Video Monetization Manager
About this role
Minute Media is a global technology and content company built for the future of sports consumption. Minute Media’s proprietary technology platform enables the creation, distribution, and monetization of digital content experiences, powering Minute Media’s portfolio of trusted content brands, including Sports Illustrated, The Players’ Tribune, and FanSided, as well as third-party publishers and advertisers. The technology platform also includes STN Video, an online video platform (OVP) that provides access to a robust sports highlights rights portfolio. Minute Media is building the future of how the world connects with sport, powered by innovation, shared globally, and trusted by millions of fans and the partners we serve. For more information, visit www.minutemedia.com.
Overview
The Ad Operations team is seeking an experienced Video Monetization Manager to drive programmatic revenue growth, ad yield optimization, and technical performance across Minute Media’s portfolio. In this role, you will act as the bridge between programmatic demand partners, video player settings, and data analytics, maximizing performance across key monetization metrics such as CPM, fill rate, and bid rate.
The ideal candidate is a data-driven, hands-on AdTech professional with deep expertise in video player technology (OVP), VAST/VPAID protocols, and supply-side optimization. You will be responsible for executing A/B tests, managing strategic relationships with leading SSPs and programmatic partners, and troubleshooting complex technical ad delivery issues to ensure optimal margin and traffic quality.
What You'll Do:
- Manage and grow strategic relationships with leading SSPs and programmatic partners, with a focus on the demand side.
- Own day-to-day partner success — driving spend growth, monetization, and optimization across accounts and stakeholders.
- Support the publisher team with strategic testing and day-to-day optimizations.
- Analyze performance trends across spend, fill rate, bid rate, CPM, and traffic quality to identify monetization opportunities.
- Design, run, and analyze frequent A/B tests to optimize monetization, player settings, and ad configurations.
- Optimize video player settings — monetization, content distribution, and ad rules.
- Troubleshoot operational and technical issues: sample ad requests, discrepancies, delivery errors, margin loss, and traffic quality.
Requirements
What You Have:
- 3+ years in AdTech / programmatic advertising (Account/Partner Management, revenue operations, or AdOps). Programmatic experience is a must.
- Strong understanding of the programmatic ecosystem (DSPs, SSPs, exchanges, identity, supply path optimization).
- Video / OVP experience is a strong plus - video monetization, ad delivery (VAST/VPAID), and player settings.
- Technical and analytical, able to interpret large-scale performance data and turn it into actionable recommendations.
- Hands-on troubleshooting, comfortable inspecting sample ad requests, digging into data, and resolving delivery/integration issues.
- Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP) and familiarity with Google Ad Manager, Analytics, Looker, and CRM tools.
- High level of English written and verbal is a must.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field advantage.
Benefits
- Career development opportunities & different skill-based workshops are offered each quarter.
- Gradual return from parental leave.
- Fun company events and celebrations.
- Community involvement opportunities, both in-person and remote.
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Company at a glance
Minute Media is a global technology and content company specializing in sports and culture. Minute Media’s proprietary tech platform enables the creation, distribution and monetization of digital content experiences. They own and operate leading sports content brands, including Sports Illustrated, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, and 90min, while also providing sports highlight rights through Minute Media’s most recent technology acquisition of STN Video. Minute Media has offices in New York, London, Tel-Aviv, São Paulo and Tokyo.
For more information, visit www.MinuteMedia.com.
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