Ad Monetization Manager (Remote)

Who We Are (Mode.Inc)

Mode is a fast-growing technology company building businesses at the intersection of AI, data, mobile apps, and digital experiences. Our portfolio of mobile apps and digital products reaches 100M+ monthly active users across a global audience. We continue to accelerate growth through product innovation, strategic acquisitions, and emerging business opportunities.

Mode was recognized by Deloitte as the #1 fastest-growing software company in North America on the 2023 Technology Fast 500. Today, we are building our next phase of growth, including expanding Mode's AI and data business and developing direct relationships with companies that can benefit from the data and capabilities we have built.

Our Team and Culture Drive Our Success

Our team is the heart of our culture.  We value innovation, collaboration, and curiosity, with a passion for getting things done.  We strive to hire and cultivate the best team members and foster a culture of open communication and transparency.  We are driven and hard-working but also committed to having fun along the way.  We allow OKRs to guide us, assume positive intent, sometimes agree to disagree and commit, honor our commitments, seek to accomplish more with less, and encourage everyone to speak up as our team owns our company’s success.

You can read more about our team and how we work here.

The Role

We're hiring an Ad Monetization Manager to optimize monetization and revenue yield across our growing portfolio of mobile apps, with a primary focus on ad monetization. This is a highly strategic and analytical role, working cross-functionally with product, data and analytics, growth, and advertising partners to ensure Mode is maximizing revenue across our inventory, offers, and audiences.

The Ad Monetization Manager will own and grow our ad monetization surfaces, managing ad providers and demand sources, managing pricing floors, analyzing performance, and driving data-informed decisions that grow total and per-user revenue.

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy, fully remote role with significant visibility and upside, ideal for someone with strong adtech experience, an AI-native way of working, and a bias for driving measurable results.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and own Mode's monetization and yield strategy including waterfall management, mediation setup, ad placement configuration across the portfolio
• Design and optimize in-app ad placements, formats and user segmentation strategies to improve ARPDAU, eCPM, fill rate and overall LTV. 
• Build and maintain relationships with ad network partners and account managers to maximise performance. 
• Monitor and manage ad creative quality across networks, reviewing served ads, handling player-reported ad issues, and using network-side blocking tools to maintain a high-quality user experience. 
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, reporting, and experimentation, embedding them into monetization workflows to scale your impact across the portfolio
• Partner with product, engineering, and media teams to identify and prioritize opportunities for inventory improvements, new monetization mechanics, or fill rate enhancements
• Be the internal expert ad monetization mechanics, best practices, and trends across the mobile and reward-based app ecosystem

Who You Are

• A highly organized individual who can run multiple monetization workstreams in parallel without letting details slip
• Data-driven and rigorous, you back decisions with clear reasoning and are comfortable both challenging assumptions and being challenged
• High-ownership and self-directed - you take a problem and run with it, and can be trusted to drive workstreams independently
• Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities, you create structure and momentum where there isn't any
• Skilled at using data, A/B experimentation, and intuition to make the best possible decisions.

What You Bring to the Team

• +3 years of experience in advertising monetisation, ad operations or revenue-related roles, ideally within mobile app/gaming or digital products. 
• Experience working with SSPs, ad servers, mediation platforms, header-bidding, and auction-based monetization strategies
• Strong familiarity with Admob Mediation Pro and Max Mediation
• AI-native: you default to AI tools to work faster and at greater scale, and actively look for ways to build them into your day-to-day workflow
• Proven track record of optimizing monetization performance and delivering incremental revenue
• Strong ownership mindset, highly organized, and able to drive multiple workstreams in parallel while operating cross-functionally—a must for this role
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a passion for learning and staying ahead of industry trends.
• Alignment with our core values:
  • ​​Accountable: You take ownership of your responsibilities, demonstrating trustworthiness and self-discipline. You are consistent in your work, transparent in your actions, and communicate effectively. You follow through on commitments and strive for continuous improvement.
  • Action-driven: Identify what is most important, agree on scope, execute in a timely manner, and drive the greatest impact.  You take initiative, roll up your sleeves, and get things done.
  • Caring: You genuinely care about yourself and others, our business and craft, our mission and vision, and are passionate in heart and mind. You understand the importance of our team and strive to create a positive, supportive work environment.
  • Curious: You focus on the ‘why,’ learn and expand your knowledge, explore new ideas, and generally make things better.  You're a lifelong learner with a thirst for knowledge and a constant desire to improve.
  • Thorough: Your work is thoughtful, impactful, timely, accurate, and complete.  You pay attention to detail, are meticulous, and ensure quality work and compliance.

You'll Make Us Extra Excited If You Also Have

• Experience with reward-based apps or mobile apps/mobile games
• Experience with subscription/IAP monetization

We Believe in the Following Workplace Norms

• Allow OKRs to Guide Us
• Assume Positive Intent
• Agree to Disagree & Commit
• Set New Precedents
• Accomplish More with Less
• Hold Yourself & Others to High Standards
• Speak Up
• Be Resourceful
• Follow the 80/20 Rule

What We Are Offering

• We are a 100% remote-first, global company.
• A competitive compensation package.
• We offer generous perks & benefits to team members. 
• Participation in the Company's equity plan (for full-time team members).
• We provide individual bonuses in accordance with our Company Bonus Program.
• Work with energetic, passionate, and results-driven people.
• Celebrate team members' personal and work milestones.
• Remote social activities, including virtual coffee buddies. 
• Bonusly - We use Bonusly as a way to recognize and reward team members for their hard work and commitment.
• Weekly Wednesday Get Stuff Done Days (No Meetings).
• Open PTO, generous Company Holidays, and Wellness Days (for full-time team members).

If we just described you and your perfect role, we'd love to talk with you.  We have a lot to accomplish this year and look forward to making headway and creating success together!

Mode.Inc does not accept/pay fees for unsolicited resumes from third-party agencies/vendors.

Our company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment for all team members.