Head of Yield and Business Operations

Posted 12 Hours Ago
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5 Locations
Hybrid
Senior level
Marketing Tech • Software
The Role
Leads yield optimization and business operations across OLX Goods and Advertising in five countries. Owns operating cadence, OKRs, strategic coordination, revenue management, advertising pricing and inventory allocation, Goods go-to-market operations, partnerships, compliance readiness, customer success enablement, and cross-functional accountability. The role requires strong analytical judgment, financial acumen, matrix leadership, and the ability to balance short-term revenue performance with long-term competitive positioning.
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Position Overview

We're seeking an experienced Head of Yield- & Business Operations to lead revenue optimization and business operations at the intersection of OLX Goods and Advertising across Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Portugal. Acting as a “Chief of Staff”, you'll set the operating cadence and strategic coordination across these two businesses, drive disciplined decision-making, and navigate a complex cross-functional matrix organization to unlock commercial growth and competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities

    Business Operations & Strategic Coordination (Chief of Staff Function)
  • Own and set the operating cadence and drumbeat for both Goods and Advertising businesses, establishing clear rhythms for execution and accountability

  • Set, cascade, and manage OKRs across revenue functions, running the leadership review cadence to ensure decisions are tracked and actioned, not merely discussed

  • Serve as the home for unallocated cross-functional strategic work, surfacing and resolving potential conflicts between business units before they escalate

  • Manage effectively through the matrix organization, coordinating across geographies and functions to drive alignment

  • Lead strategic planning sessions and workshops to ensure informed, timely decision-making

  • Revenue Management – Advertising (Primary Focus)
  • Make tough strategic decisions on inventory allocation across demand channels and geographies

  • Set pricing strategy and discount allowances relative to rate card to optimize yield and drive total revenue together with our Analytics team

  • Manage complex trade-offs between ad quality, user experience, and revenue generation

  • Own yield optimization within pricing and inventory constraints

  • Monitor and drive total revenue performance against targets

  • Go-To-Market Operations – Goods
  • Own all go-to-market operations that cross segment lines on the Goods side — acting as the connective tissue between Goods commercial teams, partners, and the broader organization

  • Manage external partnerships and PSP partner relationships, ensuring commercial arrangements are in place, executed, and maintained effectively

  • Drive compliance initiatives and ensure regulatory readiness across Goods commercial activities

  • Own CS enablement for Goods, partnering with customer success functions to ensure commercial tooling, processes, and handoffs are fit for purpose

  • Set and maintain the operating rhythm for Goods GTM, including cadence, reporting, and cross-functional accountability structures

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years of experience in revenue management, business operations, strategy, or Chief of Staff-type roles

  • Proven experience managing effectively in matrix organizations across geographies and functions

  • Strong analytical and financial acumen with excellent judgment on complex business trade-offs

  • Track record of building operational discipline, setting cadence, and driving accountability across teams

  • Experience managing revenue optimization with both financial and non-financial metrics

  • Exceptional communication and negotiation skills; ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority

  • Strategic thinker who can balance short-term revenue capture with long-term competitive positioning

  • Comfortable with competitive market dynamics and strategic differentiation challenges

Why Join

    You'll have direct impact on strategy and execution across two significant revenue businesses, work closely with senior leadership, and lead the operational infrastructure that enables OLX's growth.

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience in revenue management, business operations, strategy, or Chief of Staff-type roles
  • Experience managing effectively in matrix organizations across geographies and functions
  • Strong analytical and financial acumen
  • Excellent judgment on complex business trade-offs
  • Track record of building operational discipline, setting cadence, and driving accountability across teams
  • Experience managing revenue optimization with financial and non-financial metrics
  • Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
  • Ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority
  • Strategic thinking balancing short-term revenue capture with long-term competitive positioning
  • Comfort with competitive market dynamics and strategic differentiation challenges
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The Company
HQ: Amsterdam
4,321 Employees

What We Do

At OLX, we build leading marketplace ecosystems enabled by tech, powered by trust, and loved by our customers. Together we're building a more sustainable world through trade. Serving tens of millions of people every month, we help people buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and much more. Our well-loved consumer brands (including OLX, Otomoto, Otodom, Property24, and more) offer safe, smart, and convenient trading platforms and services for our customers. OLX is powered by teams around the world, who are unified in their ambition to help people get more from the world’s limited resources. We are OLX.

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