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Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform processing 18 billion ad opportunities daily and connecting global brands with over 2.2 billion unique monthly users. The company recently merged Outbrain and Teads to create a unified platform operating across CTV, mobile, and web.
You will join the Publishing & Supply Partnerships team based in Gurugram as a Partner Manager focused on US Growth. This is a hybrid role (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) requiring flexibility to work US Eastern Standard Time hours to support North American publisher partners.
In this role, you own post-sale operational health, yield optimization, and day-to-day account retention for a dedicated portfolio of US publisher partners. You serve as the primary operational liaison between publisher partners, local Business Development leads, and global Technical Support/Product teams.
Key responsibilities include:
**Account Management & Yield Optimization:** Serve as the dedicated day-to-day contact for assigned US publishers, conducting regular operational check-ins and performance reviews. Analyze delivery and revenue metrics to identify traffic trends and revenue leakages. Recommend tactical yield enhancements such as optimal ad placements, floor price adjustments, and format expansions. Prepare and present monthly and quarterly performance reporting dashboards to publisher stakeholders and internal leadership.
**Technical Onboarding & Integration Support:** Partner with Business Development to manage operational onboarding of newly contracted publishers. Validate integration setups including Google Ad Manager line items, Prebid wrapper configurations, direct script tags, and SDK integrations. Conduct Tier-1 troubleshooting for delivery discrepancies, tag errors, and ad rendering issues; escalate complex bugs to global Product and R&D teams via structured ticketing workflows.
**Commercial Enablement & Retention:** Identify organic upselling and cross-selling opportunities within your active account base. Support Business Development during contract renewal cycles by compiling historical performance benchmarks, delivery audits, and value-demonstration reports. Maintain clean partner records, pipeline notes, and contract lifecycle milestones in Salesforce.
**Automation & Innovation:** Design, implement, and maintain automated workflows and reporting processes to optimize publisher yield and performance. Streamline day-to-day operational tasks and query resolutions to enhance team efficiency and account responsiveness. Identify and leverage automation opportunities to scale partner accounts, eliminate delivery bottlenecks, and maximize long-term revenue potential.
Teads offers competitive total compensation benchmarked against local industry standards with annual performance-based incentive bonuses, hybrid flexibility, and clear progression paths into Senior Partner Management or Commercial Supply Development roles.
**Requirements:**
Must-Haves:
- 2 to 4 years of hands-on experience in ad tech, digital publishing, supply-side platforms (SSPs), or digital media operations
- Proven experience managing publisher or supply accounts with clear understanding of programmatic monetization, header bidding, and ad server mechanics
- Direct working experience with Google Ad Manager (GAM) and programmatic supply platforms
- Practical understanding of web inspection tools (Chrome DevTools), ad tags (VAST/VPAID), and header bidding basics (Prebid.js)
- Strong ability to manipulate and interpret large datasets using Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookup formulas, data visualization) to extract yield insights
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills with experience managing cross-functional internal stakeholders and external client relationships
- Valid legal authorization to work full-time in India
- Flexibility to work shift hours aligned with US Eastern Standard Time (EST) to effectively support North American publisher partners and internal stakeholders
Nice-to-Haves:
- Prior hands-on experience with Salesforce CRM for account tracking
- Foundational understanding of HTML, JavaScript, or browser network request inspection
- Existing familiarity with leading top-tier US digital publishers and media networks
- Hands-on experience designing or implementing AI workflows, prompt engineering, or AI agents using LLMs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT)
