Sr. Manager, Supply Curation

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Supply Curation is a strategic leader within FreeWheel’s Global Programmatic Operations organization. Responsible for overseeing the Supply Curation team while driving the programmatic Pre Sales strategy for FreeWheel Demand Teams. This role leads a team focused on bundling and classifying inventory into scalable, high quality packages and start to finish RFPs success across the FreeWheel Marketplace through deep understanding of SSP integrations, supply -path dynamics, inventory taxonomies and demand needs. The Senior Manager acts as a cross-functional partner across Agency/DSP Demand teams, Sales Marketing, Product and Data partnership teams ensuring Sales is equipped with the tools, insights, and offerings to maximize marketplace revenue and performance. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in CTV programmatic dynamics, strong leadership and communication skills, and a proven ability to translate complex technical needs into actionable strategy.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team, providing coaching, support, and performance feedback.
• Establish clear team goals, KPIs, and operational processes to ensure consistent execution and high-quality demand support.
• Oversee team workload, prioritization, and resource management to ensure coverage and alignment with business goals.
• Build and refine operational frameworks, best practices, documentation, and enablement materials for the Supply Curation function.
• Identify opportunities to integrate AI tools into forecasting, packaging, pricing, and RFP workflows.
• Build and maintain curated inventory packages aligned to verticals, performance goals, brand‑safety tiers, and audience needs.
• Monitor supply health, including fill rates, win rates, bid density, and discrepancies that may impact package performance.
• Lead regular audits of curated packages to ensure accuracy, freshness, and alignment with platform policies and client expectations.
• Define and enforce taxonomy standards for supply bundles, including naming conventions, metadata requirements, and eligibility rules.
• Advocate for workflow and tooling improvements, automation opportunities, and data enhancements that increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Own the supply component of RFP responses, including site lists, inventory scale estimates, and bid strategy recommendations.
• Develop repeatable frameworks for forecasting supply availability and pricing guidance across verticals and formats.
• Partner with Senior Agency/DSP Relationship leads to align on sales strategy, marketplace opportunities, and key areas of improvement for each parter.
• Partner with Supply Operations, SSP partners, and product teams to ensure inventory availability, quality, and consistency across all curated packages.
• Partner closely with Comcast to identify unique targeting capabilities, supply opportunities, and differentiated inventory strategies that strengthen competitive positioning and drive incremental revenue.
• Collaborate closely with Sales Marketing and Demand Activation team to drive adoption of new programmatic inventory packages, ensuring sales teams clearly understand value propositions and usage.
• Participate in strategic planning forums, roadmap discussions, and cross-functional working groups to advocate for sales enhancements.
• Serve as the subject‑matter expert for curated supply in client meetings, pitches, and strategic discussions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5–7+ years of experience in programmatic operations, inventory management, or ad tech account leadership (CTV/digital video experience strongly preferred).
• Proven experience managing or leading teams, including coaching, strategic direction, and performance management.
• Deep knowledge of the programmatic ecosystem, including SSPs, DSPs, deal structure (PMP, PG, Curated makertplace).
• Demonstrated expertise in the CTV supply landscape, including marketplace dynamics, supply fragmentation, publisher monetization strategies, and platform‑level nuances.
• Experience working with domain lists, app bundles, log‑level data, and inventory taxonomies.
• Strong track record of managing strategic or programmatic partner relationships with measurable business impact.
• Exceptional analytical, consultative, and communication skills with an ability to translate complex topics for both technical and business audiences.
• Demonstrated strength in cross-functional collaboration and influencing without authority.
• Highly organized, proactive, and motivated to drive continuous improvement and achieve team goals.
• Bachelor’s degree

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
 

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Programmatic Advertising; Resource Management; Operational Focus; Communication

Salary:

Primary Location Pay Range: $130,536.75 - $195,805.12

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

7-10 Years