Executive Job Description | Come to work for Move! We are the leading hub of online and offline real estate and neighborhood information. Our exciting vision is to transform the real estate industry and dramatically improve the home buying experience for consumers. Although Move is over 10 years old, we have the entrepreneurial spirit and energy of a start-up without the financial instability and 24/7 culture. See why people from some of the leading internet companies are joining our team. Do you enjoy collaborating with enthusiastic professionals? Do you like seeing the results of your hard work make a difference? Then Move is the place for you!
Move is currently looking for a Manager of Yield & Inventory Optimization to join our team in our New York, NY, Westlake Village, CA or Campbell, CA location.
Responsibilities:
Maximize yield on advertising inventory across the various sites and channels in the advertising network
Thought leadership in building out the organization's reporting and analytics infrastructure and identifying new areas of measurement and analysis as needed
Ability to synthesize data and provide business strategy recommendations based on data to deliver qualitative and quantitative analyses to support decision making across the organization
Responsible for internal analytics reports and ad-hoc analyses
Monitor and balance inventory supply against advertiser demand
Provide detailed historical analysis and forward looking sell through analysis
Ensure communications related to inventory levels, yield, and forecasts are made consistently and regularly to advertising operations, sales, and executive teams
Provide strategic guidance on advertising rates and inventory allocation based on historical inventory flow, forecasted demands, and emerging new media trends
Responsible for developing, producing and reviewing weekly, monthly reporting KPIs
Create and maintain reporting, forecasting models, dashboards and other analytics for online media business
Create these reports and analytics based on site traffic and advertising/lead delivery to provide transparency to historical performance and trends and inform traffic and revenue forecasting assumptions
Maximize yield on advertising inventory and lead distribution across the various sites and channels in the advertising network
Work with various departments and functions to pull operational data and drivers into regular reports and working models to predict and monitor the business
Provide dynamic, real-time, bottoms-up business-case modeling and analysis of key media business drivers including revenue, CPM, CPL, inventory availability, and sell-through rates
Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to identify pricing and revenue optimization opportunities
Provide analytical support to determine potential revenue, costs and potential risks for strategic partnerships and non-standard media deals
Qualifications:
5+ years professional experience in online media, preferably with direct experience managing yield for an established advertising network
BS in Business, Finance, or Math; MBA desirable
Direct experience with MS Excel, SQL Server, Ad Serving Technology (DART experience preferred,) Behavioral Targeting and Web analytics tools (Omniture, Google Analytics, WebTrends)
Proven ability to establish and manage process across in an organization
Demonstrated ability to maintain full accountability for mission critical projects
Extraordinary analytical skills, the ability to make magic with raw data in Excel (charts, pivot tables, macros etc,) common database reporting tools, and technical proficiency building complex models is required
Extensive business analysis and financial modeling experience in the online advertising or internet technology industry required
Strong written and verbal communication skills a must. Candidate must have the ability to communicate the "big picture" and also drill down to supporting details as needed
Candidate must have proven experience in an "internal" customer-facing role and building relationships with key internal customers
Ability to deal with competing priorities effectively
Must be a high-energy, motivated team player with the ability to effectively work cross-functionally to drive projects and strategic initiatives to completion
1-2 years experience with online traffic and advertising reporting using tools such as Omniture and Doubleclick is required; Experience in lead generation businesses a plus
2-3 years experience in data mining
Ability to work with large amounts of information and synthesize relationships, trends and insights and communicate findings to an executive audience is required
Be able to operate independently and proactively
Must have the ability to quickly learn systems, processes, and procedures
Experience working with executive management teams as well as cross-functional teams
Strong communication skills, verbal and written, are required
Strong interpersonal skills are required
Must be highly organized and proactive
Move Inc.® offers a fast-paced, dynamic work environment including a competitive salary and benefits including medical, vision, dental, 401(k), vacation, and holidays. Move® believes in the power of diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
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