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Sett is a UA creative performance platform for mobile gaming that builds agentic AI systems to analyze performance data, generate playable and video ad concepts, deploy them to ad networks, and continuously learn from results. The company automates the full creative loop with AI-driven capabilities.
You will lead Hermes, Sett's playable ads production organization, which produces playables for top-tier mobile gaming clients using internally developed AI tools. This is an end-to-end leadership role owning overall performance, organizational growth, and evolution into a scalable, efficient production system.
Hermes operates across three pillars—Technical, Creative, and Execution—each led by a dedicated manager whom you will develop and empower. You will be accountable for delivery, quality, and efficiency while continuously improving organizational structure, operating model, and workflows to support future growth.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and developing the three Hermes pillar leads, building strong, independent managers and a pipeline of future leaders
- Owning organizational design, workforce planning, hiring, and budget, aligning team structure with production needs and business priorities
- Owning Hermes' delivery commitments, quality standards, and efficiency targets across all production teams
- Establishing clear performance metrics, reporting, and accountability for consistent visibility into production performance
- Driving capacity planning, resource allocation, and proactive risk management to maintain reliable delivery as production scales
- Defining and continuously improving Hermes' operating model with clear ownership, consistent workflows, and effective collaboration across pillars
- Integrating internally developed AI products into production workflows, prioritizing automation, productivity, and scalability over headcount growth
- Partnering with Product and R&D to translate production needs and feedback into technological improvements
- Acting as the primary production counterpart to Partnership Growth, aligning client priorities, delivery expectations, quality standards, and production capabilities
- Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders and company leadership to translate business priorities into operational plans
A key part of the role involves integrating internally developed AI products into the production pipeline, driving automation, improving efficiency, and enabling the organization to scale. You will work closely with Partnership Growth, Product, R&D, and company leadership to align production capabilities with client needs and business priorities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of experience in production or operations leadership in a high-volume environment such as a game studio, ad-tech company, or creative agency (must-have)
- Proven experience owning production pipelines, workflows, and delivery performance (must-have)
- Experience managing managers and developing team leads into strong, independent leaders (must-have)
- Strong data-driven approach, with experience setting performance targets, analyzing operational metrics, and translating insights into decisions and improvements (must-have)
- Track record of improving and scaling production workflows, with strong understanding of AI tools, automation, and their application in production environments
- Experience leading remote, distributed teams across multiple time zones
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with ability to navigate competing priorities, make decisions, and align teams around shared goals
- Fluent English, written and spoken, with ability to lead meetings, create documentation, and communicate effectively with global teams
- Ability to build structure, accountability, and scalable processes rather than relying on additional headcount to solve operational challenges
- Proactive, decisive, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment undergoing growth and organizational change
Bonus: hands-on experience in creative marketing (UA creative, performance creative, or ad production); startup experience in close partnership with R&D teams; experience working with internally developed AI tools beyond consumer products like ChatGPT.
