Senior Strategy Manager (Smart Supply)

USA (Remote)

Senior Level

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Drive Smart Supply Capabilities: Lead the development of new Smart Supply capabilities and offering ideation in close collaboration with Planning and AdOps, leveraging opportunities across key SSPs (e.g., PubMatic, Index Exchange, OpenX) and strategically utilizing supply-side signals and integrations.
Productization Support: Partner with the Product team to design and evolve Supply Path Optimization (SPO) frameworks, leveraging Smart Supply’s AI to filter inventory at the source, reduce CPMs, and eliminate low-quality traffic before spend is incurred.
Growth & Planning Synergy: Work closely with the Growth team to shape high-level proposals, and with Planning to build tailored, outcome-driven packages aligned with specific audience moments and client KPIs.
Market Horizon Scanning: Serve as a subject matter expert on industry trends, proactively developing Points of View (POVs) that inform internal offerings and influence the product roadmap.
Strategic Intelligence Leadership: Leverage market intelligence to define clear strategic blueprints for how Elevate should be deployed across different client verticals and business objectives.
Innovation & Competitive Analysis: Continuously monitor both supply-side and demand-side ecosystems to identify gaps in control and transparency, and propose innovative Smart Supply solutions that empower marketers.

The Experience: 5+ years of deep experience in programmatic strategy, supply-side management, or digital media architecture, ideally with a background in strategy.
Technical Ecosystem Mastery: An expert-level understanding of the digital media supply chain, including hands-on proficiency with major DSPs, SSPs, and the mechanics of ads.txt and SupplyChain Objects.