Publisher Account Manager, SSP

Azerion • New York, NY

1d • $80,000 - $120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Azerion US is seeking a Publisher Account Manager to own and grow relationships with our publisher partners across our Supply-Side Platform (SSP). This is a hands-on role combining publisher relationship management, technical account support, and programmatic revenue optimization. You'll be responsible for helping new publishers successfully integrate with our platform, ensuring existing partners are maximizing their monetization opportunities, and proactively identifying and resolving performance issues.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in programmatic advertising, preferably within an SSP, ad exchange, publisher monetization team, or technical account management function.
• Strong understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem, including SSPs, DSPs, real-time bidding, and publisher inventory monetization.
• Hands-on experience analyzing programmatic performance metrics and identifying monetization challenges.
• Experience managing publisher relationships or providing technical account support to advertising partners.
• Familiarity with publisher integrations, Google Ad Manager, Prebid, OpenRTB, or similar technologies is highly valued.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical issues into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple publisher relationships simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day relationships with assigned publisher partners, serving as their primary point of contact.
• Manage the publisher lifecycle from initial onboarding through ongoing optimization, retention, and growth.
• Develop an understanding of each publisher's inventory, monetization goals, and business needs.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and proactively communicate opportunities to improve revenue and platform utilization.
• Lead the coordination of new publisher integrations, partnering with internal Product, Engineering, and Programmatic Operations teams.
• Support integration testing, troubleshooting, and go-live processes.
• Investigate technical or operational issues affecting publisher monetization and coordinate their resolution.
• Ensure publishers are effectively utilizing Azerion's SSP capabilities.
• Monitor publisher inventory performance across internal SSP dashboards and programmatic reporting tools.
• Analyze fill rates, bid rates, win rates, eCPMs, impressions, and revenue trends to identify opportunities and potential issues.
• Proactively investigate performance declines, demand discrepancies, and technical delivery challenges.
• Work closely with internal demand and operations teams to improve monetization performance.
• Recommend and coordinate yield optimization initiatives to maximize publisher revenue.
• Identify opportunities to expand publisher inventory and adoption of additional platform capabilities.
• Partner with Business Development to ensure a seamless transition of new publisher accounts.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Operations to troubleshoot integrations and improve platform performance.
• Communicate publisher feedback, market needs, and product opportunities to internal stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate performance reporting, account documentation, and revenue forecasts.

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package with a strong commission structure.
• Flexible working options, including a hybrid model from our New York office.
• Comprehensive benefits, including 401(k) contributions and health insurance.
• Opportunities for growth in a fast-paced, global company recognized for its innovation in digital media
• 24 vacation days
• 2 days volunteering leave
• Company paid uber eats lunch for all days in the office

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed