Senior Global Media Operations Manager

**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. **What can you expect from Mars?** * Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. * Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. * Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. * An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.