Head of Ad Operations (India Hub)

Media Optimization
Team Lead
India (Remote)
What You'll Do
  • Team Leadership & Development: Lead and establish the India Ad Operations team, setting operational and cultural standards, fostering a collaborative and high-growth environment, and ensuring strategic alignment and communication with US-based leadership.
  • Ad Operations & Programmatic Execution: Ensure smooth and efficient programmatic operations across DSPs, SSPs, and DMPs by building clear workflows, maintaining high quality standards, and helping the team solve complex technical issues when they arise.
  • Stakeholder Management: Serve as the key bridge between India and US-based teams, ensuring clear communication, alignment on priorities, and timely escalation of issues and solutions. Build strong relationships with local vendors, publishers, and platform partners.
  • Process & Performance: Build clear performance metrics, review team results regularly, and improve processes to make operations more efficient, scalable, and easier to manage as the team grows.
What You Bring
Must-have
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in Ad Operations or programmatic advertising, with a minimum of 3 years in a senior leadership capacity.
  • Proven expertise in managing and scaling teams in India, coupled with a nuanced understanding of local workplace dynamics.
  • Experience collaborating with US or Western teams, either within a multinational agency, a US-headquartered company, or in a client-facing role with American stakeholders.
  • Deep, hands-on platform knowledge of major DSPs and ad serving technologies (DV360, TTD, Xandr, CM360, or similar). Manual campaign running is not expected, but strategic platform mastery is required.
  • Fluent in English.
What You Get
  • Competitive USD compensation that values your expertise.‍
  • Work from anywhere: Fully remote to suit your lifestyle.‍
  • 31 days of paid time off: 21 days of annual leave + 10 days of sick leave, because your health and work-life balance matter.‍
  • Growth-focused environment: Access to learning resources and clear pathways for growth.‍
  • Fun team events: Virtual cooking classes, yoga sessions, team quizzes and more
  • ‍A culture of trust: We cut the red tape — open talk, ownership, and getting things done together. Results over rules, always.
Hiring Flow
  • Screening Interview (45 minutes) – Initial conversation with a recruiter.
  • Team Interview (up to 60 minutes) – A meeting with your potential Team Lead and future colleagues to assess team fit and discuss role-specific responsibilities, expectations and workflows.‍
  • Final Interview (Up to 60 minutes) – Meet with the Team Lead for an in-depth discussion of your experience and skills.
  • Offer – If successful, you’ll receive an offer to join our team.

‍AI Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class in terms of employment. We support workplace diversity and believe strongly that it contributes to a broader collective perspective that consistently leads to better products and a better company. We are working hard to increase the diversity of our team.

Location & Eligibility

Note: This role is open to applicants from:

  • India

Please note that we’re unable to consider applications from outside these regions. Thanks for your understanding!

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