Cloud TV
Website:
cloudtvos.com
Job details:
Location: Mumbai (On-site only)
Experience: Minimum 5 years
Qualification: Engineering degree required (Computer Science or related engineering fields preferred)
About the role:
CloudTV is hiring an Ad Operations Manager to own daily ad performance, delivery optimization, and monetization execution across CTV and OTT environments. This is a junior role for a strong individual contributor with clear potential to grow into a larger leadership role over time.
The role is best suited for someone who has worked on the publisher side in streaming applications and has hands-on experience managing programmatic video monetization. The person will be expected to improve advertisement delivery, optimize waterfalls, work closely with sales, product, and engineering teams, and contribute directly to revenue growth.
Key responsibilities:
· Monitor daily ad performance across campaigns, inventory, and demand sources, including fill rates, impressions, delivery, eCPMs, revenue trends, and pacing.
· Optimize waterfalls, demand allocation, and setup logic to improve ad delivery and overall monetization performance.
· Own end-to-end campaign setup, trafficking, QA, launch, and delivery across SpringServe or equivalent ad servers.
· Manage open auction demand, private marketplace deals, programmatic guaranteed demand, and direct campaigns flowing through DSPs, SSPs, and ad servers.
· Troubleshoot delivery issues across the monetization stack, including targeting, macros, deal setup, creatives, ad calls, and reporting gaps.
· Set up and maintain the ad stack, including ads.txt or app-ads.txt, macro handling, deal IDs, pricing rules, and related ad operations workflows.
· Work with DAI and SSAI setups to support smooth ad insertion in streaming environments.
· Partner with the sales team to support billing, campaign execution, partner coordination, and revenue realization.
· Manage billing and reconciliation with demand partners, agencies, SSPs, DSPs, ad servers, and related monetization tools.
· Manage publisher partner payouts based on agreed revenue-share structures.
· Work with internal product and technology teams to improve delivery systems, build internal tools, and help develop new ad formats and data products.
· Take ownership of revenue-linked goals tied to ad performance, with bonus upside based on achievement.
Role requirements:
· Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in ad operations, video monetization, or programmatic operations.
· Must have experience working in streaming applications on the publisher side.
· Must have prior hands-on experience with SpringServe or an equivalent video ad server.
· Strong understanding of DSPs, SSPs, ad servers, programmatic workflows, and video monetization operations.
· Working knowledge of DAI, SSAI, video ad delivery flows, deal setup, and campaign troubleshooting.
· Experience managing open auction demand, PG demand, PMP or direct deals, and campaign delivery across the programmatic stack.
· Strong experience setting up and managing the complete ad stack, including ads.txt or app-ads.txt, macros, and deal configuration.
· Comfortable handling reconciliations, payouts, revenue-share calculations, and billing coordination.
· Engineering degree is mandatory; candidates from Computer Science or related engineering backgrounds are preferred.
· Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams.
Growth opportunity:
This is a junior role with strong growth potential. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to transition into a leadership role with broader ownership across ad operations, monetization, partner management, and team handling.
Application process:
Please apply by filling out the Google Form link below and uploading your CV in PDF format.
Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeH_kRa0LQ9t5A0T4LIbgFr0ClGXbNDsREx0baB-tyCGdWFuQ/viewform
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