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BIG HAPPY

Senior Programmatic Ad Ops Analyst

BIG HAPPY

Sr. Ad Ops Analyst managing programmatic campaigns across DSP and SSP partners.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $72,000 - $83,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own campaign setup, launch, and management across DSPs from start to finish with minimal oversight
  • Manage audience targeting, inventory selection, pacing, spend, and client KPIs to drive performance
  • Monitor budgets and pacing to ensure full delivery across assigned campaigns
  • Implement optimization strategies around inventory management, engagement, brand safety, viewability, and bidding to align with client needs and best practices
  • Monitor campaign performance daily; identify trends, troubleshoot delivery issues, and execute optimization plans with limited assistance
  • Provide initial analysis of campaign performance and prepare client-facing reports and recap presentations with some guidance
  • Ensure campaign profitability by monitoring margins and adjusting bids
  • Partner with analytics and strategy teams to align insights with messaging and creative testing
  • Maintain accurate trafficking of creatives, pixels, and tracking tags including GTM, UTM, and third-party measurement tools
  • Troubleshoot agency platform-related questions with some assistance from senior team members
  • Develop strong comfort and working knowledge of all SSPs leveraged at Big Happy
  • Work closely with Strategy, Analytics, and Creative teams to translate marketing goals into programmatic execution plans
  • Communicate clearly with account managers and clients when needed to explain performance, opportunities, and platform insights
  • Collaborate closely with Publisher Development Team to align on inventory, media spend, publisher queries, and KPIs

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 2-5 years of hands-on programmatic ad buying experience (DSP or SSP).
  • Strong understanding of trafficking, audience segmentation, pixel implementation, and programmatic ecosystem mechanics.
  • Experience optimizing toward KPIs such as CTR, ROAS, CPA, CPM, and viewability.
  • Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into action.
  • Advanced comfort with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel for data analysis (pivot tables, complex formulas)
  • Comfortable managing multiple campaigns simultaneously in a fast-moving environment

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Full-time position with a competitive base salary and commissions
  • Access to benefits, including Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
  • Participation in Big Happy’s stock program
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Big Happy-provided laptop
  • Team Happy camaraderie—celebrating wins, learning from challenges, and fostering continuous career growth
  • A workplace culture where you can be yourself, contribute meaningfully, and be valued for your impact

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Hard Skills & Tools
programmatic ad buyingDSPSSPtraffickingaudience segmentationpixel implementationKPI optimizationdata analysisExcelcampaign management
Soft Skills
analytical mindsetcommunicationcollaborationtroubleshootingtime managementclient-facing reportingperformance analysisproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detail