Associate Partner Activation Manager

Posted 18 Days Ago
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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
96K-108K Annually
Junior
AdTech • Machine Learning
The Role
Own partner onboarding, taxonomy strategy, pricing operations, and reporting for a programmatic advertising data syndication platform. Serve as the technical liaison between partners, account teams, Product, and Engineering; troubleshoot segment issues, manage platform tickets, support identity matching and S3/SFTP data imports, and guide partners on taxonomy, platform capabilities, and audience distribution.
Summary Generated by Built In
Advertising is a trillion-dollar global industry split into silos that don't talk to each other, and every platform grades its own homework. Samba is the independent layer in the middle. Over the last two decades we built our own technology to understand media at scale, across streaming, linear and the web, in 40+ countries. The Samba Knowledge Graph ties it together: one connected map of content, audiences and outcomes that the industry has never had. As media workflows go agentic, the quality of decisions is only as good as the data behind it. We built the tools to put it to work. Join us this year and help build what the industry runs on.
 
The Associate Partner Operations Manager owns partner onboarding, taxonomy strategy, and pricing operations for Samba's data syndication platform (“Gravity”), while acting as the technical liaison between account/partner teams and Engineering. This role sits at the intersection of Programmatic and Technical Account Management, Product and Partnerships — coordinating cross-functional project work as partners onboard, model, and distribute their datasets for syndication. It combines hands-on platform and ticket work with partner-facing strategy, taxonomy guidance, and both internal and external coordination.

Core Responsibilities

    • Serve as the go-to expert on platform capabilities and limitations, supporting both internal teams and external partners/advertisers.

    • Troubleshoot segment issues ahead of escalation — understanding nuances of platforms and expected SLAs for for modeling and distribution.

    • Lead onboarding, auditing, and taxonomy strategy for data partners and agencies.

    • Create and present business reviews for data partners.

    • Own custom partner reporting as required and maintain accuracy of taxonomy pricing and destinations.

    • File and escalate platform tickets between account teams and Engineering/Product — covering access requests, cross-region data bridging, segment permissions, importer/ID mapping, and export capability.

    • Support identity match testing and onboarding architecture for new data imports (S3/SFTP).

Required Qualifications

    • 1–3 years of experience in ad tech, programmatic operations, partner/account management, or a related platform-support role.

    • Working knowledge of DSPs (The Trade Desk, DV360) and how audience segments surface, price, and activate within them.

    • Familiarity with data partner or SSP integrations and segment/taxonomy management.

    • Comfort troubleshooting technical issues and coordinating across account, product, and engineering teams.

    • Eagerness to expand knowledge across programmatic ecosystems, audience targeting, and identity resolution.

    • Strong Excel proficiency (SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, VLOOKUP).

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both internal and client-facing contexts.

    • BA/BS in Marketing, Business, Data, or a related field.

Preferred Experience

    • Direct experience with identity or data partners such as Acxiom, Experian, or ThinkNow.

    • Familiarity with S3/SFTP data onboarding and audience file formatting methodology.

    • Intimate knowledge of Programmatic advertising with working knowledge of DMPs, DSPs, SSPs, and identity resolution.

    • Working knowledge of SQL.

    • Proficiency with CRM and project management tools (Salesforce, Jira, Asana, etc.)

Skills Required

  • 1-3 years of experience in ad tech, programmatic operations, partner/account management, or a related platform-support role
  • Working knowledge of DSPs, including The Trade Desk and DV360
  • Familiarity with data partner or SSP integrations and segment/taxonomy management
  • Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and coordinate across account, product, and engineering teams
  • Strong Excel proficiency, including SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for internal and client-facing contexts
  • BA/BS in Marketing, Business, Data, or a related field
  • Eagerness to expand knowledge across programmatic ecosystems, audience targeting, and identity resolution
  • Direct experience with identity or data partners such as Acxiom, Experian, or ThinkNow
  • Familiarity with S3/SFTP data onboarding and audience file formatting methodology
  • Intimate knowledge of programmatic advertising, including DMPs, DSPs, SSPs, and identity resolution
  • Working knowledge of SQL
  • Proficiency with CRM and project management tools such as Salesforce, Jira, or Asana
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
318 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Television remains a vibrant cultural influence and an essential source of entertainment and information worldwide. Tremendous growth in content choices, and viewing platforms that allow us to watch anything, anytime, on any screen, has actually made it harder for viewers to discover and keep up with all the great programming available. It’s also more competitive for content providers to keep your attention, and for marketers to make strong, measurable connections with their target consumers. Technology that improves the viewing experience, enables content discovery, and addresses audience fragmentation across screens will strengthen television’s business model and relevance to consumers. Data is at the center of any solution to make TV better. Samba TV's technology is built into Smart TVs and easily maps to smart phones and tablets. By recognizing what's on screen, Samba TV learns what viewers like and using machine learning algorithms, enables discovery of shows and actors in a whole new way. Likewise, our data and measurement products are transforming the way stakeholders across the media landscape are thinking about their business. Given the dramatic growth in streaming services, connected devices, time-shifting, and multi-screen viewership, our data products solve real problems and create a meaningful competitive advantage for our clients.

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