Mars Inc

Senior Global Media Operations Manager

Mars Inc$110K — $130K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in digital media planning, strategy, and ad operations.
  • Deep expertise in managing multi-million-dollar media investment budgets.
  • Experience building and managing biddable media or search operations, with hands-on ad platform exposure.
  • Familiarity with both brand-building and performance marketing channels.
  • Demonstrated ability to align diverse stakeholders around unified processes.
  • Proven project management and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong relationship-building skills, with a focus on uplifting and engaging teams.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent media experience.

Responsibilities

  • Drive global media investment governance to maximize effectiveness and growth.
  • Establish standardized ad operations excellence with governance over media performance reporting.
  • Scale media measurement capabilities, integrating insights into planning processes.
  • Codify data and measurement best practices across markets for better performance.
  • Collaborate with Finance on managing budgets, forecasting, and reporting.
  • Deliver performance reporting for Search & Social, supporting investment reviews with insights.
  • Design and refine reporting dashboards and operational workflows in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and upskilling.
  • Collaboration with diverse global teams.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge media technologies and operations.
  • Flexible work options between the UK and US.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Senior Global Media Operations Manager

Location: UK or US

As the Global Senior Media Operations Manager, you will drive commercial value, investment efficiency, and operational excellence for Mars Pet Nutrition's global media ecosystem. In this role, you'll establish rigorous standards across media investment, ad-operations, reporting, and data taxonomy to maximize ROI across media channels. This is a highly analytical and operational role with a focus on governance; you'll be responsible for translating operational data into high-impact strategic insights for global brands and local operating entities.

What are we looking for?

  • Significant experience in digital media planning, strategy and / or ad-operations
  • Deep expertise managing multi-million-dollar investment budgets including planning, channel allocation and reporting
  • Experience building, scaling or managing biddable media operations and / or search operations; hands-on ad platform experience a plus
  • Experience with both brand-building and performance marketing channels
  • Demonstrated ability to align stakeholders across functions and markets around a common process or way of working
  • Proven & demonstrable project management, change leadership, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent relationship builder to upskill, engage and inspire teams
  • BSC or Business Degree and / or equivalent media experience


What will be your key responsibilities?

Media Investment & Planning
  • Drive global media investment governance, scenario planning, and PESO framework implementation to maximize investment effectiveness, consumer relevance, and sustainable growth.


Ad Operations & Data Taxonomy
  • Establish, standardize and govern global ad operations excellence through standardized taxonomy, tracking, and data governance to enable accurate and consistent media performance reporting


Data, Technology & Measurement
  • Scale media measurement and ad-tech capabilities, embedding MMM insights into planning and decision-making while driving best-in-class standards.
  • Codify and deploy data and measurement best practices across markets, and enhance Search performance through dynamic bidding and keyword optimization.


Finance & Reporting
  • Partner with Finance to manage media budgets, governance, forecasting, and reporting processes.
  • Deliver global Search & Social performance reporting and support leadership investment reviews with ROI benchmarks and key insights


Commercial & Financial Acumen
  • This role requires high autonomy to design, build, and continuously refine reporting dashboards, operational workflows, and investment pipelines in a fast-paced environment.

About Mars Inc

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products. It was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Mars operates in six business segments: Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience. Some of its most popular brands include M&M's, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Skittles, and Pedigree. The company is known for its commitment to sustainability and has set a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 67% by 2050.
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