Director of Media Operations

Advantage HQ•,

49d•$60,000 - $140,000•Remote

About The Position

Advantage HQ is building the next generation of creator-led growth infrastructure for consumer brands. We combine creative strategy, creator partnerships, performance content, whitelisting, affiliate distribution, paid media, and proprietary technology into one integrated growth system. Our team manages more than $850 million in annual media spend and works with a network of more than 400,000 creators across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube. Through Meteoric AI, our proprietary intelligence platform, we use data and AI to improve decision-making across creative production, creator selection, customer acquisition, campaign performance, and brand growth. We work with ambitious consumer brands across health, wellness, beauty, nutrition, personal care, and lifestyle. The Director of Media Operations will own the operating performance of that organization. You will lead senior media leaders, establish the systems and standards that govern media delivery, and build the organizational structure required to support continued growth. This is not an account management role. Your primary responsibility is to make the entire Media Buying organization better.

Requirements

9+ years of experience in paid media, performance marketing, growth, or a related field
4+ years leading multiple media teams or managers
Extensive e-commerce and performance marketing experience
Experience managing significant media portfolios
Demonstrated experience building operating systems and organizational processes
Experience with workforce planning, hiring, performance management, and leadership development
Strong commercial and analytical judgment
Experience working directly with executive leadership
Experience in an agency, growth, performance marketing, or high-volume client environment
You are an experienced media executive who knows how to build organizations.
You have deep knowledge of paid media and e-commerce, but your primary strength is creating systems and developing leaders that allow those capabilities to operate at scale.
You are commercially minded and understand that operational decisions affect client results, team productivity, margins, and growth.
You are comfortable making difficult decisions, challenging existing processes, and building structure in an environment that is still evolving.
Most importantly, you take ownership of outcomes. You do not wait for perfect information or detailed instructions before acting.

Responsibilities

Define how Media Operations should work across teams, clients, and levels of leadership.
Establish the operating model, responsibilities, standards, KPIs, and management rhythms required for consistent execution.
Lead Media Operations Managers, Senior Managers, and other senior leaders.
Set expectations for leadership performance and build a strong management layer capable of operating independently.
Build and continuously improve the systems used for media execution, quality assurance, performance management, reporting, training, escalation, and resource planning.
Determine where standardization creates leverage and where teams need flexibility.
Work with executive leadership on hiring plans, organizational structure, resource allocation, and capacity forecasting.
Ensure the organization can support growth without creating unnecessary cost or operational complexity.
Connect operational decisions to client outcomes and company economics.
Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, retention, margins, and team performance.
Work closely with the executive team and other functional leaders to ensure Media Operations supports the broader direction of the business.
Bring clear recommendations rather than simply reporting problems.