Head of Ad Operations

By joining our team of tech, hardware, software and advertising leaders, you won’t just be tweaking an app or changing a channel; you will redefine the future of TV, advertising, and consumer engagement. Reporting to the COO, you will serve as the single accountable owner of the Ad Operations function and be responsible for the systems, processes, people, vendors, and monetization strategy that maximize the value of Telly's advertising inventory. Ad Operations Leadership Serve as a key stakeholder and subject matter expert in the development of Telly's monetization roadmap, partnering closely with Ad Product to prioritize initiatives that improve yield, revenue efficiency, inventory value, and operational scalability.Provide strategic input on advertising architecture, platform capabilities, auction design, signal strategy, identity solutions, and monetization features to ensure new investments align with business objectives.Own the operational performance, optimization, and ongoing evolution of Telly's advertising stack following implementation.Own bidstream signal strategy, including identity, contextual, audience, device, and other monetization signals.Oversee supply and demand integrations, auction mechanics, QPS management, multicall strategy, inventory routing, and platform performance.Lead yield experiments, testing programs, and optimization initiatives with clear hypotheses, measurement plans, and outcome ownership.Monitor and improve operational health across monetization systems, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved quickly.Establish and maintain operational rigor around release readiness, QA validation, incident response, monitoring, and production support processes.Vendor & Partner Management 10+ years of experience in Ad Operations, monetization, programmatic advertising, or related publisher-side leadership roles.5+ years of people management experience, including responsibility for hiring, performance management, organizational development, and team leadership.Deep publisher-side or supply-side experience required.Experience within a publisher, OEM, streaming platform, retail media network, or advertising technology company serving publishers.Proven track record scaling monetization operations through meaningful periods of revenue, inventory, organizational, or platform growth.Deep expertise across programmatic advertising infrastructure, including SSPs, DSPs, ad servers, identity solutions, measurement platforms, OpenRTB, and related technologies.Strong experience with yield optimization, audience extension, pricing strategy, inventory monetization, and programmatic revenue management.Experience managing vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and operational budgets.Experience working closely with executive leadership and influencing cross-functional decision making.What Success Looks Like: