About us

TeamSnap is a sports and communication platform dedicated to empowering play in youth sports. We encourage our people to bring big ideas and tiny egos which lands us on Outside Magazine’s list of “Best Places to Work” on the regular.

The Director of Advertising Operations will play a leadership role in developing, growing, and managing the digital technical operations of the TeamSnap advertising business. This role will encompass a breadth of several critical areas including ad technology, ad operations, and programmatic revenue. This position reports to Nicole McCormack, GM of Advertising & Commerce with cross-functional partners in marketing, sales, product, engineering, and finance.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for the development of TeamSnap’s advertising operations and ad trafficking.
• Grow the advertising operations team responsible for TeamSnap’s open marketplace revenue channel.
• Lead the conceptualization, development, and implementation of decision tools
• Manage ad ops trafficking partner and process
• Maximize revenue by optimizing TeamSnap’s technology stack
• Seek to monetize advertising inventory with optimal yield while maintaining a premium advertising environment and high quality user experience.
• Lead the conceptualization, development, and implementation of decision tools
• Provide troubleshooting and technical support for TeamSnap advertisers and ad campaigns, both direct and programmatic.
• Clearly summarize and articulate simple solutions to complex problems and create extensive documentation on all processes and ad guidelines/specifications
• Work with product and engineering to stand up and establish ad technology
• Collaborate with our internal teams to provide recommendations and optimizations on ad placement and new ad format adoptions
• Identify strategic vendor partners and build and establish strong relationships to scale the business and increase programmatic monetization.
• Stay abreast of industry developments and demand for latest advertising capabilities.

What'll set you up for success:

• 10+ years of experience in digital and mobile advertising with subject matter expertise in programmatic advertising
• Expertise in advertising technology, including ad servers, supply side platforms, and analytics platforms
• Knowledge of online advertising industry and industry trends: desktop, mobile, and video
• Strong knowledge of campaign lifecycle management, ad sales process, trafficking, QA, performance analytics/ reporting.
• Experience with Google Ad Manager is a must.
• Proven ability to drive programmatic revenue generation
• Experience in negotiating and reviewing ad tech and ad ops agreements
• Experience with ad serving systems, billing systems, and yield management systems
• Ability to communicate risks and opportunities to executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Strategic thinker. We are looking for an individual that takes an insightful, future oriented, open-minded and proactive approach to thinking.
• Ability to establish solid working relationships with cross-departmental stakeholdersEagerness to jump into a fast-paced scale-up environment

Got cold feet? If you’re thinking you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. We’re all humans with special talents that go beyond what’s listed here.

Location

We are headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, but this job is remote (unless you happen to live near Boulder, in which case you’re welcome to come to the office). TeamSnap is a mostly-distributed company, so you must be very comfortable working with people who aren’t in the same physical location as you or each other. While we love all parts of the world, we can only hire permanent US residents at this time.

Benefits and Perks

TeamSnap provides a culture of trust, boundless opportunities to grow, and the chance to make a lasting impact. Benefits include: 

- We're not just remote, we're known for being remote-first. We've been working remotely since before COVID made it cool

- Unlimited PTO and paid parental leave for ALL parents (not just primary or secondary)

- 100% premium coverage of medical/dental/vision for you and your family

- $1,500 annual learning and development stipend 

- Travel to fun locations for all-company meetings and team events

- 401K and more! [link to our total rewards deck]

Inclusion and Diversity

Bring your real self. Celebrate what makes you unique. Part of our commitment to inclusion and diversity includes deepening our relationships with our employee resource groups (women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+). Our ERGs partner regularly with the executive team and people experience team to hold TeamSnap accountable in building an environment where everyone feels valued. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.