Manager, Revenue Operations/Yield

The Manager of Rev Ops/Yield will be a yield expert that analyzes patterns and makes data-driven decisions.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the escalation point for troubleshooting, testing, and implementation of ad operations
• Manage 3rd party vendor relationship including checking in on completed tasks and duties ensuring work has been completed within the timeline given
• Assist in development and maintenance of our publisher network and maintain the effectiveness of the revenue generation throughout the network.
• Help to oversee day-to-day optimizations of sites and demand stack around performance.
• Lead the team in finding all inaccuracies in revenue, impressions, clicks and other KPI metrics where possible and fix them in a timely manner
• Assist in the evaluation of new technologies, and testing those on the sites.
• Help to develop means to streamline process flow
• Stay current and aware of changes and updates in ad server and proprietary tracking software and help communicate to necessary teams
• Correctly traffic ad tags to vendors in a timely manner.
• Provide ongoing status of experiments and implementation to the appropriate teams
• Participate in and oversee in the QA process Interface regularly with partners; resolve issues that arise including reporting discrepancies, creative policing, trafficking requirements
• Manage Documentation of protocols associated with the team and proper workflows
• Manage staff productivity and allocation of resources in collaboration with the CRO/CMO, Digital Ad Operations, to ensure company goals are met.
• Liaises with finance where needed on invoicing and new business Manage staff performance to meet or exceed internal expectations.
• Develop, motivate and train Digital Ad Operations Associate and Specialist team members as appropriate
• Participate in Corporate projects as assigned
• Create and manage Private Marketplaces (PMPs) and Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) deals

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Digital Media/ ad tech space preferably with a major SSP / DSP or large-scale publisher/channel partner
• 2+ managing Customer Success and/ or Ad Operations teams
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Highly proficient in Excel / Google sheets
• Expert in GAM (google ad manager), GTM, GA and other Google products
• Previous experience working with supply side platforms, ad servers, data management platforms and other tech partners. DSP / SSP/ EXCHANGES (AOL, Google, Index etc.)
• Deep understanding of ad monetization at scale, including both demand & supply side, programmatic (Header Bidding, PMP, SSP, DSP, RTB, Video, Native etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to manage a small global remote team in different time zones
• Exceptional understanding of ad systems and technologies including Operative 1, Salesforce, Google Ad Manager, Ad-Juster, FreeWheel, DBM,, MOAT, IAS and all other
• Expertise in training various ad operations disciplines and concepts
• Understanding of Google data studio and Analytics in depth.
• Strong knowledge of campaign lifecycle management, ad sales process, trafficking, QA, performance analytics/reporting

Additional Skills and Characteristics

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Experience using Asana, Jira, and slack
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; ability to quickly master new productivity software application tools
• Proven self-starter, with ability to drive initiatives and end goals