Global Programmatic & Ad Tech Lead (GAM/Prebid)

Time Out Group Plc; Barcelona; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Out Group is seeking a Senior Programmatic & Ad Tech Specialist to optimize its global ad tech stack across GAM and Prebid, drive SSP yield, and monetize first-party data. The role involves global privacy governance, ads.txt/sellers.json management, and cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.

Hybrid in Barcelona or London with remote work. The successful candidate will lead audience monetization strategies, manage international relationships, and troubleshoot

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years in Publisher AdOps, Programmatic operations, or Ad Tech in a regional or global capacity.
• Audience Tech Expertise: Demonstrated mastery of audience monetization tools and data platforms (Permutive, LiveRamp, The Trade Desk (UID2), or similar addressability solutions).
• Tech Stack Mastery: Deep, hands-on experience with Google Ad Manager (GAM) and Magnite.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Proficient with web calls (Chrome DevTools, Prebid Console, proxies) and standard JS/HTML context for ad calls.
• Location & Presence: Based in Spain ( Barcelona area) with ability to work 1 day per week in the central Barcelona office.
• Languages: Fluent English (written & spoken). Spanish is not required.

Responsibilities

• Subject matter expert in audience monetization platforms, addressability, and identity solutions.
• Hands-on operation and strategy using tools such as Permutive, LiveRamp, The Trade Desk, and alternative ID frameworks to build, target, and monetize audience segments globally.
• Activate and optimize high-value first-party data strategies for direct sales and programmatic deals across all regions.
• Direct global relationship owner for all SSPs, ad networks, and demand partners.
• Monitor international eCPMs, fill rates, floor pricing, and execute continuous A/B testing for unified pricing rules and PMPs.
• Prebid: Worldwide maintenance, adding/removing bidder adapters, optimizing timeouts, and managing wrapper deployments.
• Compliance: Technical ownership of global privacy frameworks (TCF, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA), CMP management, ads.txt, and sellers.json.
• ads.txt & sellers.json Management: Responsible for the continuous auditing, updating, and validation of global ads.txta and sellers.json files to ensure zero revenue leakage and prevent unauthorized inventory reselling.
• Consent Management Platform (CMP): Manage, deploy, and update Consent Management Platforms across all international domains to ensure strict adherence to global privacy frameworks (IAB TCF v2.2, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and regional privacy regulations).
• Front-line technical support for global programmatic delivery issues, impression discrepancies, and latency spikes.
• Use browser dev tools, Prebid Console, and GAM logs to debug tag, wrapper, and line-item errors.
• Partner with global Product and Engineering teams on ad placements, lazy loading rules, Core Web Vitals, and viewability strategies.

Skills

Permutive

LiveRamp

The Trade Desk

UID2

GAM

Magnite

Prebid

Chrome DevTools

JS/HTML

Proxies

English

Audience monetization

Tools

GAM

Magnite

Prebid

Chrome DevTools

JS/HTML

Proxies

UID2

Job description

Time Out Group is seeking a Senior Programmatic & Ad Tech Specialist to optimize its global ad tech stack across GAM and Prebid, drive SSP yield, and monetize first-party data. The role involves global privacy governance, ads.txt/sellers.json management, and cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.

Hybrid in Barcelona or London with remote work. The successful candidate will lead audience monetization strategies, manage international relationships, and troubleshoot