Director of Ad Platform Operations

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About the role...

Duolingos Ads business helps fund our mission by keeping core learning free while raising the bar on ad quality. Were looking for a Director of Ad Platform Operations to lead the technical and operational backbone of Duolingo Ads across direct-sold and programmatic. This role sits at the intersection of AdOps technical account management and programmatic strategy: you will own campaign delivery quality troubleshoot complex issues with buyers and platforms shape how we package and scale PMP / PG demand and build the systems processes and team that make our ads business more reliable and more scalable.

Youll partner closely with Sales Account Management Product Engineering Data Finance buyers DSPs SSPs and external AdOps partners to improve campaign performance and operational excellence. Success in this role means building a high-accountability operating model across GAM architecture QA reporting pacing partner onboarding and technical supportwhile helping Duolingo evolve from a mostly open-auction setup into a more premium deal-led programmatic business.

You will...

• Own Google Ad Manager (GAM) structure and hygiene including canonical ad unit design yield group logic order and line-item standards alongside trafficking QA and launch workflows with clear SLAs and escalation paths.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex campaign delivery issues across direct PMP and PG deals working directly with buyers DSPs SSPs and internal teams including monitoring pacing reconciling 1P/3P reporting discrepancies and flagging under-delivery risk with recommended fixes.
• Partner with Sales and Account Management on pre-sale feasibility targeting and tagging requirements measurement questions and programmatic deal setup and build the documentation and training that lets commercial teams sell technical ad products without constant specialist support.
• Accelerate premium programmatic revenue by packaging inventory configuring always-on and custom PMP/PG deals and onboarding new SSPs demand sources and measurement vendors scaling premium demand without degrading UX or operational quality.
• Identify the critical resources people vendor partners and technology required for ad operations to scale and drive prioritization across them.

You have...

• 8 years in digital advertising AdOps or technical advertising solutions with deep hands-on expertise in Google Ad Manager trafficking QA troubleshooting pacing reporting and campaign delivery across direct and programmatic.
• Experience working directly with buyers DSPs SSPs or publisher-side programmatic teams to resolve technical campaign issues grounded in strong knowledge of programmatic buying measurement ad verification targeting deal types and the operational realities of PMP and PG execution.
• A proven ability to build or scale operational systems including SLA-based support workflows escalation paths QA processes documentation and ticket-based issue management.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales Account Management Product Engineering and Data in a fast-moving environment with evolving products and imperfect systems.
• Sound judgment strong communication skills and the ability to stay hands-on in the details while setting strategy and raising the bar for how the function operates.

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience helping a premium publisher or consumer app scale from open-auction programmatic toward a deal-led PMP/PG model including first-party data signaling audience packaging and other ways publishers make inventory more valuable to buyers.
• Experience with video and mobile app ad products including the technical requirements around viewability click tracking measurement and creative QA.
• Experience managing globally distributed operations support including offshore or external vendor partners.

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