Remote Ad Operations Manager: Lead & Automate

StackAdapt Inc.; Fort Saskatchewan; Remote; CAD 127,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Mental health program

Health benefits from day one

WFH reimbursements

WeWork access (optional)

Training & onboarding

Job summary

StackAdapt is seeking a Manager, Ad Operations to lead a team responsible for campaign setup, QA, pacing, and optimization across our programmatic channels. You’ll drive automation, coach specialists, and collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Account teams to improve workflows and outcomes.

This remote-first role prioritizes candidates in Canada, especially Toronto/Eastern Time Zone, with a base salary band reflecting Ontario market data.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in programmatic advertising, campaign management, ad operations, or a related digital media function.
• Direct people management experience leading a team responsible for campaign execution, optimization, trading, or technical campaign support.
• Hands-on experience optimizing or trading programmatic campaigns, including pacing, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and recommendation-building.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of Ad Operations Specialists, fostering accountability, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• Overseeing campaign setup, trafficking, QA, troubleshooting, pacing, and delivery across StackAdapt’s programmatic channels
• Supporting the team’s evolution toward a more automated and optimization-focused operating model
• Coaching specialists on campaign optimization support, including pacing analysis, performance troubleshooting, and actionable recommendations
• Partnering with Account Management, Account Executives, Client Partnerships, Product, and Engineering to improve workflows, handoffs, tooling, and campaign outcomes
• Identifying opportunities to streamline processes through automation, templates, SOPs, and scalable operating practices
• Tracking team performance, workload, quality, and operational metrics to identify gaps and share recommendations with leadership

Skills

People leadership

Campaign optimization

Programmatic advertising

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Tools

DSP workflows

Pixels

QA processes

Automation tools

Job description

StackAdapt is seeking a Manager, Ad Operations to lead a team responsible for campaign setup, QA, pacing, and optimization across our programmatic channels. You’ll drive automation, coach specialists, and collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Account teams to improve workflows and outcomes.

This remote-first role prioritizes candidates in Canada, especially Toronto/Eastern Time Zone, with a base salary band reflecting Ontario market data.