Inventory Account Management Manager
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About the role
Viant ® (NASDAQ: DSP) is a leading advertising software company that enables marketers to plan, execute and measure omnichannel ad campaigns through a cloud-based platform. Viant's self-service Demand Side Platform, Viant DSP, powers programmatic advertising across Connected TV, Linear TV, mobile, desktop, audio, gaming and digital out-of-home channels. In 2022, Viant was recognized as a Leader in the DSP category , earned Great Place to Work® certification and Co-Founders Tim and Chris Vanderhook were named EY Entrepreneurs of the Year. To learn more, please visit viantinc.com . LIFE AT VIANT Investing in our employee's professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That's why
Responsibilities
- THE DAY-TO-DAY
- Easily accessible as the primary day-to-day point of contact for Exchange partners, advocating for Viant's strategic goals and operational standards.
- Support Publisher Business Development teams by providing merchandising guidance and synthesizing themes of client requests for publisher partners to create solutions.
- Establish and maintain relationships with mid/long-tail publisher partners, ensuring Viant teams understand the offerings and how to access.
- Manage the programmatic inventory request lifecycle, including the setup, health monitoring, and troubleshooting of Viant Deals, Client Deals, and Open Market.
- Evaluate publisher offerings and inventory quality for effectiveness, ensuring strict adherence to the Viant Inventory Quality Policy and oRTB signal compliance (PPID, IRIS).
- Facilitate sales enablement by gathering offering requirements and processing inventory briefs submitted through the IAM Sales Feasibility Form.
- Act as a consultative expert on inventory strategies, serving as the primary lead for all channels, including CTV, Display, Audio, OLV, and DOOH.
- Provide DSP configuration requirements and technical recommendations to internal teams to improve campaign pacing and performance.
- Direct day-to-day inventory integrations and serve as the point person for supply billing inquiries and financial reconciliations. Report consistent feedback to inventory partners regarding quality, transparency standards, and evolving client needs.
- Manage supply infrastructure allocation, specifically overseeing QPS (Queries Per Second) management and partner capacity requests.
- Serve as the "first call" and primary liaison between inventory partners and client teams to troubleshoot live delivery issues, reporting discrepancies, and performance roadblocks.
- Strong cross-functional collaborator who can partner with Product and Engineering teams to share customer experience insights, communicate partner feedback, and help inform product improvements.
- Familiarity with AI tools and emerging AI applications, with an ability to leverage them to improve workflow efficiency, analysis, problem-solving, and client support.
- Produce supply health reporting and lead Exchange Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to ensure partner alignment and identify optimization opportunities.
- Oversee global seller and site block lists to maintain high inventory standards.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced work environment while quickly achieving product efficiency across a wide range of offerings.
- GREAT TO HAVE
- 1-3 years digital media/programmatic/ad tech or client service experience
- Familiarity with OpenRTB standard and signals
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment, while being able to quickly gain product efficiency across a broad set of offerings
- A consultative, strategic thinker with great energy and enthusiasm for new technologies
- Adaptable and comfortable managing change, with the ability to quickly pivot plans, priorities, and responsibilities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- 1Proficient in MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook;
- Interest or familiarity with Google Big Query or beginner SQL
- Bachelor's degree required
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