Director, Media Trading

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About Foursquare:

Foursquare is a technology company that enriches consumer experiences and informs business decisions through location intelligence. A community of more than 50 million people use the Foursquare City Guide and Foursquare Swarm apps and websites to discover new places, explore the world and check in. They have written more than 95 million tips and checked in over 12 billion times. Foursquare powers location data for Snapchat, Apple, Uber, Twitter and 125,000 other developers. Foursquare’s business solutions also include Pinpoint, Attribution, Pilgrim SDK and Foursquare Analytics, which empower brands to understand and connect to targeted audiences as well as measure foot traffic and advertising success.

About this Position:

Foursquare is seeking a media trading professional to oversee our media buying practice. Foursquare has developed a scaled, full-service media offering (Pinpoint) , and this candidate will oversee the execution and operations for this team. This candidate should have experience leading a programmatic trading team as well as experience in data analysis and margin management. The Director, Media Trading should know how to test and activate for brand safety, viewability, premium inventory, and performance management. The candidate should also be able to analyze media and buying trends and help direct the team to focus on the key drivers of performance and profit.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead all ad operations that include campaign implementation, trafficking, delivery, troubleshooting, reporting, optimizations, billing integration and general quality control.
  • Manage and scale a team of media traders
  • Run point on escalations and offer technical solutions while building out process and infrastructure to prevent for these issues in the future.
  • Monitor and manage margin across Pinpoint business.
  • Improve existing and create new workflow and process between pre and post sales across products.
  • Work closely with product and product marketing on testing, releasing, and executing new media features.
  • Manage all supply for Pinpoint including PMPs, Video, etc.
  • Oversee strategic initiative that include brand safety, white lists, viewability, fraud, LDA compliance, KOPPA, DAI, NAI, etc.
  • Various vendor assessments of technology and/or data.
  • Responsible for Salesforce, Datorama, Tableau and other platforms used to manage our media and measurement business.

Qualifications:

  • Strong technical and analytical background
  • Managed a media buying/ad operations team
  • Media trading experience is preferred
  • Self-starter with a positive attitude
  • Knowledge of the programmatic, mobile, and location ecosystem
  • 6-8 years of experience within adtech/mobile/location/data space
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.

Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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