Senior Manager, Ad Platform Tech Operations

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

**Please Note that Immigration Sponsorship is NOT Available for this role.** As part of Sam’s Club, we are committed to enhancing the value of our membership by forming strategic partnerships with suppliers to offer unique and fulfilling experiences. Central to this mission is our Member Access Platform (MAP), which serves as a critical link between suppliers, marketers, and merchants, facilitating impactful omnichannel experiences backed by measurable insights. This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing, high-visibility team within Sam’s Club. We are firm believers in the power of targeted, accountable digital advertising, supported by our robust first-party member sales data. Expansion of our digital advertising business is crucial for driving Sam’s overall growth strategy. Sam's Club MAP is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Sr. Manager, Ad Platform Tech Operations to lead critical initiatives aimed at optimizing our ad platform infrastructure and driving the adoption of proprietary Sam's Club advertising technology. This role requires a proven leader with exceptional project management, a track record of successful cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. The Sr. Manager will be instrumental in shaping the future of our ad serving capabilities, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and alignment with overall business objectives. What you'll do:

• Lead Strategic Ad Platform Initiatives: Drive end-to-end migration projects for advertising platforms and spearhead the adoption of future Sam's Club proprietary ad technology.
• Champion Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary strategic partner and liaison across Product, Engineering, Media Activation, Sales, Yield, and Trafficking teams to define requirements, foster alignment, and resolve complex interdependencies.
• Influence & Communicate with Executives: Cultivate strong relationships with senior leaders, develop and deliver compelling executive-level updates, and manage expectations across all stakeholders regarding ad platform strategy and performance.
• Optimize Ad Platform Operations: Oversee and enhance Tier 2+ support processes, establish standardized workflows and support guides, and provide expert guidance on ad creative and tag issues to ensure accurate and optimal campaign tracking and reporting.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience (5-7+ Years) with various ad platforms, including but not limited to Google Ad Manager (GAM), The Trade Desk (TTD), LiveIntent, and Search ad platforms.
• Proven expertise with Order Management Systems, particularly AdBook.
• Experience with fraud identification and mitigation tools such as IAS, DoubleVerify and HUMAN
• Experience with advertising compliance, privacy and standardization, specifically GDPR, CCPA, MRC accreditation
• Demonstrated success in leading large-scale ad technology migrations and implementations.
• Strong understanding of the ad serving process and ad tech ecosystem, including ad servers, SSPs, DSPs, DMPs, and analytics platforms.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. Benefits: Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. Equal Opportunity Employer Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people. Who Are We Sam Walton opened the fir