Advertising Operations Manager

Pulse Recruit; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic marketing agency is seeking a Head of Ad Operations to build and lead a new Programme Operations function. This role demands a strong background in Ad Operations and Performance Marketing, with a focus on A/B testing and data-driven strategies. You will have the chance to work in a fast-growing SaaS environment, impacting product and commercial outcomes significantly. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience and a passion for transforming complex operations into systematic processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Ad Ops, Performance Marketing or Campaign Operations.
• Strong understanding of A/B testing, optimisation, experimentation, and clean data.
• Experience in creating repeatable, scalable systems.
• You instinctively ask: “How do we test that?”

Responsibilities

• Build a brand-new Programme Operations function from the ground up.
• Design and run continuous testing frameworks across advocacy mechanics.
• Own A/B testing, optimisation and experimentation at scale.
• Translate product features into high-performing, testable programmes.
• Create repeatable, scalable programme architectures that drive renewal and commercial outcomes.

Skills

Ad Operations

Performance Marketing

Campaign Operations

Data Analysis

A/B Testing

Job description

🔥Head of Ad Operations - High Growth, Series A start-up🔥

⚠️We are looking for someone from an agency background with strong social experience⚠️

This is not a traditional Ad Ops role and if you are up for a challenge you should definitely read on...

This is a chance to build something from scratch inside a high-growth SaaS platform that’s reinventing how brands scale advocacy, community and creator-led growth.

You’ll take the rigour of performance marketing (A/B testing, optimisation, experimentation, metrics) and apply it to advocacy programmes turning something historically subjective into something systematic, measurable and commercially powerful.

Think: running advocacy programmes the way elite performance teams run paid campaigns. 🔥

💥 What you’ll be doing

• Build a brand-new Programme Operations function from the ground up
• Design and run continuous testing frameworks across advocacy mechanics, rewards, gamification and engagement
• Own A/B testing, optimisation and experimentation at scale
• Translate product features into high-performing, testable programmes
• Create repeatable, scalable programme architectures that drive renewal and commercial outcomes
• Use data to spot patterns, bottlenecks and opportunities — then act fast

🧪 This role is for you if…

• You have 5+ years in Ad Ops, Performance Marketing or Campaign Operations
• You obsess over test design, statistical significance and clean data
• You’ve turned messy execution into repeatable, scalable systems
• You instinctively ask: “How do we test that?”

Bonus points if you’ve worked in creator, influencer, UGC or advocacy-led models 👀

🎯 Why this is exciting

• Greenfield role with real ownership
• Direct impact on product, performance and commercial outcomes
• Backed by serious funding and scaling fast
• Working with household-name brands
• High trust, high standards, low ego culture

If you’re a performance-minded operator who loves turning complexity into clarity and data into impact this one is special.