Yield Manager - (Remote - US)

Mediavine is seeking an experienced Yield Manager to join our Operations team.

About Mediavine

Mediavine is a fast-growing advertising management company representing over 10,000 websites in the food, lifestyle, DIY, and entertainment space. Founded by content creators, for content creators, Mediavine is a Top 20 Comscore property, exclusively reaching over 125 million monthly unique visitors. With best-in-class technology and a commitment to traffic quality and brand safety, we ensure optimal performance for our creators.

Mission & Culture

We are striving to build an inclusive and diverse team of highly talented individuals that reflect the industries we serve and the world we live in. The unique experiences and perspectives of our team members is encouraged and valued. If you are talented, driven, enjoy the pace of a start-up like environment, let’s talk!

Position Title & Overview:

As part of the Operations department the Yield Manager is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to maximize revenue. The ideal candidate will have experience in the Ad Tech industry with deep knowledge in programmatic advertising, publisher monetization and strong analytical skills.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Collect and analyze data trends and campaign specific insights to improve performance for campaigns and revenue partners 
• Develop actionable insights, making recommendations to internal Sales and Account  teams, which will be communicated externally to clients and agencies
• Manage inventory, forecasting, pricing, and yield optimization to maximize revenue
• Contribute to the evolution of overall revenue strategy with A/B testing and analysis to  support testing decisions
• Establish processes, documentation, and structure to the development of yield management
• Maintain strong understanding of ad platforms/SSPs/DSPs, data sources, and sales workflow, relying on these various inputs to develop data-driven recommendations for improving yield or  operational efficiencies  
• Stay up to date on industry trends and communicate internally to ensure success
• Availability to travel to on-site locations for events/conferences, team retreats, and the annual all hands events approximately 20% of the time

Requirements

Location:

• Applicants must be based in the United States

You Have:

• 5+ years progressive experience in yield management, ad operations or a related role 
• 3+ years experience in programmatic yield management
• High level of understanding and experience of programmatic advertising, the Ad Tech industry and its ecosystem
• Extensive knowledge of  Ad Technologies such as Google Ad Manager and SSPs/ DSPs
• Relationships with DSPs, agencies and advertisers, preferred
• Experience with ad inventory management, revenue attribution, pricing analysis and strategy, and programmatic auction techniques
• Strong analytical and reporting skills
• Experience with A/B testing
• Excellent Excel, SQL, Google Sheets skills
• Experience efficiently communicating findings and progress to cross-functional teams, senior leadership and stakeholders
• A positive attitude and strong self-motivation 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Availability to travel to on-site locations for events/conferences, team retreats, and the annual all hands events approximately 20% of the time

Benefits

• 100% remote 
• Comprehensive benefits including Health, Dental, Vision and 401k match
• Generous paid time off 
• Wellness and Home Office Perks 
• Up to 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave 
• Inclusive Family Forming Benefits 
• Professional development opportunities 
• Travel opportunities for teams, our annual All Hands retreat as well as industry event

Mediavine provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

We strongly encourage minorities and individuals from underrepresented groups in technology to apply for this position.

At Mediavine, base salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range.  Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. The base salary range for this role at the time of posting is $120,000 - $140,000  USD/yr.