Sr. Manager, Programmatic

We are looking for an energetic, solutions-oriented team member who is passionate about data and eager to be a part of a successful, fast-growing company. The Sr. Manager, Programmatic will be responsible for managing our SSP partners, as well as revenue optimization and yield analytics that keep the needs of our clients, our 5,000+ publishers, top of mind in all decisions.

What you’ll be doing:

• Be the main touchpoint for our programmatic partners to create and maintain strong, collaborative relationships and innovative partnerships
• Deeply understand the “health” of our bidder partners, to help optimize and troubleshoot, as well as surface new revenue opportunities
• Manage a variety of programmatic media integrations from implementation to monitoring and optimization
• Actively participate in vetting new programmatic business/partnership opportunities
• Monitor discrepancies between first and third party; internalize reporting to track trends and issues -- both for internal and external clients
• Monitor and optimize for company KPIs, such as viewability, in-demo, user engagement
• Produce reports for high-level management as needed 
• Work across multiple teams (tech, data science, publisher facing) to ensure our publishers are getting the best services possible

The skills and experience you bring to the job:

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or 2-4 years related experience
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral
• Background in digital marketing and/or media buying
• Understanding of the programmatic digital media industry (SSPs, DSPs, exchanges)
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel
• Strong analytical skills and ability to recognize trends
• Extremely detail oriented, organized and process driven
• Quick learner who loves to pick up new tools/skills
• Familiarity with third party verification vendors (AdSafe, MOAT, DoubleVerify, Nielsen, comScore) a plus
• Familiarity with SQL a plus
• Ad operations knowledge a plus!

About Raptive 

Raptive’s mission is to power creator independence. We’re a creator company that provides revenue, audience, business solutions, and much more for creators and enterprise publishers. Since the very beginning of digital content creation, we’ve been allies and advocates for every kind of creator and charted the uncharted to help creators grow their businesses through it all. 

Today we are the catalyst for 5,000+ of the world’s most premium creators on the open web and rank as the tenth-largest digital property in the U.S. Creators who choose Raptive are premium content creators, trendsetters, iconic brands, and charismatic personalities, captivating more than 78% of U.S. audiences on their sites alone with the power to move and disrupt culture. They collectively rank #1 in Food, Family, Home, and Lifestyle--with a reach of more than 182M monthly unique visitors and more than half a billion followers across social platforms.