Stack Overflow

Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary ad operations team, oversee ad tech systems and processes, optimize inventory and yield strategies, and collaborate across teams to improve ad performance and revenue. | 7+ years in digital advertising, deep expertise in programmatic monetization, SSP/Exchange integrations, strong analytical skills, and experience leading ad ops teams. | Every developer has a tab open on Stack Overflow. We are one of the most popular websites in the world - a community-based space focused on increasing productivity, decreasing cycle times, accelerating time to market, and protecting institutional knowledge. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success. We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook. We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany. Stack Overflow is seeking a Director of Ad Operations to lead and mature the operational engine behind our advertising business. This leader will oversee a multi-disciplinary team, including Ad Ops Specialists, a Yield Manager, and an Ads Engineering Associate, responsible for ensuring our direct and programmatic channels deliver high-quality, high-performing experiences for our advertisers and users. This role will sit on the Ads Customer Success leadership team and will be a critical partner in shaping how we package, deliver, measure and scale advertising across Stack Overflow. You will own the systems, processes and technical foundation that power our ads business while collaborating deeply with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Revenue Operations, Finance, Legal and Data Science. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in programmatic monetization, publisher ad tech stacks, yield optimization and operational strategy. You’re equally comfortable overseeing trafficking excellence as you are driving experimentation, evaluating new partners and influencing the evolution of our ad products. What You’ll Do Lead, mentor and develop a multi-disciplinary Ad Ops team (Specialists, Yield Manager, Ads Engineering Associate) while fostering operational rigor, experimentation and cross-functional collaboration. Own end-to-end ad tech stack and evaluate new partners and technologies that enhance delivery, measurement, targeting, reporting and workflow efficiency. Oversee inventory strategy and forecasting across all placements and formats to ensure optimal utilization across direct and programmatic channels (PG, PD, PMP, Open Auction). Drive yield strategy in partnership with the Yield Manager, optimizing pricing, demand mix, auction dynamics and revenue quality. Identify and influence new ad types, audience segments, packaging and inventory configurations that improve performance and support revenue growth. Partner with Product and Engineering to influence the roadmap and support technical implementation of new features, placements and optimizations. Collaborate with Data Science to guide forecasting, audience strategy, insights development and performance modeling. Support scalable go-to-market and customer delivery processes in partnership with Customer Success, Sales, Marketing, RevOps and Finance. Monitor performance, pacing, discrepancies and delivery health and proactively recommend experiments, workflow improvements and system enhancements. Oversee reporting and operational frameworks to ensure accurate delivery, best-in-class campaign management and visibility into performance, sell-through and supply/demand dynamics. What You Need to Have 7+ years of experience in digital advertising, predominantly on the publisher side, with 4+ years leading Ad Ops or Ad Tech teams. Deep expertise in programmatic monetization, deal structures (PG, PD, PMP, Open Auction), SSP/Exchange integrations and yield strategy. Strong understanding of publisher ad tech stacks, including trafficking, ad serving, measurement, reporting and data activation. Hands-on familiarity with tools such as Google Ad Manager, SSPs (e.g., Magnite, PubMatic, Index), measurement tools (MOAT, IAS) and workflow/sales systems (Salesforce, AdBook). Proven experience partnering with Product, Engineering and Revenue organizations to influence and execute technical ad initiatives. Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights, forecasts and recommendations. Demonstrated success building scalable processes, documentation and operational systems. Excellent communication skills with ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and can lead teams through change. #LI-Remote #LI-KS1 What you’ll get in return: Competitive Base Salary Generous paid vacation Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days Equity for all employees at all levels Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees Company-paid Life Insurance Home Internet stipend Professional allocation for your growth and development One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Manage engineering teams, oversee projects, facilitate career development, and ensure organizational goals are met. | 4+ years managing engineers, 2+ years software engineering experience, knowledge of modern web and cloud architectures, and experience with Agile practices. | Every developer has a tab open on Stack Overflow. We are one of the most popular websites in the world - a community-based space focused on increasing productivity, decreasing cycle times, accelerating time to market, and protecting institutional knowledge. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success. We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook. We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll help your teams reach their full potential, and help each individual contributor on your teams advance in their careers. Coming from an engineering background, but with a passion for people management, you can help your engineers understand how to solve problems, both as individuals and teams. As a guiding voice in a cross-disciplinary, productivity driven workplace you’ll impact millions of developers every day and shape the future of the largest community of developers on the planet. Some recent projects we've been working on include: Creating a brand new product to facilitate communication with authors of widely known technologies. Rebuilding our entire onboarding flow to increase user adoption Creating self serve work flows to enable ad-hoc customers Building a feature to report and quality control ads on the Stack Exchange network Redesigning our job board to make navigation easier and more efficient As a company dedicated to increasing developer knowledge, we’ll give you the resources and support you need to help your teams grow and thrive. What You’ll Do: Directly managing 2 engineering teams consisting of between 3 to 6 engineers on each team Run all of our general team exercises, such as goal setting, check-ins, reports, trainings, etc. for all members of your teams Have weekly 1:1’s with all direct reports Work with other Agile team members such as Product Managers, Agile Leaders, Tech Leads, and others, to ensure that team level goals are being met. Work with Directors to ensure that teams are executing projects and functions necessary to meet organizational strategic needs Organize and run any meetings necessary for their teams to accomplish their goals Provide career guidance and help engineers manage their career progression at Stack Overflow Mediate and resolve conflicts What we expect to see: 4+ years of experience directly managing engineers in a modern engineering environment 2+ years of software engineering experience with knowledge of MVC architectures, modern web development practices and general common architecture practices. Demonstrated practical experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure. Positive experience with Agile development methodologies and practices with demonstrated experience of at least one methodology (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.). Demonstrated experience with personnel management practices and techniques, including, but not limited to Goal setting Positive and negative feedback Effective 1:1’s Career guidance Communication Conflict resolution Basic project management skills A strong desire to help their reports reach their full potential and progress in their careers Experience managing remote-first or distributed teams of engineers A track record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion on their teams and product Excellent problem solving skills. You excel at analyzing and solving problems using technology. What you’ll get in return: Competitive Base Salary Generous paid vacation Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days Equity for all employees at all levels Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees Company-paid Life Insurance Home Internet stipend Professional allocation for your growth and development One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.