# Programmatic Campaign Operations Specialist / Trader

> VirtuHire · South Africa (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-08-27

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

**Location:** South Africa – Remote  
**Hours:** 14:00–23:00 SAST, Monday–Friday, aligned with U.S. Eastern business hours  
**Employment:** Permanent, Full-Time

### Role Purpose

Execute and maintain programmatic campaigns accurately and efficiently within MediaPath's established strategy, workflows, and QA standards. This is a hands-on campaign execution role focused on campaign builds, trafficking, pacing, optimisation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

## Requirements

### Key Responsibilities

-   Build campaigns, line items, targeting structures, and campaign components within assigned DSPs.
-   Traffic creative assets and third-party tags.
-   Complete pre-launch campaign QA.
-   Monitor campaign pacing and delivery on a daily basis.
-   Identify and escalate pacing or delivery risks before they become client-visible.
-   Execute routine optimisations and approved campaign changes within defined guidelines.
-   Troubleshoot campaign, creative, targeting, and activation issues.
-   Escalate complex technical issues to the Senior Programmatic Operations Lead.
-   Maintain accurate campaign documentation, naming conventions, and change histories.
-   Provide screenshots, compliance documentation, and campaign data when required.
-   Support campaign closeout, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
-   Work accurately across high volumes of campaigns and line items.

### Must-Have Requirements

-   2–4 years of hands-on digital or programmatic campaign execution experience.
-   Direct experience building and managing campaigns within at least one major DSP.
-   Ability to learn and work across additional platforms quickly.
-   Strong attention to detail.
-   Comfortable with repetitive, high-volume campaign production where accuracy is critical.
-   Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.
-   Comfortable working from insertion orders, build sheets, and campaign specifications.
-   Strong written communication.
-   Disciplined escalation and issue-management skills.

### Preferred Experience

Experience with one or more of:

-   DV360
-   Basis
-   Simpli.fi
-   Amazon DSP
-   Meta
-   YouTube
-   VAST and ad-server tags
-   PMP deals
-   Verification tools
-   CTV/OTT
-   Online video
-   Agency or managed-service campaign operations

### Success in the Role

-   Campaigns are built correctly the first time.
-   Campaigns meet agreed launch SLAs.
-   Pacing and delivery issues are identified early.
-   Routine changes are completed quickly and accurately.
-   Campaign documentation remains clean and up to date.
-   QA and escalation procedures are consistently followed.
-   The wider programmatic team can rely on accurate, consistent execution.

## Apply

[Apply at VirtuHire](https://apply.workable.com/virtuhire/j/F5C9A37799/apply)

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