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With nearly 3,000 experts across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, we partner with iconic businesses like Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro to turn data into growth, innovation and measurable value for their customers.\nTesco Media\nTesco Media is the ultimate media partner to brands. Built on unrivalled customer insight, it’s a media owner with soul, scale, and storytelling power. Tesco Media helps brands and agencies connect meaningfully with customers, drive creative effectiveness, and grow at the point of purchase. \nAbout the Role\nAs our Programmatic Ad Ops Lead, you'll help us maximise the commercial value of our media inventory across digital and traditional channels. You'll combine advertising expertise, commercial thinking and strong analytical skills to understand what is driving performance, identify opportunities to optimise revenue and inventory utilisation, and turn complex data into clear recommendations and action.\nYou'll be a go-to expert on inventory yield and monetisation, working across teams to improve our existing portfolio while identifying opportunities to unlock incremental revenue.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nYou'll work at the intersection of media, data and commercial strategy, using performance insights to influence how we price, plan and monetise advertising inventory.\nOwn yield, pricing and revenue optimisation across channels, using inventory, demand and campaign performance to identify opportunities that improve revenue and advertiser returns.\nAnalyse traffic, sell-through, inventory capacity, pricing and key advertising metrics such as CPM and CTR, translating trends into clear commercial recommendations.\nProvide inventory and revenue forecasts, identifying future capacity, opportunities and risks and supporting annual and longer-term planning.\nBuild a strong understanding of digital advertising and ad-serving dynamics, including targeting, frequency, placement, delivery and auctions, and use this knowledge to strengthen monetization.\nPartner across Sales, Product and other teams to improve our advertising portfolio, while using AI and automation to streamline recurring reporting and make insights easier to access.\nWhat We're Looking For\nYou'll bring a strong combination of advertising knowledge, analytical thinking and commercial curiosity, with the confidence to turn insights into recommendations.\nProven experience in yield management, inventory optimisation, programmatic advertising or ad monetisation within a media owner, publisher, retail media, AdTech or comparable advertising environment.\n\nStrong understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem, including ad networks, ad exchanges, DSPs, SSPs, publishers and ad serving.\nStrong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills, with experience in sales analysis, forecasting, modelling and financial or commercial analysis.\nExperience working with advertising sales and cross-functional teams, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate complex findings clearly.\nExperience with Google Ad Manager or similar platforms; familiarity with tools such as MicroStrategy, Tableau, MySQL, CitrusAd or Criteo is beneficial.\nWhat You Can Expect From Us\nWe won't just meet your expectations. We'll defy them. So you'll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you'd expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off.\nAnd we don't just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day - with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One, dh Enabled and dh Thrive as the living proof. We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process - please let your recruiter know what adjustments would help.\nIndia Benefits\nHealthcare & Family Cover: Group Medical Insurance of INR 500,000 for employees and dependents, plus dental and vision cover up to INR 5,000.\nProtection: Group Term Life Insurance and Group Personal Accident cover with benefit levels linked to employee grade, including disability benefits.\nRetirement & Wellbeing: Provident Fund, Gratuity, National Pension Scheme access, Indian Health Organisation membership, and confidential employee assistance support.\nLifestyle & Flexibility: Office commute support, internet allowance of INR 2,000 per month for blended working, work-from-home kit support, subsidised food, and wellbeing resources.\nRecognition & Extras: Long service awards, Talent Scout referral programme, and family milestone support.\nTime Off & Family Leave: 25 days holiday plus 10 public holidays, paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and a day off for your birthday.\nOur approach to Flexible Working\nAt dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.\nWe believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. 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