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Senior Manager - Retail Media

Dentsu

5 - 10 years

Chennai

Posted: 06/12/2025

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Job Description

Job Description:

L40 Finance & Ad Operations Director – Retail Media

Role Summary
The Finance & Ad Ops Operations Director will lead operational excellence across all accounts in the Retail Media department, with an initial focus on the top three highest-spending clients. This role is responsible for driving financial governance, ad operations compliance, and workflow solutions across complex media types including Search/PLA, DSP self-service, managed service display/video, and onsite campaigns. The Director will work closely with Maggie Siegler (VP, Strategy & Operations), Retail Media client team leads (Associate Directors+), and the Finance Reconciliation team, while also collaborating with Media Tech and Analytics teams to ensure scalable, compliant, and efficient execution.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial + Operations Workflow Leadership & Governance

  • Lead and maintain department-wide guidance for Prisma/Media Ocean and settings by campaign type.
  • Build and support RACI plans for each account, tailored to staffing and campaign complexity and billing needs
  • Identify and implement scalable workflow improvements and automation opportunities across financial and ad ops processes.

Financial Operations Oversight

  • Ensure Prisma campaigns and IOs are aligned to client-approved budgets and supported by MAFs before launch.
  • Facilitate monthly actualization workflows and coordinate with Finance Reconciliation to ensure timely and accurate completion.
  • Lead resolution of invoice discrepancies, including missing or misaligned invoices.
  • Maintain and evolve the vendor billing relationships matrix; collaborate with Partnerships to troubleshoot systemic vendor issues.

Ad Ops & Platform Compliance

  • Oversee tagging workflows for display campaigns, coordinating with Media Tech and ensuring correct Prisma inputs and tag delivery.
  • Ensure adherence to operational standards across media types, especially for Search/PLA, Amazon DSP, and TTD DSP.
  • Support audit documentation and quality assurance protocols across accounts.
  • Work with tech partners like Pacvue and Skai and other vendors to augment our automation workstreams to support standards adherence. 

Cross-Functional Enablement

  • Collaborate with media and analytics teams to streamline data pulls and pacing documentation and flowcharting through systems like Guideline Planner.
  • Serve as escalation point for campaign Prisma setup and billing issues.
  • Coordinate closely with Retail Media leadership and Strategy & Operations to align priorities and support team enablement.

🔹 Key Traits

  • Strategic thinker with strong financial and operational acumen.
  • Strong communication skills with leadership and vendor management.
  • Proactive in identifying risks and driving resolution.
  • Committed to team development and scalable process design.

Location:

DGS India - Chennai - Anna Nagar Tyche Towers

Brand:

Paragon

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

About Company

Dentsu is a global advertising and digital marketing agency headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of the Dentsu Group Inc., one of the largest advertising and communications groups in the world. Dentsu specializes in providing integrated marketing solutions, including digital marketing, media planning, content creation, data analytics, public relations, and customer experience management. The company operates across numerous industries and markets, serving clients with innovative strategies to drive brand growth and engagement. With a strong focus on technology and creativity, Dentsu aims to deliver impactful, data-driven campaigns tailored to modern consumer behavior.

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