Ad Operations Analyst

Perion is a global advertising technology company delivering solutions to the biggest brands and publishers around the globe across search, social media and display, video, CTV, and programmatic DOOH.

Home to an award-winning technology solution –– with our unique data-driven AI/ML based technologies, we deliver and optimize hundreds of terabytes of data and billions of events per day. We’re working with dozens of sources to provide a superior experience across screens and platforms, including mobile, video, social and native.

Perion is seeking an Ad Operations Analyst to drive data visibility and operational intelligence across our Supply organization. In this role, you will bridge the gap between raw programmatic logs and actionable business intelligence, helping ensure operational stability and performance across multiple integrations.

You will analyze high-volume programmatic traffic and large-scale advertising datasets, working at the intersection of operations, analytics, and product, collaborating closely with Supply Operations, Product, Data Engineering, and Business teams. This is a high-impact role where your insights will help improve operational transparency, detect issues early, and support data-driven decision-making across the organization. The team actively leverages modern AI and automation tools to enhance analytics workflows, monitoring, and data exploration.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop supply monitoring frameworks and reporting dashboards used across the Supply organization to detect and resolve revenue-impacting issues
• Aggregate and analyze data from multiple internal systems and external advertising platforms to support operational monitoring and analysis
• Work with large-scale datasets across multiple advertising integrations, including SSPs, exchanges, and partner platforms
• Identify trends, anomalies, and operational issues while generating actionable insights
• Provide insights that influence operational decisions and supply optimization strategies
• Investigate data discrepancies and operational issues by combining business logic, product understanding, and large-scale data analysis
• Build and maintain automated data pipelines and API-based data collection processes
• Develop dashboards and data visualizations that support operational monitoring and business decision-making using modern BI and AI-enabled tools
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineering to improve data infrastructure and reporting reliability
• Work with Product and business teams to visualize operational data and support strategic initiatives
• Design smart alerts and monitoring systems, including anomaly detection capabilities, to proactively identify operational issues
• Use automation and modern AI tools to improve analytical workflows and operational efficiency

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in AdTech, programmatic advertising, or digital advertising analytics, with a strong understanding of programmatic ecosystems (SSPs, DSPs, and ad exchanges)
• Experience working with modern AI tools or automation frameworks to support analytics workflows, data exploration, and reporting
• Experience building dashboards using Looker Studio or Tableau
• Experience with Google Apps Script
• Advanced Excel/spreadsheet modeling skills
• Hands-on experience with SQL
• Experience working with ClickHouse
• Experience aggregating data across multiple platforms and APIs
• Proven ability to build scalable dashboards and operational monitoring systems
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to turn complex datasets into clear insights and actionable recommendations
• Experience working cross-functionally with technical and business teams