About the Role

Permutive has built an advertiser business that works with some of the most innovative advertisers in the world. Our platform connects brands directly with premium publishers. Using the Permutive infrastructure for data collaboration, we enable audience activation that respects consumer privacy and is non-reliant on an identifier to drive performance.

The role of Senior Manager, Supply Partnerships Manager is key to ensuring our success and will focus on managing the smooth supply operations of Permutive’s media practice. This role will be responsible for driving publisher business development of our curation media product and cleanroom activations, cultivate strong relationships with our publisher partners and managing the quality and efficacy of their supply signals within Permutive’s media offerings to advertisers.The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the programmatic advertising landscape, strong analytical skills, and a proven track record of success in publisher-facing roles.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the VP, Strategy & Operations, you will work closely with the Customer Success team and Ad Operations teams to ensure a smooth operational experience and revenue growth for publishers participating in Permutive’s media activations. This is a hybrid role; you’ll be responsible for maintaining relations with our publisher customers concerning media opportunities, while also acting as operational support for ongoing supply signal management and publisher reporting. You will also work closely with the partnership teams in forging strong relationships with the wider ad tech ecosystem, especially SSPs and DSPs.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include

• Publisher Business Development & Growth:

  • Identify, prospect, and onboard new premium publisher partners, expanding our supply footprint across various verticals and formats (web, app, CTV, audio, etc.).

  • Develop and execute strategic account plans to grow existing publisher relationships, identifying opportunities for increased monetization and deeper integration.

  • Negotiate and finalize complex partnership agreements, ensuring mutually beneficial terms.

  • Act as the primary point of contact for assigned publisher accounts, providing exceptional service and proactive support.

• Supply Signal Management & Optimization:

  • Monitor, analyze, and optimize supply signal quality, identifying and addressing issues related to audience delivery to programmatic channels

  • Collaborate closely with internal product, engineering, and operations teams to troubleshoot technical issues, implement new features, and improve overall supply performance.

  • Leverage data and analytics to provide actionable insights to publishers, helping them optimize their audiences and other signals

  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and internal policies regarding data quality and privacy (e.g. GDPR, CCPA)

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Work closely with Sales, Client Success, Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to ensure seamless integration and optimal performance for publisher partners.

  • Collaborate with demand-side teams to understand advertiser needs and ensure a healthy balance between supply and demand.

What you’ll need

• A robust understanding of the Advertising ecosystem - DSPs, SSPs, CDPs - and how they all work together.

• Client Services experience managing and presenting to publisher accounts with Sales, Revenue and Ad Operational leads. Ability to establish and maintain trust in a relationship with key stakeholders

• A deep working knowledge of how a publisher ad stack works (for example, understanding the Ad Server / Pre Bid / Supply Side Platform)

• Can manage a level of ambiguity in a changing ecosystem and is able to adapt to positioning and messaging to market needs.

• Fantastic project management skills.

• Experience identifying & implementing new processes which have positively impacted internal or external stakeholders

We’ll be excited if you also have…

• Hands-on experience launching, managing and optimising campaigns for an advertiser in a publisher business

• Exposure and experience working directly with brands and large media agencies

• Experience explaining new and complex product suites to publishers, particularly product marketing, and positioning experience.

What we’re offering

We take a structured, objective approach to salary-setting, which is based on market information, our compensation strategy, and your experience and capability as assessed through our interview process. For a typical candidate who meets our requirements, we would pay between £70,000 - £85,000 with a 20% performance bonus.

Permutive Benefits

• In this together: As a full-time employee, you'll become a shareholder with stock options, sharing in our collective success.

• Family Comes First: Primary caregivers receive up to 6 months of fully paid leave and secondary caregivers receive 3 months of fully paid leave to bond with their little ones.

• Your Time, Your Way: Flexible hours let you fit work around your life, whether it's hitting the gym, meditating, or handling family needs.

• Upgraded Workspace: A £350 budget helps you create the perfect home office setup.

• Recharge & Refocus: Unlimited paid time off (with a minimum of 25 days + public holidays) ensures you get the rest you need.

• Grow with Us: Ongoing training and development opportunities fuel your career aspirations.

• Mental Health Matters: We prioritise your well-being with free access to Spill, our mental health partner.

• Comprehensive Care: Enjoy virtual GP visits, healthcare services, work-life consultations.

• Secure your future: Our pension plan with Penfold helps you secure your financial future (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%).

• A company-paid Cursor Pro subscription for all engineers.
  

Work Your Way

Permutive trusts you to manage your time and deliver results. Our hybrid model allows you to choose where you work best, whether in your own productive space or our London (Farringdon) or New York (Union Square) offices. That said, none of us work alone; we are part of a team.

To foster collaboration and connection, teams in these locations come together in person at least once a week and are encouraged to benefit from being in our offices to meet with teams more often. Commercial and customer-facing teams are encouraged to embrace in-person interactions to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.

Every Permutive employee gets together in person at the company’s Annual Kick Off for a week in February. Each year’s event promises to be an exciting opportunity for us to come together, reconnect with colleagues, and align on our shared vision for the year ahead.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Permutive, we’re taking a thoughtful, intersectional, long-term approach to diversity, equity & inclusion. We care deeply about creating an inclusive work environment that allows everyone to flourish, and we are taking continual action to progress in that direction.

We’re committed to hiring people regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodiversity status, disability status, or otherwise.