[Hiring] Head of Media Operations @Advantage HQ

Role Description

Advantage HQ is building a media organization that can operate at a level far beyond individual campaign management. The Head of Media Operations will own that organization.

• Define the Media Operations strategy:
  • Establish the vision, structure, priorities, and operating model for the entire Media Operations organization.
  • Determine what the organization needs to look like as Advantage HQ grows and ensure our people, processes, and systems evolve accordingly.
• Build the organization:
  • Design the leadership structure, define roles and responsibilities, hire senior leaders, and develop the management bench required to scale.
  • Build an organization that does not depend on a small number of individuals to maintain performance.
• Build the operating system:
  • Own the systems, standards, KPIs, processes, and accountability mechanisms that govern media delivery.
  • This includes performance management, quality assurance, capacity planning, training, resource allocation, reporting, escalation, and continuous improvement.
• Own organizational performance:
  • Accountable for the overall health and effectiveness of the Media Operations organization.
  • Monitor performance, productivity, quality, capacity, client outcomes, and organizational risks and take action when results fall below expectations.
• Drive scale and efficiency:
  • Identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce unnecessary operational complexity, automate repetitive work, and use AI to increase the organization's capabilities.
  • Balance growth with sustainable team structures and strong client delivery.
• Partner with the executive team:
  • Work directly with executive leadership on organizational planning, business growth, hiring, resource allocation, client delivery, and major operational decisions.
  • Bring a clear point of view on what the media organization needs next and why.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in paid media, performance marketing, growth, or a related field.
• 5+ years leading large or multi-layer media organizations.
• Extensive experience with e-commerce and performance marketing.
• Experience overseeing significant media spend and complex client portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience building teams, leadership structures, operating systems, and processes.
• Experience with organizational design, workforce planning, budgeting, and resource allocation.
• Strong commercial judgment and understanding of agency or growth-business economics.
• Experience partnering directly with founders, CEOs, or executive leadership.
• Strong track record of developing senior leaders and building accountable organizations.
• Experience using technology, automation, data, or AI to improve operational scale.

Benefits

• Opportunity to build and lead the operating system behind a major media organization.
• Significant ownership over how Advantage HQ structures its teams, develops its leaders, manages capacity, measures performance, and scales its media capabilities.
• Work directly with executive leadership and shape a function that sits at the center of the company's ability to deliver growth for its clients.
• Potential for the role to grow into broader operational and commercial leadership across the Advantage HQ platform.

Compensation & Location

• $50,000 - $160,000 USD total annual compensation, including base salary, performance bonus, and equity.
• Fully remote with infrastructure for high-performance distributed teams.
• Open to candidates globally, prioritizing ownership, judgment, and execution over geography.