Vice President, Media Investment

The Company is seeking a Vice President of Media Investment to lead media buying, trading, and investment strategy across digital and offline channels. The role includes designing proprietary trading models, negotiating media inventory and vendor partnerships, and overseeing cross-channel execution and budget pacing. The successful candidate will advise clients on budget allocation, channel mix, testing, and emerging opportunities while building and leading a team of investment professionals. They will also establish scalable workflows and quality controls, align media plans with marketing and analytics strategies, and manage relationships across the advertising technology and media vendor ecosystem. Candidates should have at least 10 years of progressive experience in media investment, trading, or programmatic buying, including four or more years in senior leadership. A proven background in building or managing principal trading models, along with expertise in inventory arbitrage, yield management, and commercial structures, is required. Applicants should bring hands-on knowledge of programmatic and traditional media buying, strong operational process-building experience, and excellent executive communication skills. Analytical expertise in media measurement, attribution, media mix modeling, and experimental testing is also essential.