Strategic Account Manager, Supply Partnership

AdAction Interactive LLC•Austin, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

AdGem, a part of AdAction, is seeking a Strategic Account Manager - Publisher Partnerships to manage, optimize, and grow long-term publisher relationships across its global supply base. The role involves serving as the day-to-day owner of a portfolio of publisher accounts, ensuring strong monetization performance, driving optimization initiatives, identifying growth opportunities, and acting as a trusted operational and strategic partner. This position is ideal for an analytically minded, highly organized individual with an interest in ad tech and mobile monetization, motivated to build strong partnership relationships.

Requirements

1–4+ years of experience in account management with a preference for experience in adtech, mobile monetization, publisher management, or performance marketing.
Proven success managing and growing relationships with measurable revenue retention and expansion.
Foundational understanding of performance marketing metrics including CPA, EPC, eCPM, CTR, conversion rate, LTV, retention, and ROAS.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into actionable insights. Proficiency with data and reporting tools required.
Excellent communication and presentation skills with comfort presenting to both day-to-day operators and senior stakeholders.
Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
Willingness to travel for key partnership meetings and industry events.
Located in the Denver, Chicago, or Austin areas.

Responsibilities

Own a portfolio of publisher accounts and be accountable for revenue retention, growth, and supply health.
Develop a deep understanding of each partner’s monetization goals, traffic mix, audience behavior, and optimization levers.
Monitor inventory performance and implement ongoing optimization to improve eCPM, fill rate, EPC, conversion rate, and user quality.
Identify and execute expansion opportunities including additional placements, new formats, GEO expansion, product adoption, and technical integrations.
Track pacing and performance trends across your accounts to ensure consistency and scalability.
Support quarterly and monthly forecasting for assigned partners.
Serve as the primary point of contact for publisher stakeholders — from partner managers to monetization owners and technical operators.
Lead regular performance syncs and strategic planning sessions.
Translate complex performance data into clear, actionable recommendations.
Proactively manage risks such as declining engagement, policy issues, fraud signals, or shifting partner priorities.
Advocate for publisher needs internally while balancing AdGem business goals.
Partner closely with Sales, Solutions, Product, and Finance teams to support partner success.
Coordinate post onboarding and post integration support for new publisher launches.
Provide structured feedback from partners to inform future product and platform improvements.
Work with Finance on commercial terms alignment, billing questions, and growth-ready contract structures.
Build strong knowledge of rewarded advertising, offerwalls, loyalty monetization, and mobile app growth.
Stay current on platform policy changes, attribution shifts, privacy updates, and market dynamics.
Represent AdGem professionally in select partner meetings and industry conversations.