Senior Marketing Process Consultant- Media Strategy & Operating Model

IBM

IBM

Marketing & Communications

California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA

Posted on Apr 30, 2026
Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

Your primary responsibilities will include:

  • Assess current media planning and buying processes to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for optimization
  • Design and implement standardized workflows for campaign setup, execution, tracking, and reporting
  • Collaborate with marketing, analytics, creative, and technology teams to ensure seamless integration of media processes
  • Develop frameworks for budget allocation, channel mix optimization, and performance measurement
  • Introduce automation tools and technologies to streamline repetitive tasks and improve accuracy
  • Establish KPIs, dashboards, and reporting structures to monitor media effectiveness and operational efficiency
  • Conduct audits of media campaigns and platforms to ensure compliance with best practices and business objectives
  • Train internal teams on new processes, tools, and optimization methodologies
  • Provide strategic recommendations to improve media ROI and scalability
  • Stay current on industry trends, platforms, and emerging technologies in media optimization
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
  • 10+ years of experience in media planning, buying, or marketing operations, with a focus on process improvement
  • Strong understanding of digital media channels (search, social, programmatic, display, video)
  • Proven experience in workflow design, process mapping, and operational optimization
  • Familiarity with analytics tools, attribution models, and campaign measurement techniques
  • Experience with marketing technology platforms (DSPs, ad servers, CRM, programmatic, marketing automation tools)
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
  • Experience in consulting or transformation roles
  • Experience implementing automation or AI-driven media optimization solutions
Preferred technical and professional experience

• Digital Transformation Acumen: Deep expertise in driving change management and guiding clients through digital transformation processes, ensuring seamless adoption and integration of Adobe's tools into their business operations. • Advanced Analytical Skills: Deep expertise in measuring the effectiveness of implemented solutions, identifying areas for improvement, and optimizing results to deliver impactful outcomes for clients. • Adobe Suite Mastery: Deep expertise in leveraging Adobe's suite of tools to design and implement transformative solutions, with certification or extensive experience in their application.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

US Citizenship Required.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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