Head of Ad Operations, North America
About this role
Head of Ad Operations, North America
Department: RS-604 - Media - Ads Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: US - New York
Compensation: $130,000 - $150,000 / year
Description
Salary Range: $130,000-$150,000
As part of our recruitment process, we may use automated or AI-supported tools to assist with application review and screening. These tools are used to support, not replace, human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring team.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead and develop the North America Ad Operations organization, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Define team goals, performance metrics, and operational standards to ensure exceptional service delivery.
- Establish and manage service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) across advertising operations functions.
- Build scalable operational frameworks to support business growth and evolving advertising products.
What You'll Bring:
- 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, media operations, broadcast operations, or ad technology.
- 5+ years leading high-performing advertising operations teams.
- Strong experience managing advertising delivery across OTT, CTV, streaming, digital video, linear television, or FAST environments.
- Deep knowledge of campaign trafficking, ad serving, creative operations, scheduling, and inventory management.
- Experience working with enterprise advertising technology platforms and programmatic ecosystems.
- Demonstrated success implementing scalable operational processes and service delivery frameworks.
- OTT/CTV advertising
- Programmatic advertising
- Ad serving technologies
- Audience data platforms
- Identity solutions and privacy frameworks
- Campaign measurement and attribution
- Advanced analytical and reporting capabilities.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, data analysis, and dashboarding tools.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Strategic thinker with exceptional problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Passion for innovation, media, technology, and customer experience.
Benefits
Company at a glance
We are DAZN. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. Together, we bring ambition to life.
We are the digital leader in global sports media. We are home to the world’s largest, fastest-growing sports streaming service. We're using world-class technology to revolutionise the industry.
As part of our team you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere.
For us, it's all about Limitless Ambition - never settling, always restless, always wanting more for our customers. We're growing fast and have made a big impact so far, and that's just the beginning. There's so much we can do. Working with us is exciting, empowering and truly global.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity. A place where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, that’s fine. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible. We will do our best to accommodate adjustments for interviews.
If you're ambitious, inventive, passionate, brave and supportive, then you're the kind of person who's going to enjoy life at DAZN.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Top Benefits
- Access to DAZN
- Paid time off
- Health benefits
- Dental care
- Eye care
- Sick time package
- Parental leave
- Voluntary benefits
- Life insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Learning and development resources
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