Programmatic Yield Manager
Location: Barcelona
Join Our Mobile Monetisation Team to Power the Future of Programmatic Advertising! We are seeking a Programmatic Yield Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment to help us scale our rapidly growing advertising business. In this critical role, you’ll work closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Analytics, and Ad Operations to optimise ad delivery, maximise revenue, and innovate our monetisation strategies. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to dive deep into mobile programmatic advertising, working with a portfolio that spans Opera Ads, Google Ad Manager, AdMob, AdSense, and other major platforms.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Monitor and optimise ad configurations across multiple programmatic demand sources to maximise revenue.
- Troubleshoot delivery and performance issues with internal teams and external DSP partners.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with current demand partners and evaluate new ones.
- Identify and develop new revenue streams using ad technologies, partner integrations, and ad formats.
- Run A/B tests to inform yield optimisation and platform changes.
- Collaborate with analytics to ensure reporting accuracy and insight generation.
- Share performance trends and monetisation insights with executive and cross-functional teams.
- Support technical configurations within proprietary and third-party ad tech platforms.
Job Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in mobile in-app monetisation and programmatic advertising.
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Ad Manager, AdMob, and AdSense.
- Deep understanding of programmatic ecosystems, RTB, and ad server architecture.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills, able to translate complex topics for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable interacting with internal stakeholders and external partners.
- A strategic thinker with strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
An Ideal Candidate’s Profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Proven ability to identify yield optimisation opportunities and implement data-driven solutions.
- Passion for mobile advertising, data, and constant improvement.
What’s On Offer:
You’ll be part of an innovative team working on high-impact monetisation strategies across a global portfolio of mobile products. If you're analytical, technically savvy, and excited about driving revenue through programmatic excellence we want to hear from you!
- Department
- Sales & Business Development
- Locations
- Barcelona
- Remote status
- Hybrid
How We Work
At Opera, we are committed to ensuring a workspace that is fair, transparent, and free from bias. Bringing together different perspectives fuels innovation, while equal opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds make us stronger, more creative, and more resilient. Creating an atmosphere where everyone is valued for their skills, ideas, and contributions is at the core of how we work. We don’t just embrace differences - we see them as the foundation of how we collaborate, grow, and succeed together.
An International Team 🌏
- Languages spoken
- Countries represented
- Team members
About Opera
Opera is a leading global internet brand with a large and engaged user base of approximately 300 million average monthly active users. Building on 30 years of innovation, starting with our browser products, we are leveraging our brand as well as our massive and engaged user base in order to expand our offerings and our business. Today, we offer users around the globe a range of products and services that include a variety of PC and mobile browsers, our Opera Gaming portals and development tools, our Opera News content recommendation products, our audience extension product (namely the Opera Ads platform) and a number of AI and Web3 products and services. This comprehensive suite of products is designed to meet the diverse needs and preferences of Opera's growing user base.
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera has a global presence with major hubs in Poland, China, Spain, Scotland, and Sweden, coupled with operations spanning numerous other countries. As a publicly traded company, Opera is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol "OPRA".
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