Ad Operations Strategist

Uber Advertising; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber Advertising is seeking an Ad Operations Specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area to drive strategy, trafficking, pacing, and optimization for Rider and Eats campaigns. You’ll translate performance trends into actionable recommendations, manage complex issues with cross-functional teams, and scale best practices across global operations.

The role emphasizes upsell, cross-team collaboration, and maintaining high execution standards.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Ad Operations, Campaign Management, Media Operations, or a closely related digital advertising function
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, setup, trafficking, pacing, and optimization across Rider and Eats ad products to ensure accurate, high-quality delivery
• Partner with Sales and Partner Managers to translate performance trends and advertiser KPIs into actionable recommendations and incremental investment opportunities
• Diagnose complex campaign, tracking, and ad-serving issues—identifying root causes and collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Tech Ops to resolve blockers
• Coordinate work completed by offshore Ad Ops teams to maintain high execution standards, clear handoffs, and alignment with Creative and Audience Strategy
• Serve as a strategic Ad Operations partner to Partner Managers, translating advertiser objectives and campaign performance into recommendations that improve outcomes, strengthen the client relationship, and support account growth
• Identify workflow bottlenecks, create SOPs and training materials, and participate in UAT and beta testing for new ad products and internal tools
• Participate in testing and launching new advertising products, features, ad server functionality, and internal tools; document findings and provide structured operational feedback

Skills

Ad Operations

Campaign Management

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

GAM

Salesforce

AppsFlyer

Adjust

DoubleVerify

IAS

Job description

Uber Advertising is seeking an Ad Operations Specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area to drive strategy, trafficking, pacing, and optimization for Rider and Eats campaigns. You’ll translate performance trends into actionable recommendations, manage complex issues with cross-functional teams, and scale best practices across global operations.

The role emphasizes upsell, cross-team collaboration, and maintaining high execution standards.