Operations & Strategy Lead — AI-Driven Automation

164 Yahoo Ad Tech LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo is seeking a Manager of Business Operations to streamline DSP team operations, surface inefficiencies, and drive revenue through process excellence and AI-enabled tooling. You will partner across Finance, Analytics, Strategy, Sales, and Product to design scalable workflows, SOPs, and dashboards, surfacing actionable insights for leadership.

The role emphasizes cross-functional execution, measurement, and a bridge between strategy and day-to-day activity, with hybrid work options and a

Qualifications

• 5+ years in business operations, strategy & operations, program management, or a chief-of-staff function, ideally within adtech.
• Ability to build and scale processes, playbooks, and operational frameworks.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills; translate data into insights.
• Comfort with ambiguity and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; distill complex info.

Responsibilities

• Track goals and initiatives with business partners.
• Create SOPs, process maps, and playbooks.
• Centralize knowledge to reduce tribal knowledge.
• Document handoffs, ownership, escalation paths.
• Build automation with AI tooling aligned to DSP architecture.
• Coordinate analytics reporting across tools and systems.
• Develop analytics framework for leadership reviews.
• Identify trends and translate into insights.
• Design scalable operational solutions.
• Support annual/quarterly planning and reviews.
• Drive strategic initiatives with senior leaders.

Skills

Business operations

Strategy & operations

Program management

AI tooling

Adtech familiarity

Tools

AI tooling (Claude)

Job description

Yahoo is seeking a Manager of Business Operations to streamline DSP team operations, surface inefficiencies, and drive revenue through process excellence and AI-enabled tooling. You will partner across Finance, Analytics, Strategy, Sales, and Product to design scalable workflows, SOPs, and dashboards, surfacing actionable insights for leadership.

The role emphasizes cross-functional execution, measurement, and a bridge between strategy and day-to-day activity, with hybrid work options and a