About the Role
Lead a team responsible for the successful delivery of advertising campaigns across Spotify's Ads business. Partner closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, buyers, and DSP partners to solve complex technical challenges, improve campaign performance, and scale a world-class advertising platform. Serve as the operational and technical lead for your regional team, driving quality, optimizing campaign delivery, and fostering strong partnerships.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a regional team of troubleshooting and QA professionals focused on programmatic and direct advertising campaigns
- Partner with Product and Sales Training teams to support new product launches, identify skill gaps, and build scalable training programs and operational documentation
- Work cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to optimize digital advertising campaign delivery and resolve technical issues
- Partner with buyers and DSP partners to troubleshoot and resolve campaign delivery challenges
- Lead collaboration with global support teams to deliver high-quality campaign operations and consistent customer outcomes
- Own the regional ticket-based support workflow, maintaining quality and SLA standards across the team
- Drive structured QA processes and develop best practices for programmatic and direct ad campaign troubleshooting
- Serve as a regional escalation point for complex technical issues impacting ad delivery and campaign performance
- Identify recurring campaign and platform issues and partner with Product, Engineering, and Ad Product Quality teams to drive long-term solutions
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in digital advertising, including 3+ years working with programmatic advertising solutions
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing technical or operational teams
- Experience partnering with globally distributed support teams is a plus
- Experience in Ad Operations at a Publisher, SSP, and/or DSP — DSP experience is a strong plus
- Experience building strong cross-functional relationships across go-to-market teams such as Sales and Customer Success
- Strong technical knowledge of the digital ads ecosystem, including ad serving, programmatic buying, campaign delivery, and measurement
- Experience working on a ticket-based support or operations system
- Customer service or client-facing experience, with a track record of managing stakeholder expectations under pressure
- Highly adaptable to new systems, platforms, and technologies
- Strong knowledge of the broader digital advertising industry landscape, including DSPs, SSPs, DMPs, and ad verification tools
Skills
- Programmatic advertising
- Digital advertising
- Ad Operations
- DSP experience
- Technical troubleshooting
- QA
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ticket-based support systems
- Stakeholder management
- Digital ads ecosystem
- Ad serving
- Campaign delivery
- Measurement
- DSPs
- SSPs
- DMPs
- Ad verification tools
Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Singapore
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
- Onsite (for some in-person meetings)
Experience Level
- Manager
- 5+ years in digital advertising
- 3+ years in programmatic advertising
About the Company
- Spotify's Ads business operates a world-class advertising platform.
