Hybrid Ad Tech Lead: Strategy, Delivery & Mentoring

carsales; New South Wales; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working arrangements

Parental leave (24 weeks)

Job summary

carsales is seeking an Ad-Technology Lead to guide specialists in delivering advertising products and supporting the ad-operations team. You will collaborate with product, sales, and engineering to implement new formats and iterations within the GAM environment to drive growth.

You’ll lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor the ad tech team, and shape processes for efficient operations. The role supports hybrid work and values flexible arrangements and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating and optimising campaigns across display, video, native, and rich media formats.
• Strong knowledge of DSP/SSP dynamics and ad serving fundamentals.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex ad tech issues across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build native and HTML5 ad templates from scratch.
• Troubleshoot GAM tag integrations across web and in-app.
• Manage and monitor display and video units.
• Test and evaluate new ad tech products.
• Analyse ad server reports to surface issues.
• Provide support during site launches and updates.
• Collaborate with product teams to align with business goals.
• Lead third-party vendor selection and management.

Skills

Campaign management

Ad tech

Programmatic DSP/SSP

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

GAM

HTML5 ad templates

Job description

carsales is seeking an Ad-Technology Lead to guide specialists in delivering advertising products and supporting the ad-operations team. You will collaborate with product, sales, and engineering to implement new formats and iterations within the GAM environment to drive growth.

You’ll lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor the ad tech team, and shape processes for efficient operations. The role supports hybrid work and values flexible arrangements and wellbeing.