Senior Advertising Operations Manager - KTM

Hybrid is a global, full-service marketing partner dedicated to the education sector - combining creativity, data, and AI-powered insights to help universities grow worldwide and part of EAB. With offices in six countries and partnerships with some of the most prestigious universities.

We are looking for a Senior Ad Operations Manager to own spend pacing, campaign QA, and platform controls across a large digital advertising portfolio. Working across Paid Media, Data, Tech, and Finance, you will identify issues early and turn repeatable checks into scalable automation.

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  Own financial pacing and spend controls across digital advertising accounts

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  Monitor planned vs. actual spend and flag under- or overspend early

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  Conduct regular campaign audits to ensure targeting, setup and delivery remain fully compliant with agreed standards and controls.

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  Build and manage automated pacing, reconciliation, and anomaly alerts

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  Investigate discrepancies across media plans, platforms, and financial data

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  Own campaign QA across Google, Meta, Bing, Snap, TikTok, and other platforms

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  Monitor platforms and leveraging automated platforms to ensure changes are made, following best practices on placements, domains, inventory, exclusions, and brand safety

• Experience in ad operations, paid media operations, or a similar digital advertising role

• Strong knowledge of Google Ads and other major advertising platforms, including automated campaign types

• Strong numerical skills and experience with budget pacing, reconciliation, and large datasets

• A detail-focused approach to campaign setup, delivery, placements, and financial discrepancies

• Comfort with dashboards, spreadsheets, platform data, and APIs; SQL knowledge is advantageous

• A process-driven, collaborative mindset with the ability to turn operational knowledge into scalable controls

• Work closely with global Paid Media, Data, Technology, and Finance teams.

• Improve accuracy and control across a high-volume advertising portfolio.

• Team rewards and away days.

• Opportunities to develop your technical and platform expertise.

• Hybrid working arrangements.

Join us in driving innovation in how education brands reach and inspire the students who will shape tomorrow.

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and believe that a diverse team brings richer perspectives, stronger creativity, and better outcomes for our people and our clients.

If you’re excited about this role but feel you don’t meet every single requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Please reach out to our Recruitment Team (recruitment@hybrid.co) to discuss your experience or to enquire about other opportunities across our growing business.