Partner Operations Manager, Data Onboarding & Taxonomy

Sambatv; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sambatv seeks an Associate Partner Operations Manager to own partner onboarding, taxonomy strategy, and pricing operations for our Gravity data syndication platform. You will coordinate cross-functional work between account teams and Engineering, acting as the technical liaison for partners and advertisers.

You will troubleshoot segment issues, lead onboarding and taxonomy efforts, and create business reviews for data partners. Strong Excel skills and programmatic experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in ad tech, programmatic operations, partner/account management, or a related platform-support role.
• Working knowledge of DSPs (The Trade Desk, DV360) and how audience segments surface, price, and activate within them.
• Familiarity with data partner or SSP integrations and segment/taxonomy management.
• Comfort troubleshooting technical issues and coordinating across account, product, and engineering teams.
• Eagerness to expand knowledge across programmatic ecosystems, audience targeting, and identity resolution.
• Strong Excel proficiency (SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, VLOOKUP).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for internal and client-facing contexts.
• BA/BS in Marketing, Business, Data, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own partner onboarding, taxonomy strategy, and pricing operations for Samba's data syndication platform.
• Serve as the go-to expert on platform capabilities and limitations for internal and external partners.
• Troubleshoot segment issues and manage SLAs for modeling and distribution.
• Lead onboarding, auditing, and taxonomy strategy for data partners and agencies.
• Create and present business reviews for data partners.
• Own custom partner reporting and maintain accuracy of taxonomy pricing and destinations.
• File and escalate platform tickets between account teams and Engineering/Product.
• Support identity match testing and onboarding architecture for new data imports (S3/SFTP).

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Education

BA/BS in Marketing, Business, Data, or a related field

Tools

The Trade Desk

DV360

S3/SFTP

Salesforce

Jira

Asana

SQL

Job description

Sambatv seeks an Associate Partner Operations Manager to own partner onboarding, taxonomy strategy, and pricing operations for our Gravity data syndication platform. You will coordinate cross-functional work between account teams and Engineering, acting as the technical liaison for partners and advertisers.

You will troubleshoot segment issues, lead onboarding and taxonomy efforts, and create business reviews for data partners. Strong Excel skills and programmatic experience are essential.