Senior Advertising Operations Traffic Officer - 56214342007

We operate in a live, high-stakes advertising environment where performance, revenue, and technical systems must be monitored and managed in real time — similar to a trading desk.

We are hiring a Senior Live Operations Lead to oversee live systems, detect anomalies, triage issues rapidly, and make data-driven decisions during critical operating windows.

This is a judgment-heavy execution role for someone who thrives in fast-moving, data-intensive environments and enjoys solving complex operational problems under pressure.

You will work closely with an existing traffic lead and analyst and, depending on experience, may directly manage the team.

• Current team: Traffic Lead + Analyst

• This role will operate at the same level as the current lead or manage both team members (based on experience)

• Direct collaboration with leadership

• Fully distributed global team

• Monitor live advertising and supporting technical systems

• Identify anomalies, breakages, and operational risks in real time

• Act as operational lead during critical windows

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly

• Improve reliability without slowing performance

• Document institutional knowledge and operational playbooks

• Lead system disruption response efforts

• Coordinate across internal teams and external vendors

• Diagnose root causes and implement preventative safeguards

• Design guardrails, alerts, and automation

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation tools

• Run rapid analyses on imperfect real-time data

• Build and maintain dashboards for live and historical performance

• Translate raw data into clear insights and action plans

• Build or analyze financial and operational models in Excel or Google Sheets

• Work directly with ad platforms, processors, vendors, and technical partners

• Track SLAs, reliability, and responsiveness

• Push for process improvements when external systems create risk

• Maintain accountability across external partners

• Mentor team members to strengthen analytical thinking

• Raise standards for communication, judgment, and execution

• Provide structured feedback and clarity

• Model calm, decisive leadership during high-pressure moments

• Live operational issues are identified and resolved independently

• High-impact operating windows run smoothly

• Risks are identified proactively before escalation

• Systems become more scalable and resilient

• Leadership trusts your judgment without close supervision

• 7+ years in ad operations, revenue operations, trading operations, or high-scale operational environments

• Experience working in live systems where mistakes are costly

• 2+ years of direct people management experience

• Strong analytical background with advanced spreadsheet skills

• Experience diagnosing and solving operational issues using data

• Google Workspace

• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets

• Real-time data analysis

• Slack or Telegram

• Programmatic advertising or performance marketing

• Trading desk or exchange-style environments

• On-call or incident-response environments

• Experience with tools such as Everflow, iRev, Ringba, Zapier, or Meta Ads

• Startup experience

• Calm under pressure

• Highly analytical and pattern-oriented

• Decisive with incomplete information

• Technically fluent and quick to learn new systems

• Organized, detail-driven, and disciplined

• Comfortable executing hands-on

• Fluent in English

• A strong mentor and team leader