Programmatic Trading Specialist

New YorkFull-time$100k2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10

Hybrid

Core

Manage advertiser campaigns on the Activate platform, handling media planning, execution, optimization, and reporting to drive revenue for publishers.

Role type

Senior IC programmatic trading specialist

Builds

Client media buying campaigns and strategies on the Activate platform

Domain

Digital advertising / Programmatic media buying

Required skills

Programmatic trading, Media planning, Campaign optimization, Client account management, Fraud detection, Viewability analysis, Brand safety, Data analysis, Process documentation, Cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Troubleshooting, Critical thinking, Attention to detail, Prioritization

Technologies

Activate platform, Ad tech partners

Responsibilities

Own client budgets throughout the media buying lifecycle, Oversee campaign setup and performance, Respond to client requests, Participate in client meetings as subject matter expert, Create and maintain campaign documentation, Identify process improvements

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

About PubMatic

PubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, offering more transparent advertising solutions to publishers, media buyers, commerce companies and data owners, allowing them to harness the power and potential of the open internet to drive better business outcomes. Founded in 2006 with the vision that data-driven decisioning would be the future of digital advertising, we enable content creators to run a more profitable advertising business, which in turn allows them to invest back into the multi-screen and multi-format content that consumers demand.