Join a movement in which everyone can win. We started a movement in which everyone can win – shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe.

Founded seven years ago in Sydney, Australia, Afterpay has millions of active customers globally and is offered at the world’s best retailers around the world including Anthropologie, Revolve, DSW, GOAT, Finish Line, Levi’s, Mac Cosmetics, Ray-Ban and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.

Afterpay is completely free for customers who pay on time – helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt. Afterpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to maintain financial wellness and control, by splitting payments in four, for both online and in-store purchases. Afterpay is deeply committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers. We are focused on supporting our community of shoppers.

We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing.

The Role

Afterpay is looking for an Ad Ops leader that will play an integral leadership role in building the ad operations function, processes and team as part of Afterpay ads.  The Afterpay Ads team is a new and powerful global team and we are setting our sights to become one of the best retail media platforms in the world.  We are at the very beginning stages of massive growth and we are looking for that special person who can help us operationalize our advertising business and help us build the foundations for the future.

In this position, you will:

• Conceive of and activate scalable systems, solutions, and processes around planning, creating, and optimizing Retail Media and Programmatic strategy.  You will ensure seamless integration and operations of our current Affiliates and future direct sales channel.

• As Ad Ops lead, you are expert on all technical and trafficking requirements across our ad tech stack.  You will lead execution of all campaign launches and optimization including upfront tracking, tagging, and trafficking. 

• Manage affiliate network operations across all integrated networks.  Onboarding new affiliate partners in affiliate platforms and aid them in getting started.  Manage products and offers feeds integration across networks.

• Manage our existing offshore vendor relationship, optimizing for scalability, flexibility, and ROI. 

• Work closely with Account and Sales teams to ensure a streamlined approach to campaign launch, reporting, and execution.

• Establish best practices and enable team members for client-facing communications of campaign performance including the ability to provide insightful feedback on questions related to technology, data, optimization & in-platform quality assurance.

• Act as a participant and leader in regular knowledge share sessions to support organizational education initiatives and nurture innovation, optimization, and integration strategies.

• Support the development of process standards, standard SLAs, acceptable error rates, discrepancy ranges etc. and train team members on the how and why.

• Hire and lead ad ops team and help leadership understand growth strategies for AdOps as business grows.

• At least 5 years of trading or ad operations experience with any of the following: digital publishers, SSP, DSP, or media agency.

• Experience in campaign management and optimization and experience providing client-facing recommendations.

• Strong leadership skills: ability to set and communicate goals, measure accomplishments, hold team accountable, and provide constructive feedback.

• Ability to analyze programmatic bid data and/or interpret campaign performance and implement informed optimizations to achieve CPA, ROAS, or CPC goals.

• Experience within the digital ecosystem ad server functionality, including configuration and how everything works (tags, inventory, etc.)

• Working knowledge of web technologies including JavaScript, HTML

• Experience working with APIs

• Proactive attitude with exceptional analytical, documentation, organizational, project management, and listening skills

• Solid understanding of advertising campaign setup and metricsDemonstrates strong strategic and analytical planning.

• Strong collaboration skills with Product in coming up with long term solutions to drive monetization and scale.

• Innovative problem-solving skills.

• Process driven professional who demonstrates strong time-management, prioritization, organizational skills.

• BA/BS/BTech degree in Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, or any other equivalent quantitative-heavy major, or equivalent work experience.

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page. 

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.