Senior Ad Monetisation Specialist

Dating Group; Metro Manila; Remote; PHP 5,675,000 - 8,827,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work full-time

Vacation 28 days/year

Wellness days 7/year

Referral bonuses up to $5000

Training reimbursement 50%

Job summary

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is seeking a Senior Ad Monetisation Specialist to own and optimise our ad stack for web and mobile apps. You will configure AdMob, Google Ad Manager, mediation, and programmatic demand to drive revenue.

You will work with Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and Finance to grow incremental ad revenue while preserving user experience and subscription value across a global portfolio.

Qualifications

• Advanced hands-on experience with Google AdMob.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Google Ad Manager.
• App ad mediation setup and optimisation, including bidding, waterfalls, mediation groups, demand partners, and country-level optimisation.
• Web ad monetisation, including ad units, line items, orders, targeting, programmatic demand, direct campaigns, and yield optimisation.
• Strong understanding of key ad metrics: match rate, fill rate, show rate, ARPU, eCPM, CTR.

Responsibilities

• Own the ad monetisation strategy and execution across web and mobile apps.
• Configure, manage, and optimise AdMob, Google Ad Manager, app mediation, web ad inventory, programmatic demand, and ad placements.
• Audit the current ad setup and identify opportunities to improve fill rate, eCPM, show rate, ARPU, and total ad revenue.
• Design and manage ad unit structures across multiple brands, platforms, countries, user segments, and placements.
• Introduce and optimise ad formats such as banners, interstitials, native ads, and potentially rewarded ads.
• Set up and optimise mediation groups, bidding, waterfalls, demand partners, floors, and country-level strategies.
• Troubleshoot ad revenue issues, including no-fill, low show rate, SDK/adapter issues, consent-related issues, policy limitations, and app release impacts.
• Work with Engineering to implement SDKs, mediation adapters, ad placements, event tracking, consent flows, and QA processes.
• Work with Product to ensure ad placements maximise incremental revenue without damaging subscription conversion, user retention, or user experience.
• Work with Data to build reporting dashboards and monitor key ad monetisation metrics by platform, brand, country, placement, app version, and user type.
• Run experiments to test ad formats, placements, frequency caps, mediation changes, and demand partners.
• Monitor ad quality, policy compliance, brand safety, privacy requirements, and consent management.
• Provide weekly reporting, insights, and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

AdMob

Google Ad Manager

Mediation setup

Programmatic demand

Ad placement strategy

Reporting dashboards

A/B testing

Privacy/consent

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

BigQuery

Job description

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.

We’re proud to be a two-time "Great Place to Work" winner (USA & Japan, 2024-2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).

We are looking for Senior Ad Monetisation Specialist – Web & App to own and optimise our ad monetisation setup end to end.

This person will be responsible for AdMob, Google Ad Manager, mediation, programmatic demand, ad placement strategy, reporting, troubleshooting, and ongoing yield optimisation.

This is a practical, execution-focused role. We need someone who can personally configure, diagnose, test, and optimise the ad stack, not just manage vendors or provide strategy. The successful candidate will work closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and Finance to grow incremental ad revenue across our global portfolio.

Your Main Tasks Will Be

• Own the ad monetisation strategy and execution across web and mobile apps.
• Configure, manage, and optimise AdMob, Google Ad Manager, app mediation, web ad inventory, programmatic demand, and ad placements.
• Audit the current ad setup and identify opportunities to improve fill rate, eCPM, show rate, ARPU, and total ad revenue.
• Design and manage ad unit structures across multiple brands, platforms, countries, user segments, and placements.
• Introduce and optimise ad formats such as banners, interstitials, native ads, and potentially rewarded ads.
• Set up and optimise mediation groups, bidding, waterfalls, demand partners, floors, and country-level strategies.
• Troubleshoot ad revenue issues, including no-fill, low show rate, SDK/adapter issues, consent-related issues, policy limitations, and app release impacts.
• Work with Engineering to implement SDKs, mediation adapters, ad placements, event tracking, consent flows, and QA processes.
• Work with Product to ensure ad placements maximise incremental revenue without damaging subscription conversion, user retention, or user experience.
• Work with Data to build reporting dashboards and monitor key ad monetisation metrics by platform, brand, country, placement, app version, and user type.
• Run experiments to test ad formats, placements, frequency caps, mediation changes, and demand partners.
• Monitor ad quality, policy compliance, brand safety, privacy requirements, and consent management.
• Provide weekly reporting, insights, and recommendations to leadership.

We Expect From You

• Advanced hands-on experience with Google AdMob
• Advanced hands-on experience with Google Ad Manager
• App ad mediation setup and optimisation, including bidding, waterfalls, mediation groups, demand partners, and country-level optimisation
• Web ad monetisation, including ad units, line items, orders, targeting, programmatic demand, direct campaigns, and yield optimisation
• Strong understanding of key ad metrics:
• Ad requests: Match rate / fill rate, Show rate, Impressions, eCPM, CTR, ARPDAU / ARPU, Revenue per session, Impressions per user, No-fill rate, Ability to diagnose revenue drops and technical ad issues
• Experience with ad formats: Banner ads, Interstitial ads, Native ads, Rewarded ads, Web display ads
• Experience with consent management, privacy requirements, GDPR/CCPA considerations, and ad personalisation settings
• Understanding of SDK implementation, mediation adapters, app release impacts, test ads, QA, and debugging tools
• Ability to write clear implementation requirements for Engineering
• Reporting and analysis skills using tools such as Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Google Analytics, BigQuery, Excel, or similar
• Experience running A/B tests or controlled experiments for ad placements, frequency caps, and monetisation changes
• Understanding of subscription businesses and ability to balance ad revenue against subscription conversion and retention

What Do We Offer

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full-time;
• The initial pay level or pay range for this role will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process and before the commencement of employment;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• 50% payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for our merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.