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Ad Ops17 days agoHybrid

Zeta Global

Senior AdOps Director & Team Lead, Programmatic

programmaticadopsDSPDV360XandrThe Trade DeskYahoomedia planningcampaign optimizationExcelteam managementpre-salespricingclient managementdata analysishybrid work

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Paris, France

Full job description

Senior Director AdOps – Programmatic Activation role based in Paris. Lead and manage a French AdOps team, oversee media performance, and support pre-sales media strategy and pricing. Manage Tier 1 strategic accounts, ensuring campaign excellence and optimization. Requires 8+ years in programmatic advertising with team leadership experience, expertise in DSPs (DV360, Xandr, Yahoo, The Trade Desk), strong analytical skills, and fluency in French and English. Hybrid work mode with occasional travel. Benefits include health coverage, employee stock purchase plan, and competitive salary.

What you'll do

  • Lead, support and manage daily activities of the French AdOps team
  • Provide technical support, troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues (tracking, ad serving, trading, optimization)
  • Coordinate media initiatives with the Spanish Zeta team for market alignment
  • Play a key role in defining pre-sales pricing and validating media plans for programmatic offers
  • Collaborate with sales teams and account managers to provide technical and strategic expertise during RFPs, client presentations and campaign structuring
  • Manage Tier 1 strategic accounts by overseeing performance, high-level follow-ups, QBRs, reporting and analysis
  • Work with the Account Director to identify upsell opportunities with major digital advertisers to grow budgets and renew contracts
  • Ensure campaign performance by enforcing programmatic best practices and implementing optimizations to meet client KPIs
  • Monitor internal and third-party reporting to track campaign pacing, performance and discrepancies
  • Collaborate with Zeta Analytics team to produce in-depth post-campaign analyses for Tier 1 clients

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience in programmatic advertising, Account Management, AdOps or Media Planning
  • Confirmed experience in team management or leadership
  • Demonstrated experience in pre-sales strategy definition, media plan pricing and commercial proposal development
  • Deep mastery of at least one DSP (DV360, Xandr, Yahoo or The Trade Desk preferred)
  • Strong expertise in campaign optimization (supply, audiences, bidding and attribution)
  • Ability to develop and maintain relationships with executive-level stakeholders
  • Excellent analytical skills, strong Excel proficiency and data-driven decision-making culture
  • Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to manage multiple complex projects in a dynamic environment
  • Native French and fluent English required; a third language is a plus
  • Willingness to travel occasionally

Tech stack

DV360XandrYahooThe Trade DeskExcelDSPprogrammatic advertisingad servingtrackingtradingoptimization

Benefits

Hybrid work modeExcellent health coverageEmployee stock purchase planCompetitive salary

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