Associate Partner Activation Manager

Samba•New York, NY

18h

About The Position

The Associate Partner Activation Manager owns partner onboarding, taxonomy strategy, and pricing operations for Samba’s Gravity data syndication platform. The role serves as a technical liaison between account and partner teams and Engineering, coordinating work across Programmatic and Technical Account Management, Product, and Partnerships as partners onboard, model, and distribute datasets. It combines hands-on platform and ticket work with partner-facing strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Data, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 1 year of experience in advertising technology, programmatic operations, partner or account management, or a related platform-support role.
Working knowledge of DSPs such as The Trade Desk and DV360, including how audience segments are priced and activated within them.
Familiarity with partner or SSP integrations.
Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and coordinate across account, product, and engineering teams.
Familiarity with segment and taxonomy management, and eagerness to learn programmatic ecosystems, audience targeting, and identity resolution.
Strong Excel proficiency, including SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for internal and client-facing contexts.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with identity or data partners such as Acxiom, Experian, or ThinkNow.
Familiarity with Amazon S3 and SFTP data onboarding and audience file formatting.
Deep knowledge of programmatic advertising and working knowledge of DMPs, DSPs, SSPs, and identity resolution.
SQL experience.
Familiarity with CRM and project management tools such as Salesforce, Jira, and Asana.

Responsibilities

Serve as the platform expert for internal teams, external partners, and advertisers, explaining platform capabilities and limitations.
Troubleshoot segment issues before escalation, accounting for platform nuances and expected service level agreements for modeling and distribution.
Lead onboarding, auditing, and taxonomy strategy for data partners and agencies.
Create and present business reviews for data partners and own custom partner reporting as required.
Maintain accurate taxonomy, pricing, and destination information.
File and escalate platform tickets between account teams, Engineering, and Product, including tickets related to access requests, cross-region data bridging, segment permissions, importer and ID mapping, and export capabilities.
Support identity match testing and onboarding architecture for new data imports through Amazon S3 and SFTP.