the right audience across Smart TVs, mobile and desktop. With the largest proprietary dataset powered by Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), combined with third-party data from trusted partners, we offer advertisers real-time TV viewing and mobile insights across EU7, and beyond!
From native ad placements on millions of Samsung Smart TVs and mobile devices, to seamless activation across surrounding connected-devices, we help marketers make informed decisions through our unparalleled reach, meaningful ad experiences and deep insights. Our breadth of data - from consumer viewership to connected-device usage - helps inform richer insights, providing advertisers the ability to bridge the linear TV, mobile and digital landscapes.
Role and Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities

• Play an important role in the growth of Samsung Ads across Europe, ensuring key projects and ad products are launched in a timely and efficient manner.
• Coordinate multiple collaborators across Europe, USA, Canada and Korea to deliver the programme of work, including the individuals responsible for the technical, legal and commercial readiness of each ad product or project being delivered.
• Work closely with our London based Product Managers to ensure European ad products, platform enhancements and data capabilities are launch-ready, including go-to-market plans with the Sales, Marketing and Operations teams.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans which show clear deliverables, interdependencies, owners and timelines, utilising visualisation tools such as Gantt charts and/or roadmaps.
• Oversee all day-to-day tasks needed to deliver the programme of work, including running weekly sync calls with global partners and project teams, preparing agendas and taking meeting notes, and chasing owners for actions.
• Identify key issues and blockers in the delivery pathway and think creatively and practically to resolve them.
• Provide regular reports to senior management on progress, current ETAs and any known risks or blockers to launch.
• Define the overarching governance framework and processes to ensure effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme.

What we need for this role

• To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
• Ability to build strong working relationships with peers and senior executives, and embed yourself within a business to earn trust and agreement.
• Ability to command respect and create a sense of community amongst team members, fostering a continual sense of focus and momentum to deliver the programme of work.
• Strong influencing skills that drive a sense of urgency and engagement throughout the organisation.
• Knowledge of programme and project management methods including Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), PRINCE2, and Agile methodologies.
• In-depth experience of collaboration tools such as Confluence, Jira and G-Suite, as well as other cloud based tools and applications.
• Knowledge of the techniques required for planning, monitoring and controlling complex programmes of work.
• Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures, as well as procurement and approval processes within large organisations.
• Experience leading projects or programmes of work within the media and adtech industry, ideally with publishers, media owners or sales houses.
• Experience working within the Advanced Advertising industry, with a good understanding across broadcast TV, addressable TV, CTV, mobile, video, display and digital.
• Knowledge of the ad–serving and programmatic ecosystem covering third-party integrations including SSPs, ad exchanges, DSPs, viewability & verification vendors and content management platforms (CMP).
• Knowledge of current data privacy legislation, including GDPR and TCF.

What does success look like?

• The Programme Manager will work closely with the European Product and Programme Delivery team to deliver a number of strategic projects and products across Europe globally – the “programme of work”.
• The successful candidate will be able to coordinate multiple people and subject matter experts (across Europe, North America, India and Korea) to ensure the effective delivery of the programme, while regularly reporting progress to Samsung Ads’ senior management and all other relevant partners.

Skills and Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include

Partner Colleague

• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
• Car allowance (delete if not appropriate)
• Pension contribution
• Three volunteering days each year
• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
• Access to a discount shopping portal
• Partner Colleagues are not eligible for certain types of statutory leave such as Samsung Family Leave or Sick Leave policies but may be eligible for statutory payments via their agency

A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Your key responsibilities

• Play an important role in the growth of Samsung Ads across Europe, ensuring key projects and ad products are launched in a timely and efficient manner.
• Coordinate multiple collaborators across Europe, USA, Canada and Korea to deliver the programme of work, including the individuals responsible for the technical, legal and commercial readiness of each ad product or project being delivered.
• Work closely with our London based Product Managers to ensure European ad products, platform enhancements and data capabilities are launch-ready, including go-to-market plans with the Sales, Marketing and Operations teams.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans which show clear deliverables, interdependencies, owners and timelines, utilising visualisation tools such as Gantt charts and/or roadmaps.
• Oversee all day-to-day tasks needed to deliver the programme of work, including running weekly sync calls with global partners and project teams, preparing agendas and taking meeting notes, and chasing owners for actions.
• Identify key issues and blockers in the delivery pathway and think creatively and practically to resolve them.
• Provide regular reports to senior management on progress, current ETAs and any known risks or blockers to launch.
• Define the overarching governance framework and processes to ensure effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme

What we need for this role

• To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
• Ability to build strong working relationships with peers and senior executives, and embed yourself within a business to earn trust and agreement.
• Ability to command respect and create a sense of community amongst team members, fostering a continual sense of focus and momentum to deliver the programme of work.
• Strong influencing skills that drive a sense of urgency and engagement throughout the organisation.
• Knowledge of programme and project management methods including Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), PRINCE2, and Agile methodologies.
• In-depth experience of collaboration tools such as Confluence, Jira and G-Suite, as well as other cloud based tools and applications.
• Knowledge of the techniques required for planning, monitoring and controlling complex programmes of work.
• Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures, as well as procurement and approval processes within large organisations.
• Experience leading projects or programmes of work within the media and adtech industry, ideally with publishers, media owners or sales houses.
• Experience working within the Advanced Advertising industry, with a good understanding across broadcast TV, addressable TV, CTV, mobile, video, display and digital.
• Knowledge of the ad–serving and programmatic ecosystem covering third-party integrations including SSPs, ad exchanges, DSPs, viewability & verification vendors and content management platforms (CMP).
• Knowledge of current data privacy legislation, including GDPR and TCF