Ad Operations Lead in Barcelona

Softonic

Softonic publishes Softonic.com, the leading global software and app discovery destination, offering the most complete selection of software and apps across hundreds of categories.

Softonic is the European company with one of the largest online audiences, and currently holds 40th position worldwide with more than 120 million unique monthly users who generate more than 4 million daily downloads on Softonic.com.

Offer description

The Ad Operations Lead is part of the Sales Operations team and will be responsible for the AdOps area. Working in conjunction with Pricing and Yield, Sales and Business Development, the Ad Operations Lead will also be responsible for building the programmatic offering and supporting and advising the sales division in rolling out programmatic direct.

Key responsibilities

• Lead AdOps area and manage the relationship with our external Ad Ops agency.
• As AdOps lead, in conjunction with the Sales and Yield areas, build the value proposition and relevant products to implement a strong direct programmatic offering.
• Responsible for the bridge between Sales and Sales Operations, building new offerings, improving processes, and leading projects from the operations side.
• Analyzing and technical troubleshooting when any delivery or campaign issue arise.
• Resolves critical internal operational issues and escalations for accelerated resolution, reducing financial exposure, and implementing preventive measures.
• Team up with the Yield and Sales Ops team to identify optimizations and opportunities.
• Reviewing and evaluating sites configuration in terms of integration with the Ad Server and other third-party solutions, and making proactive measures and recommendations to optimize and continuously improve such integration.

Requirements

• The qualified candidate will have between 3-5 years of digital marketing and operating experience.
• More than 4-5 years of experience on Doubleclick for Publishers.
• Experience on leading projects
• Experience on set up with different SSPs and header bidding connections.
• Experience with analytics platforms, including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and different ad technologies.
• Proven experience developing programmatic direct campaigns.
• Knowledge of programming language as CSS, HTML, and Native Ad Layout)
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks effectively with a high level of accuracy.
• Effective problem solving and analytical skills and paying attention to details.
• Work within a fast-paced and results-driven ecosystem.
• Be able to operate independently.
• Great skills in communication and organizational.
• Natural team player.