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Programmatic Ad Ops Lead
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3 November 2026 (Yesterday)
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31 January 2027
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Job Summary
About dunnhumby
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science helping the worlds most ambitious retailers and brands put the customer at the heart of every decision. With nearly 3000 experts across Europe Asia Africa and the Americas we partner with iconic businesses like Tesco Coca-Cola Meijer Procter & Gamble and Metro to turn data into growth innovation and measurable value for their customers.
Tesco Media
Tesco Media is the ultimate media partner to brands. Built on unrivalled customer insight its a media owner with soul scale and storytelling power. Tesco Media helps brands and agencies connect meaningfully with customers drive creative effectiveness and grow at the point of purchase.
About the Role
As our Programmatic Ad Ops Lead youll help us maximise the commercial value of our media inventory across digital and traditional channels. Youll combine advertising expertise commercial thinking and strong analytical skills to understand what is driving performance identify opportunities to optimise revenue and inventory utilisation and turn complex data into clear recommendations and action.
Youll be a go-to expert on inventory yield and monetisation working across teams to improve our existing portfolio while identifying opportunities to unlock incremental revenue.
What Youll Be Doing
Youll work at the intersection of media data and commercial strategy using performance insights to influence how we price plan and monetise advertising inventory.
- Own yield pricing and revenue optimisation across channels using inventory demand and campaign performance to identify opportunities that improve revenue and advertiser returns.
- Analyse traffic sell-through inventory capacity pricing and key advertising metrics such as CPM and CTR translating trends into clear commercial recommendations.
- Provide inventory and revenue forecasts identifying future capacity opportunities and risks and supporting annual and longer-term planning.
- Build a strong understanding of digital advertising and ad-serving dynamics including targeting frequency placement delivery and auctions and use this knowledge to strengthen monetization.
- Partner across Sales Product and other teams to improve our advertising portfolio while using AI and automation to streamline recurring reporting and make insights easier to access.
What Were Looking For
Youll bring a strong combination of advertising knowledge analytical thinking and commercial curiosity with the confidence to turn insights into recommendations.
- Proven experience in yield management inventory optimisation programmatic advertising or ad monetisation within a media owner publisher retail media AdTech or comparable advertising environment.
- Strong understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem including ad networks ad exchanges DSPs SSPs publishers and ad serving.
- Strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills with experience in sales analysis forecasting modelling and financial or commercial analysis.
- Experience working with advertising sales and cross-functional teams with the ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate complex findings clearly.
- Experience with Google Ad Manager or similar platforms; familiarity with tools such as MicroStrategy Tableau MySQL CitrusAd or Criteo is beneficial.
What You Can Expect From Us
We wont just meet your expectations. Well defy them. So youll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package youd expect from a leading technology company. But also a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus thoughtful perks like flexible working hours and your birthday off.
And we dont just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network dh Proud dh Family dh One dh Enabled and dh Thrive as the living proof. We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process please let your recruiter know what adjustments would help.
India Benefits
- Healthcare & Family Cover: Group Medical Insurance of INR 500000 for employees and dependents plus dental and vision cover up to INR 5000.
- Protection: Group Term Life Insurance and Group Personal Accident cover with benefit levels linked to employee grade including disability benefits.
- Retirement & Wellbeing: Provident Fund Gratuity National Pension Scheme access Indian Health Organisation membership and confidential employee assistance support.
- Lifestyle & Flexibility: Office commute support internet allowance of INR 2000 per month for blended working work-from-home kit support subsidised food and wellbeing resources.
- Recognition & Extras: Long service awards Talent Scout referral programme and family milestone support.
- Time Off & Family Leave: 25 days holiday plus 10 public holidays paid maternity paternity and adoption leave and a day off for your birthday.
Our approach to Flexible Working
At dunnhumby we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.
We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.
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About Company
Global leader in Customer data science, retail media and analytics, experts in working with brands, grocery retail, retail pharmacy, and retailer financial services.
