Head of Ad Operations, North America

Head of Ad Operations, North America

If you love sports, solving big-customer problems and have a passion for new technology in the media space, then this role is an amazing opportunity that lies at the intersection of your interests. DAZN is delivering the future of Live Sports for our customers. Advertising is a crucial part of our success in Live Sports. We are building a world-class live sports ad program that benefits our customers, advertisers and league partners with unique, The candidate would have deep experience in OTT and/or linear TV post sales production, with strong excel/data management, creative management, trafficking and ad scheduling experience. Flexibility and adaptability are required mindsets as workflows will include a combination of industry best practices and proprietary tools and policies.

As our new Director/Head of Ad Operations you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Oversee ad operations related to Broadcast, FAST, Linear channels on DAZN and via YouTube, X, Meta off platform.
• Assist the team in defining service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure service quality and customer satisfaction.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain standardized operating procedures (SOPs) for advertising operations.
• Continuously evaluate and refine processes to ensure optimal performance.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as marketing, sales, tech, and product, to ensure alignment and effective execution.
• Serve as a point of contact for advertising operations-related issues and questions.
• Work on the strategy around DAZN’s reporting data pipelines, inventory forecasting, and targeting capabilities using 1st party data, 3rd party data, data cleanrooms, or identifiers like Liveramp ID, (EU) Unified ID, etc.
• Collaborate on developing the Ad Tech project pipeline for the creation of new advertising formats and the improvement of existing set-ups that customers will want to invest in.

You'll have:

• Proven experience in advertising operations, with a strong understanding of digital/broadcasting marketing principles.
• Experience in managing and optimizing advertising campaigns across various platforms.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off and 9 days of annual leave, health benefits (including dental & eye care) and a generous sick time package as well as short and long-term disability covering, parental leave offering, personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident and access to a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW' IN WHAT WE DO:

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you'd like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.