Head of Supply Strategy & Operations, Amazon DSP (Advertising)
Amazon, New York, NY, United States
Head of Supply Strategy & Operations, Amazon DSP
Amazon Advertising is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for brand advertisers, agencies, authors, and entrepreneurs. Our ad solutions—including sponsored, display, video, and custom ads—leverage Amazon’s innovations and insights to find, attract, and engage intended audiences throughout their daily journeys. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service, managed service, and programmatic ad buying, these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, increase product sales, and more.
The Head of Supply Strategy & Operations will own the technical health and integrations with Amazon DSP’s largest supply partners that enable Amazon’s advertiser customers to realize the scale and performance of programmatic advertising. You will establish a vision and key priorities and success metrics for the program, make trade-offs to optimize time to market, and clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal and cross‑functional partner teams. Core skill areas include data collection and analytics; familiarity with industry trends such as supply path optimization, SSAI, and live events; advertiser support; product requirements gathering; managing and growing the team.
You will be responsible for the end‑to‑end customer experience on supply within Amazon DSP and work with stakeholders across the advertising organization, from marketing to product to finance. You will help define our future strategy and design and implement program direction to ensure we are enabling business growth. Strong communication skills and judgment, and the ability to evangelize Amazon’s supply side capabilities to senior business and technical leaders inside and outside Amazon are essential.
This role is based in New York and collaborates heavily with partner teams in Seattle and Palo Alto.
Key Job Responsibilities
Own our supply strategy and integrations globally.
Understand the voice of the advertiser and ensure products deliver against core customer needs.
Define success metrics for the program and track performance, using them to uncover trends and anomalies.
Dive deep into integrations to assess health and efficiency.
Partner with industry leading publishers and SSPs; act as programmatic expert, advocate internally, and understand current and future capabilities.
Work with business, product, and engineering leaders to build and execute a strategic business plan aligned with long‑term objectives.
Serve as liaison to the industry, driving adoption of industry standards internally.
Influence industry bodies in accordance with Amazon Advertising priorities.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer‑facing resources or equivalent experience.
5+ years of managing a technical team of solution architects, sales engineers, or similar technical roles.
Bachelor’s degree.
Preferred Qualifications
7+ years of digital advertising, product marketing, consulting, business development, or other customer‑facing role experience.
Experience building and managing teams.
Experience leading cross‑functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities; experience with SQL Server/MySQL and Oracle DB.
Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross‑functional teams.
Passion for delivering exceptional service to customers and ability to handle complex tasks quickly with little guidance.
Experience in marketing, brand advertising, media sales, or online advertising with senior advertisers and agency stakeholders.
Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
The base salary range for this position is 221,100.00 – 299,200.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), basic life & AD&D insurance, supplemental life plans, employee assistance program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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The Head of Supply Strategy & Operations will own the technical health and integrations with Amazon DSP’s largest supply partners that enable Amazon’s advertiser customers to realize the scale and performance of programmatic advertising. You will establish a vision and key priorities and success metrics for the program, make trade-offs to optimize time to market, and clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal and cross‑functional partner teams. Core skill areas include data collection and analytics; familiarity with industry trends such as supply path optimization, SSAI, and live events; advertiser support; product requirements gathering; managing and growing the team.
You will be responsible for the end‑to‑end customer experience on supply within Amazon DSP and work with stakeholders across the advertising organization, from marketing to product to finance. You will help define our future strategy and design and implement program direction to ensure we are enabling business growth. Strong communication skills and judgment, and the ability to evangelize Amazon’s supply side capabilities to senior business and technical leaders inside and outside Amazon are essential.
This role is based in New York and collaborates heavily with partner teams in Seattle and Palo Alto.
Key Job Responsibilities
Own our supply strategy and integrations globally.
Understand the voice of the advertiser and ensure products deliver against core customer needs.
Define success metrics for the program and track performance, using them to uncover trends and anomalies.
Dive deep into integrations to assess health and efficiency.
Partner with industry leading publishers and SSPs; act as programmatic expert, advocate internally, and understand current and future capabilities.
Work with business, product, and engineering leaders to build and execute a strategic business plan aligned with long‑term objectives.
Serve as liaison to the industry, driving adoption of industry standards internally.
Influence industry bodies in accordance with Amazon Advertising priorities.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer‑facing resources or equivalent experience.
5+ years of managing a technical team of solution architects, sales engineers, or similar technical roles.
Bachelor’s degree.
Preferred Qualifications
7+ years of digital advertising, product marketing, consulting, business development, or other customer‑facing role experience.
Experience building and managing teams.
Experience leading cross‑functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities; experience with SQL Server/MySQL and Oracle DB.
Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross‑functional teams.
Passion for delivering exceptional service to customers and ability to handle complex tasks quickly with little guidance.
Experience in marketing, brand advertising, media sales, or online advertising with senior advertisers and agency stakeholders.
Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
The base salary range for this position is 221,100.00 – 299,200.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), basic life & AD&D insurance, supplemental life plans, employee assistance program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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