Advertising Operations Specialist

About the role

The Growth Ads team at Bumble helps bring the mission of building healthy, equitable relationships to more people through high-quality, trustworthy advertising. As an Advertising Operations Specialist, you'll be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of advertising campaigns across various platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end ad operations for direct campaigns, ensuring accurate trafficking, implementation, QA, and on-time delivery with consistent execution.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to delivery, creative rendering, ad tags, measurement discrepancies, and platform integrations.
• Partner closely with Growth, Sales/Partnerships, Marketing, Analytics, and Product to translate campaign goals into clean operational plans and take ownership from setup through reporting.
• Run pacing, creative rotations, and flight management for direct campaigns; proactively spot issues and resolve them before they impact performance or partner trust.
• Support and maintain programmatic partner relationships, helping troubleshoot delivery issues and ensure proper setup and performance.
• Analyze programmatic performance and drive indirect demand optimizations to improve yield and inventory utilization.
• Maintain and improve ad tech platform operations, including ad server workflows, naming conventions, inventory/creative specs, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Support measurement and reporting: ensure tracking is correctly implemented, performance is clearly communicated, and insights are acted upon in an agile way.
• Help strengthen governance (brand safety, policy compliance, and operational controls) to protect the member experience and build long-term trust.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to streamline operational workflows (e.g., automated QA checks, anomaly detection, smarter reporting narratives), while keeping human judgment central.
• Continuously improve processes: identify friction, simplify handoffs, and build scalable playbooks so the Ads team can move faster without sacrificing quality.
• Deliver clear, client-facing performance reports, translating campaign data into actionable insights for internal stakeholders and advertising partners.
• Own end-of-campaign reporting, including delivery summaries, performance insights, KPI commentary, and recommendations for future activation.

Requirements

• Deeply experienced with Google Ad Manager (GAM), managing day-to-day operations including campaign trafficking, line item setup, inventory management, QA, delivery troubleshooting, and maintaining scalable, well-structured ad server workflows.
• Typically requires 4+ years of advertising operations experience; we may consider 3+ years for exceptional candidates with strong hands-on platform experience.
• You’re comfortable analyzing programmatic performance and making optimization decisions to improve yield and delivery.
• You’re fluent in performance measurement and reporting fundamentals; comfortable partnering with Analytics to define KPIs, validate tracking, and turn results into clear next steps.
• You’ve worked with ad tech operations and platform workflows (ad server and/or programmatic tooling), and you’re energized by making systems cleaner and more scalable.
• You collaborate with purpose: you communicate clearly across functions, set expectations early, and bring people along with empathy and respect.
• You take ownership and see things through from insight to impact, especially when details are messy and priorities shift.
• You bring an agile mindset: you iterate fast, improve processes continuously, and stay calm under change.
• You’re comfortable using AI in day-to-day work (e.g., drafting partner updates, accelerating QA/reconciliation checks, exploring anomalies, or improving documentation), and you’re thoughtful about data privacy and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Fluent in performance measurement and reporting fundamentals; comfortable partnering with Analytics to define KPIs, validate tracking, and turn results into clear next steps.
• Experience with ad tech operations and platform workflows (ad server and/or programmatic tooling).
• Energized by making systems cleaner and more scalable.
• Comfortable using AI in day-to-day work (e.g., drafting partner updates, accelerating QA/reconciliation checks, exploring anomalies, or improving documentation).
• Thoughtful about data privacy and accuracy.

Skills

• Google Ad Manager (GAM) expertise.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Agile mindset and ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Comfort with AI tools and automation.

Benefits

• Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility.
• Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week.
• Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance.
• 401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility.
• Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line.
• Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 weeks paid parental leave.
• Premium App Access.
• Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Pay

Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.

Schedule

Not specified.