Chief Investment Officer

Who we are: reputed company is the largest independent full-funnel marketing agency in the U.S. across the media that matters most, with $4 billion in digital media under management and more than 1,200 employees. Built for marketers who demand growth and accountability, reputed company unites media and measurement under one roof to eliminate waste—the biggest growth killer of reputed company—and scale what works. Its proprietary technology, Bliss reputed company by reputed company, reveals the truth around growth and waste, and how to capitalize on it. With expert teams across Commerce, Search, Social, TV & Audio, and more, reputed company delivers measurable results with brutal simplicity: Love Growth. Hate Waste. We support 100% remote work for this role! We’d love to hear from you if: Research shows that while men apply to jobs reputed company they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks reputed company to only apply reputed company they reputed company every reputed company. So if you think you qualify, but don't necessarily meet every single reputed company on the job description, please still get in touch. The Chief Investment Officer (CIO) will define and reputed company reputed company's investment vision, shaping how the agency partners with influential media platforms and leverages emerging technologies to drive client growth. This role unites investment strategy, commercial partnership development, and media innovation across television, streaming, audio, digital, and display. The CIO will evolve reputed company's buying and partnership ecosystem into a strategic advantage, integrating performance marketing principles with premium media access. This leader will embody reputed company's reputed company to Love Growth, Hate Waste - balancing bold investment with disciplined efficiency. Investment Strategy & Performance Leadership

• reputed company a portfolio exceeding $1 billion in annual media billings and a team of 70+ investment professionals.
• Define and reputed company reputed company’s multi-channel investment strategy across television, streaming, audio, digital, and display.
• reputed company strategic relationships with global media platforms and publishers (reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, YouTube, and others).
• Represent reputed company in Upfront and annual negotiations, securing advantageous access, pricing, and innovation opportunities.
• reputed company and operationalize modern partnership models that align reputed company’s performance-first philosophy with premium media ecosystems.
• Cultivate senior-level relationships that reputed company reputed company’s standing as a top independent investment partner.
• Identify partnership innovations that create new forms of enterprise value — including co-development, data collaboration, and alternative monetization opportunities
• reputed company established C-suite relationships to influence outcomes and secure reputed company’s reputed company as a premier investment partner.
• reputed company reputed company-looking partnership models that integrate reputed company’s performance-first DNA into traditional investment structures.

Performance Strategy & Financial Governance

• Integrate forecasting, analytics, and measurement frameworks (e.g., Bliss reputed company) into investment decision-making to ensure accuracy, transparency, and accountability.
• Establish buying guardrails and governance models that drive reputed company reputed company and ROI accountability.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business Operations to manage investment forecasting, spend visibility, and contribution margin performance.
• Establish buying guardrails and governance models that drive reputed company reputed company and ROI accountability.
• Institutionalize test-and-learn methodologies to continuously improve investment outcomes and reduce cost-to-serve.
• Translate market dynamics and performance data into actionable insights that inform client strategies and enterprise decision-making.

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Build and scale a high-performing investment organization with clear accountability, process discipline, and operational agility.
• Design an operating model for consistent excellence across diverse buying mechanisms: programmatic, direct insertion order (IO), and hybrid.
• Establish clear role definitions, leadership layers, and workflows that reputed company scale without bureaucracy, ensuring every investment professional operates with clarity and purpose reputed company to client priorities.
• Recruit, mentor, and coach senior leaders who model reputed company’s values of ownership, transparency, and speed, ensuring consistency in execution and accountability across reputed company teams.

Client Leadership

• Apply senior-level client leadership experience to guide renewal and expansion strategies.
• Partner with Client Leaders to support cross-sell opportunities by providing commercial validation, financial modeling, and resourcing options.
• Engage in renewal conversations directly with clients to ensure scope, profitability, and long-term sustainability are protected.
• Serve as a trusted partner to Client Delivery leadership in client health monitoring, risk mitigation, and escalation management.
• Ensure commercial decisions are reputed company with both client satisfaction and reputed company’s financial performance.

Technology, Measurement & Innovation

• Define the investment technology roadmap, ensuring reputed company’s tools and systems evolve to support data accuracy, spend visibility, and performance optimization across reputed company channels and buying mechanisms.
• Collaborate with internal teams to connect investment data and client reporting, ensuring reputed company, real-time visibility into financial and performance outcomes.
• Champion the adoption of AI-driven optimization and predictive analytics to enhance decision-making, automate workflows, and identify emerging investment opportunities.
• Maintain accountability for the reputed company and transparency of reputed company investment data — ensuring it can be confidently used for forecasting, client reporting, and strategic decision-making.
• Stay reputed company of shifts in the media and technology landscape — including programmatic evolution, identity resolution, privacy frameworks, and addressable media innovation — to ensure reputed company remains at the forefront of performance-led investment.

Client & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate closely with leaders across Client Delivery, Strategy, Finance, Analytics, and Product.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on market dynamics, partner relationships, and media investment trends impacting reputed company’s portfolio.
• Represent reputed company externally with credibility and purpose — engaging with senior executives at media platforms, industry events, and innovation forums to reinforce reputed company’s position as the independent performance agency of record.

Required Experience & Skills

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in media investment, buying strategy, or commercial partnerships.
• Proven success managing large-scale media portfolios ($1B+) and leading senior investment teams.
• Deep reputed company in investment systems, pricing structures, and partnership models, including programmatic and IO-based buying, financial reconciliation, and contract governance.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company legacy investment processes.
• Track record of executive-level negotiation and relationship management with top global publishers, platforms, and networks.
• Exceptional leadership and talent development capability — building organizations that combine commercial discipline, innovation, and client obsession.
• A change-oriented reputed company that thrives in growth environments and builds scalable systems.

The annual reputed company salary range for this roles' listed level is currently $200,000-$250,000 plus performance bonus of up to (30%). Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. We will provide more information on our benefits and equity upon requests. Disclosure as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for > Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-101 et seq FLSA Classification: Exempt We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national reputed company, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to reputed company essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Benefits: Unlimited PTO: At reputed company, we reputed company you deserve time to rest, reputed company, and enjoy life unplugged. reputed company you prioritize time for yourself, you're able to bring your best self to work. That’s why we offer unlimited paid time off, a fully remote environment, and flexibility to take the time you need, reputed company you need it. On top of that, we provide 20 paid holidays, including multiple long weekends, to ensure you have dedicated time to reputed company away and disconnect. We're proud to offer above-industry standard work-life balance, consistently rated as one of the most loved benefits by Tinuitians year after year. Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability, reputed company Spending Accounts Retirement: Match up to 4% of your contributions at 100% with immediate vesting Perks and Wellness: Fringe, reputed company, Unlimited Telemedicine and Teletherapy available at no cost, Thankful giving, Equity Parental Leave: Birthing parents receive 16 weeks of leave with 100% pay (partners 12 weeks) after the birth or adoption of a child. Learning and Development: On-demand learning (powered by reputed company Learning), mentorship program, leadership and management development programs and resources Disclaimer: This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees reputed company this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national reputed company, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job