Yield Analyst

Location:

Long Island City, NY, US, 11101

Brand: Cheddar

Requisition #: 679

Altice USA is a cutting-edge communications, media, and tech company. We connect people to what matters most to them; texting with friends, advertising that resonates, or binge watching their favorite show. Our differentiated approach centers around technologies that push the envelope and deliver the ultimate customer experience. We’re building a workforce that attracts and retains the best talent, not only to meet the needs of our customers, but that also reflects the diverse communities we serve.

Job Summary

As ad technology and media consumption change, our products are diversifying and the infrastructure has become more complex - all at an extremely fast pace. Altice USA News & Advertising is seeking a Yield Manager that sees this as a challenge and is enthusiastic to oversee the monetization of RateMyProfessors.
Who we are: Rate My Professor’s(“RMP”) is on a mission to grow our reliable and familiar user generated content site that millions of college students use when deciding their class schedule to being the go to platform for university students to use to navigate their college experience throughout their college journey.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain monetization strategies
Manage and understand the complete picture of programmatic inventory utilization; recommend and implement plans to increase yield
Manage all levers of yield including but not limited to viewability, floor rates, SSP evangelism, header-bidding configuration
Report on inventory consumption, rates and trends
Partner with the team that is responsible for fulfilling direct-sold campaigns
Work closely with ad product and sales leaders to ensure that ad products, packages and programmatic offerings support marketplace demands
Work closely with engineering, product and growth teams to ensure that the growth of the media assets align with revenue goals.
Build and maintain an indirect revenue model to forecast revenue for financial budgeting and pacing
Establish processes & best practices for onboarding new deal IDs, ad partners, tools & products
Assist in the development of internal controls to ensure integrity of business processes and data
Review escalated ad delivery issues, working internally and with vendor teams to quickly resolve and minimize revenue impact
Stay abreast of changes in industry and where competitors are leading
Work with ad systems teams to ensure that technology leverage delivers efficiencies and insights
Monitor key revenue & performance metrics daily. Provide end of month data for financial reporting
Support in vendor contract management, AR/AP reconciliation, and negotiations

Qualifications

Minimum 3 years experience in yield management or digital ad operations at a publisher, ad tech company, ad agency or ad network
Clear, strategic thinker with the ability to execute on priorities and is not afraid to roll sleeves up
Ability to effectively work under pressure and loves to solve problems
Strong communication and presentation skills
Ability to develop monetization strategies for all platforms from the ground up
Ability to initiate and maintain partner relationships, assess partnership viability and growth opportunities, & navigate deals
Excellent understanding of standard business practices related to Sales Operations processes and systems (sales cycle, salesforce.com, reporting, forecasting, ad operations client services, and AR)
Ability to aggregate data from multiple sources and compile it into a digestible and actionable format
Experience with digital display and video ad formats (i.e. VAST) on all platforms web, mobile, app and OTT/ CTV platforms
Best-Practice knowledge of working with DSPs, SSPs, and different type of deal types (PG, Open, PMP)
Experience with Google Ad Manager or other digital ad serving tools for video and display
Knowledge of Data Management platforms (Liveramp, Experian) a plus
Experience with and enthusiasm for an organization experiencing rapid growth and diversification…but is still a little scrappy

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