Director, Investment Operations

Zenith; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Investment Operations to lead the transformation of media investment across digital video. This role is pivotal in driving innovation and optimizing workflows through AI-powered solutions. You will be at the forefront of change, designing processes that enhance performance and efficiency. Collaborating with a team of passionate analysts, you'll mentor the next generation of media operators while leveraging cutting-edge tools to deliver strategic insights. If you're ready to evolve the way media operates and make a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 6+ years leading digital media experience, including investment and executional strategy.
• Proven ability to design and scale high-performance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of media investment operations across digital video.
• Architect agile, cross-channel investment processes that flex in real time.

Skills

Digital Media Experience

Investment Strategy

Analytics Integration

Data Tools (Prisma, MBox)

Agile Mindset

Team Management

Storytelling

Attention to Detail

Tools

Prisma

MBox

iSpot

Tableau

MediaTools

IAS

Job description

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Base pay range

$145,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

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This isn’t your typical operations role. This is where Innovation DRIVES the business. As Director, Investment Operations, you won’t just manage the media machine—you’ll reinvent how it runs. You’ll design fluid, AI-powered workflows. You’ll pilot emerging tools before they hit the mainstream. And you’ll sit at the heart of a transformation engine for one of the largest advertisers in the world.

Your Mission:

Lead the transformation of how media investment operates across digital video. Be the conductor between strategy and execution, orchestrating high-velocity insights, real-time optimization loops, and intelligent automation that compress weeks of analysis into seconds of action.

What Makes This Role Different:

You’re not here to “do the work.” You’re here to evolve the work. To drive innovation through the work. Every meeting, every dashboard, every workflow you touch becomes a smarter version of itself—because you brought the future into the room.

Responsibilities

Your Operating System (OS):

Architect agile, cross-channel investment processes that flex in real time. Surface and deploy optimizations faster than traditional cycles allow.

Leverage dashboards, automated summaries, and performance AI to turn raw data into immediate, strategic action. Know when to step in with human instinct, and when to let automation take charge

• Measurement is Momentum:

Track what matters, when it matters. Own the performance loop—brand safety, media delivery, partner health—and drive resolution before problems even surface.

• Marketplace + Mission Alignment:

Consult on smarter spend strategies. Move beyond age/gender to align marketplace conditions with brand ambition, campaign goals, and partner commitments.

• Operational Excellence by Design:

Eliminate friction across planning, analytics, finance, and investment teams. Implement self-healing workflows and proactive alerts. Troubleshoot like a strategist. Optimize like a product manager.

• Team as Product:

Lead a squad of curious, performance-obsessed analysts. Mentor them into future-ready media operators who thrive in ambiguity, ask smarter questions, and build with both hands and head.

Qualifications

• 6+ years leading digital media experience (video a must), including investment, planning, executional strategy, analytics integration, and marketplace expertise
• Proven ability to design and scale high-performance processes in a matrixed org
• Strong command of data tools (Prisma, MBox, iSpot, Tableau, MediaTools, IAS) and a hunger to explore what’s next (Gemini, Copilot, API-fed reporting)
• Marketplace relationships that encourage innovations and bring first-to-market ideas forward
• A storyteller’s instinct and a QA detective’s attention to detail
• Experience managing teams, uplifting talent, and leading by doing
• An agile mindset: bias toward testing, learning, iterating
• Passion for innovation, automation, and the power of media to move business

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Advertising

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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