Media Partners, Senior Manager, Ad Partnership Management

Walmart•San Bruno, CA

13d•$108,000 - $234,000

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Media Partners will play a critical leadership role in managing, optimizing, and expanding our supply-side platform strategy. This individual will own the end-to-end supply operations workflow, including partner management, technical implementation, inventory strategy, and revenue optimization to ensure our marketplace delivers the highest level of performance, transparency, and value for both publishers and advertisers. This role requires deep expertise in programmatic advertising, strong analytical and operational skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, sales, analytics, and external partners. What you'll do... Key Responsibilities Supply Strategy & Management Execute the strategic roadmap for SSP growth, ensuring alignment with broader commercialization and monetization goals.Optimize supply quality, transparency, and yield across multiple partners, exchanges, and inventory types.Identify and evaluate new SSP partners, and capabilities to enhance marketplace performance.Monitor supply health, fill rates, demand overlap, and pricing to ensure efficient and scalable monetization. Partner & Relationship Management Serve as the primary contact for SSP partners,Negotiate commercial terms, evaluate partner performance, and maintain strong ongoing relationships.Build scalable processes for partner enablement, issue resolution, and quarterly business reviews. Operational Excellence Lead day-to-day SSP operations, including deal configuration, inventory planning, auction troubleshooting, and delivery forecasting.Partner with Product & Engineering to advocate for enhancements that improve supply quality, transparency, and performance.Establish best practices for inventory packaging, brand safety, ad quality, and deliverability. Data, Insights & Optimization Analyze supply performance using internal and external tools to uncover trends, gaps, and opportunities.Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to track KPIs, including revenue, fill rate, CPM, win rate, and latency.Provide data-driven recommendations that improve yield, efficiency, and marketplace health. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with Sales and Account Management to support deal execution, troubleshoot supply issues, and unlock incremental revenue opportunities.Work with Product to define requirements, validate enhancements, and test new SSP features.Collaborate with Marketing and internal enablement teams to educate stakeholders on inventory capabilities and updates.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in programmatic advertising, preferably on an SSP, exchange, or supply-focused operational team.
Deep understanding of auction dynamics, programmatic pipes (OpenRTB), header bidding, ad serving, and identity/targeting frameworks.
Strong analytical capabilities
Proven track record of managing partners, leading complex integrations, and driving measurable performance improvements.
Excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

Execute the strategic roadmap for SSP growth, ensuring alignment with broader commercialization and monetization goals.
Optimize supply quality, transparency, and yield across multiple partners, exchanges, and inventory types.
Identify and evaluate new SSP partners, and capabilities to enhance marketplace performance.
Monitor supply health, fill rates, demand overlap, and pricing to ensure efficient and scalable monetization.
Serve as the primary contact for SSP partners
Negotiate commercial terms, evaluate partner performance, and maintain strong ongoing relationships.
Build scalable processes for partner enablement, issue resolution, and quarterly business reviews.
Lead day-to-day SSP operations, including deal configuration, inventory planning, auction troubleshooting, and delivery forecasting.
Partner with Product & Engineering to advocate for enhancements that improve supply quality, transparency, and performance.
Establish best practices for inventory packaging, brand safety, ad quality, and deliverability.
Analyze supply performance using internal and external tools to uncover trends, gaps, and opportunities.
Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to track KPIs, including revenue, fill rate, CPM, win rate, and latency.
Provide data-driven recommendations that improve yield, efficiency, and marketplace health.
Partner closely with Sales and Account Management to support deal execution, troubleshoot supply issues, and unlock incremental revenue opportunities.
Work with Product to define requirements, validate enhancements, and test new SSP features.
Collaborate with Marketing and internal enablement teams to educate stakeholders on inventory capabilities and updates.

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.
It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.
Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment.
Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .