Programmatic Account Strategist
New York City, New York, United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
$70,000 - $95,000 USD
Key skills
JavaScriptSQLAIProject ManagementProduct ManagementCommunicationDecision MakingCollaborationPresentation SkillsAccount ManagementSales
About this role
WHAT YOU’LL DO
We’re excited to offer a high-impact opportunity on Viant’s Programmatic/Self-Serve DSP team for a Programmatic Account Strategist based in our New York office. In this client-facing role, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to our self-service customers—empowering them to get the most out of our self-serve DSP platform. Your focus will be on driving platform adoption, educating clients on features and best practices, optimizing campaign performance, providing strategic recommendations, and ensuring overall client satisfaction.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving problems, loves educating others, and brings strong product knowledge with an operational mindset. You should be comfortable owning workflows, speaking confidently in front of clients, and serving as a subject matter expert on our DSP’s capabilities and innovations. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product Management, and Operations teams to deliver measurable success and foster long-term client relationships.
THE DAY-TO-DAY
- Build Strong Client Partnerships: Form close relationships with customers, serving as their trusted advisor and facilitator for programmatic media buying through the Viant DSP.
- Platform Expertise: Become an expert in the Viant Cloud and Viant DSP platforms, leveraging your knowledge to educate and empower customers at every stage of their journey.
- Campaign Oversight & Optimization: Proactively manage client campaign portfolios—overseeing performance and pacing, surfacing key insights, and ensuring best-in-class execution aligned with client goals.
- Client Enablement: Lead campaign launches and deliver ongoing training to help customers build trading expertise and gain independence within the platform.
- Strategic Recommendations: Offer data-driven recommendations to improve campaign delivery and results. Persistently troubleshoot issues and escalate technical challenges when needed.
- Industry & Product Insight Sharing: Act as a thought leader by sharing relevant Viant and industry updates, as well as identifying strategic opportunities in media buying and data activation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Share client feedback and learnings with internal stakeholders to improve platform offerings and client experience.
- Growth & Retention: Support and grow existing client relationships by driving satisfaction, increasing platform adoption, and contributing to revenue and profit growth.
- Operational Excellence: Identify opportunities to enhance team-wide efficiency and scalability. Champion process improvements and automation initiatives that drive operational success.
GREAT TO HAVE
- 2-3 years of experience in a Programmatic, Account Management, Account Strategist, Technical Services, Operations role
- Solid understanding of programmatic, ad tech, self-serve DSP's, SSP’s, PMP’s
- Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrable passion for learning new technologies
- Outstanding communication, project management, and presentation skills
- Excellent organizational skills; process-oriented, yet entrepreneurial and versatile mindset
- Great energy, confidence, and passion for working in a fast-growing technology company which is helping transform the advertising industry
- Experience in Internet technologies such as HTML, SQL, JavaScript a plus
- BS/BA or equivalent; quantitatively-oriented degree a plus
LIFE AT VIANT
Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.
$70,000 - $95,000 a year
In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.
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About Viant
Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn't just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.
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