Senior Cross-Tier Media Planner

Description
As a Senior Cross - Tier Media Planner , you will help evolve how GM plans, measures, and activates media across brands and tiers. This role partners with cross-functional teams to align media strategy to business outcomes, while ensuring consistency, efficiency, and impact across national and local efforts. A demonstrated, hands-on command of media planning tools, systems, and planning methodologies, combined with experience leading teams in the practice of media planning is critical to success in this role. This position requires a practitioner who has personally built, evaluated, and optimized media plans.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and actively use media planning tools and systems (reach-based planning, audience tools, buying platforms, and analytics solutions) to develop, evaluate, and optimize media plans across national and local tiers.

• Lead teams and agency partners in the day-to-day practice of media planning, setting clear planning standards, methodologies, and quality expectations across brands and markets.

• Act as a working expert and coach to Brand, Sales Operations, and agency partners on media planning tools, systems, and best practices.

• Evaluate reach, frequency, and channel mix across national and local markets to uncover gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities to drive incremental reach growth.

• Collaborate closely with Brand, Product, Sales Operations, and Performance Marketing teams to ensure media strategies are aligned to brand priorities and growth objectives.

• Integrate media strategies across Marketing, Sales, Field, CX, Experiential, and Communications teams to deliver a coordinated national, zone, and LMA approach that amplifies impact.

• Clearly articulate media strategy, learnings, and growth opportunities to senior leadership across Sales and Marketing.

• Build strong, trusted partnerships with GM MediaOne central experts (Audience, Ad Tech, Channel Leads) and Sales Operations stakeholders to enable aligned execution and shared success.

REQUIRED CORE COMPETENCIES

• Hands on media planning leader with a track record of personally building and optimizing media plans using modern planning and buying tools.

• Proven leader of large, complex initiatives, effectively coordinating cross functional partners and agencies to deliver impact at scale.

• Influential leader without direct authority, able to guide, motivate, and align teams of indirect reports toward shared goals and outcomes.

• Strategic, systems level thinker who can navigate complexity, align multiple stakeholders, and drive clarity in ambiguous environments.

• Strong analytical acumen, with the ability to synthesize data, insights, and performance signals into actionable recommendations that inform investment decisions.

• Results driven and resilient, consistently delivering outcomes amid evolving priorities and dynamic market conditions.

• Compelling communicator and storyteller, with demonstrated ability to distill complex data into clear, executive ready narratives across written, verbal, and presentation formats.

• Proactive, composed, and accountable, demonstrating initiative, sound judgment, and confidence under pressure.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in media planning and buying, with direct ownership of planning tools, systems, and frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree required; preferred in marketing, business, or related fields

• Demonstrated understanding of the media ecosystem, including platforms, technology, and planning/buying processes

• Experience working for media agencies

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines

• Demonstrated presentation skills, including development of executive ready materials and storytelling that enables decision making

• Outstanding oral and written communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of GM structures and processes

• Automotive experience

• Understanding of audience based and reach based planning

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This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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