Senior Media Leader Opportunity

EPAM is seeking a senior media leader to join our Next Generation Marketing team within Empathy Laban agile, start-up-style division embedded within a global organization. This team helps clients navigate new challenges through innovative, strategic, and tech-enabled marketing solutions. You'll play a critical role in building trust and engagement with clients by leading a strategic in-housing initiative focused on digitizing the end-to-end media planning and buying process. You'll advise on media activation, integrated planning, AI in marketing, martech ecosystems, and data strategyserving as a key expert within clients' marketing environments. We're a high-growth team built on accountability, visibility, and fearlessness. We move fast, take smart risks, and leverage the full strength of the EPAM network to deliver lasting value. Success in this role requires a solid understanding of the technologies used by marketers on both the planning and buying sides, as well as applied knowledge of performance metrics (GRP, MMM, MTA) across both mass and targeted campaigns.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the strategic day-to-day contact and trusted advisor to key client stakeholders
• Lead delivery of a tech-enabled, in-housing media solution across planning and buying
• Manage cross-functional delivery teams to ensure high-quality, timely execution
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities through internal and external networks
• Translate client challenges into actionable technology and media strategies
• Collaborate across digital strategy, martech, and data science teams to drive outcomes
• Identify opportunities to apply EPAM's software and data capabilities to client needs
• Collaborate with the Empathy Lab leadership team to continuously identify improvements and/or enhancements in processes and tools to streamline and industrialize execution activities, supporting quality and on-time delivery
• Recruit, inspire, coach, develop and guide a highly motivated team of digital media managers and consultants

Requirements:

• 20+ years of experience in cross-channel media planning and buying (ATL + Digital)
• Strong understanding of media and ad-tech ecosystems from both strategic and technical angles
• Ability to lead consultative conversations across media planning, buying, and activations
• Skilled in communicating complex ideas clearly and confidently to diverse stakeholders
• Proven success building trusted client relationships and managing senior stakeholders
• Working knowledge of media performance methodologies (GRP, MMM, MTA)
• Experience leading integrated marketing and media transformation initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a global organization
• Strong team leadership, coaching, and mentorship capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

We offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

Salary range: $175,000 - $210,000.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential. We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination. As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate. Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone. At EPAM, employment actions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, national origin, ancestry, genetics, age, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status when otherwise legally able to work, or any other characteristic protected by law.