Manager, Media Operations & Data Partnerships New Cambridge, MA - Hybrid

Insurify; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401K plan with match

Unlimited PTO

Generous holiday calendar

Learning & Development Stipends

Paid Family Leave

Catered lunches in the office

Job summary

Insurify, based in Cambridge, MA, is seeking a Manager of Media Operations and Data Partnerships. This hybrid role builds the operational engine for media and data partnerships, coordinating with Media Sales and Data Partnerships leaders to convert sold programs into repeatable revenue.

The role demands hands-on campaign execution, audience onboarding, and a structured, scalable approach across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in media operations or related field.
• Hands-on experience managing digital campaign execution from planning to launch.
• Knowledge of programmatic ecosystem: DSPs/SSPs/ad exchanges/identity platforms.
• Experience with first‑party audiences, data onboarding, or identity-based activation.
• Strong project management and ability to translate requirements into clear plans.

Responsibilities

• Turn sold programs and partnerships into actionable implementation plans with milestones and owners.
• Coordinate campaign launch across on-site display, email, direct mail, paid social, and data licensing.
• Monitor readiness, delivery, tracking, and reporting; manage risks and coordinate cross-functional resolution.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams across Sales, Product, Data, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Finance.

Skills

Media operations

Campaign execution

Programmatic advertising

Audience activation

Project management

Tools

LiveRamp

DSPs

SSPs

Google Ad Manager

DV360

The Trade Desk

Job description

Manager, Media Operations & Data Partnerships

Cambridge, MA - Hybrid

Why us?

Insurify is one of America’s fastest-growing MIT FinTech startups and has been recognized as one of Inc. 5,000’s fastest-growing private companies in America in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021, Forbes Fintech 50 List for 2023, 2022, and 2021, Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups of 2022 global and Top 100 InsurTech company. We’re changing the way millions of people compare, buy and manage insurance with artificial intelligence, technology, and superior product design.

Our company vision is to be recognized as the preeminent and most trusted digital agent for insurance comparison, purchase, and management. Our team is critical to achieving our vision and fostering the right culture is essential to our team’s success.

Join us if you like

• MIT alumni founders
• Female-led startup
• Strong leadership team with experience from many successful startups around the world

How you will make an impact

Insurify is hiring a Manager of Media Operations and Data Partnerships to build the operational engine behind our growing media and data business. This person will work alongside Media Sales and Data Partnerships leadership to turn sold programs and approved partnerships into successfully launched, repeatable revenue.

This is a hands‑on role for an operator who can coordinate campaign execution, drive audience and platform implementations, and create structure across complex workstreams. The commercial team will retain ownership of advertiser relationships, pricing, negotiations, renewals, and new‑business development.

Media Operations

• Turn signed agreements into actionable implementation plans with clear requirements, milestones, dependencies, and owners.
• Coordinate campaign launch and delivery across on‑site display, email, direct mail, paid social, programmatic media, audience activation, and data licensing.
• Monitor launch readiness, campaign delivery, tracking, and reporting; identify risks early and coordinate resolution across internal teams.

Data Partnerships

• Own the cross‑functional implementation of audience onboarding and distribution across LiveRamp, DSPs, SSPs, data marketplaces, and other platforms.
• Manage audience taxonomy, segment setup, data delivery, refresh schedules, match‑rate analysis, activation readiness, and operational troubleshooting.
• Support the evaluation of new data, identity, measurement, and programmatic partners by assessing advertiser demand, technical requirements, implementation effort, and operational fit.

Process and Scale

• Build standardized workflows, documentation, dashboards, service levels, and quality‑control processes for media campaigns and data partnerships.
• Lead cross‑functional workstreams across Sales, Product, Data, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Finance, keeping decisions, dependencies, and ownership clear.
• Translate operational learnings and partner requirements into recommendations for Insurify’s media products and technical roadmap.

This role will report to the leader of Media Sales and Data Partnerships and work closely with Marketing, Product, Data, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, Finance, and Insurify’s core insurance marketplace.

This is a hybrid position that requires candidates to be able to come into our Cambridge, MA office.

Who you are

• 6 or more years of experience in media operations, advertising operations, programmatic media, platform operations, or a related field.
• Hands‑on experience managing digital campaign execution or audience activation from planning through launch and reporting.
• Working knowledge of the programmatic ecosystem, including DSPs, SSPs, ad exchanges, identity platforms, data marketplaces, and audience onboarding.
• Experience working with first‑party audiences, data onboarding, data licensing, or identity‑based activation.
• A self starter with strong project management skills and experience driving complex initiatives across commercial, technical, legal, and operational teams.
• Ability to translate technical and operational requirements into clear plans and business recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, communication, and follow‑through.
• A track record of creating structure and scalable processes in an evolving business.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a commerce media network, publisher, digital marketplace, ad‑tech company, agency, DSP, SSP, data platform, or identity provider.
• Familiarity with Google Ad Manager, DV360, The Trade Desk, LiveRamp, Meta, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with PMPs, programmatic guaranteed, audience extension, curated media, or data marketplace offerings.
• Working knowledge of advertising privacy, consent, data governance, and secure data transfers.
• Experience in insurance, financial services, automotive, or another regulated industry.
• Competitive compensation
• Generous stock options
• 401K plan with match
• Unlimited PTO
• Generous company holiday calendar
• Learning & Development Stipends
• Paid Family Leave
• Catered lunches in the office

Insurify is committed to offering a fair, competitive, and transparent compensation program that supports our mission to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. Our compensation philosophy is guided by several factors including a candidate’s relevant experience, education/training, job‑related skills, and location.

In addition to the base salary our total compensation package includes health coverage, retirement contributions, and additional wellbeing benefits. Some positions may be eligible for company equity.

Below is the base compensation range candidates working out Cambridge, MA:

$110,000-$130,000

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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