<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SoundCloud empowers artists, tastemakers and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is a creator-first platform helping artists build and grow their careers by providing them with the most advanced tools, services, and resources. With over 4x the music catalog of every other major streaming platform, spanning 40+ million artists across 190+ countries, SoundCloud is where emerging artists find their sound, hidden gems are discovered, and music culture is shaped in real time.</span></p> <div> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SoundCloud is </span>seeking a Senior Manager, Ad Operations<strong> </strong>to join our Revenue Operations organization, reporting to the VP, Revenue Partnerships. This role will support the day-to-day operational execution, reporting, and performance of our global advertising business, ensuring our ad stack, inventory, sales channels, and partner configurations are operating effectively and delivering against revenue goals and commercial commitments.<span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The ideal candidate brings strong technical troubleshooting and analytical skills, with experience operating across multiple advertising sales and monetization channels, including programmatic. They are highly organized, able to work independently, and comfortable managing stakeholders across internal teams and external partners. They should also bring an architectural mindset, with the ability to evaluate complex ad-serving systems, identify structural challenges, and recommend scalable solutions.</span></p> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Manage day-to-day Google Ad Manager (GAM) operations, platform configuration, governance, and overall ad health</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Support and troubleshoot advertising across multiple sales and monetization channels, including direct, programmatic, reseller, and partner-driven demand</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Manage inventory health, forecasting, availability, utilization, delivery, and partner configurations through reporting against budgets, forecasts, commitments, and business goals to identify risks, opportunities, and actionable insights</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Partner closely with Product & Engineering on ad development, technical integrations, troubleshooting, and platform improvements</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Coordinate across Sales, Programmatic, Data, and Finance to maintain visibility into performance, risks, priorities, and business needs</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Support Sales and external partners on technically complex advertising solutions, configurations, and delivery requirements</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Maintain strong operational documentation, QA standards, and structured workflows</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Experience and Background:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5+ years of experience in Ad Operations, Revenue Operations, Ad Technology, Ad Development, or digital advertising</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Deep hands-on experience with GAM and complex advertising environments across display, video, and audio</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience operating across multiple advertising sales and monetization channels, including direct, programmatic, SSPs, resellers, demand partners, and other partner-led models</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Strong technical and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex advertising systems and translate performance data into actionable insights</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt