Operations Project Manager, Smartly.io
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AI-powered advertising platform
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AI-powered advertising platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity grants
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unify the full funnel of marketing and break silos between advertisers, marketers, and creatives.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience in operations, program management, project management, or business operations
- Proven ability to design, implement, and improve scalable processes
- Experience working cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders and teams
- Strong documentation skills with the ability to create clear, structured, and usable materials
- Effective communicator who can align stakeholders and drive clarity across teams
- Comfortable identifying inefficiencies and turning insights into actionable improvements
What the job involves
- This role focuses on building and improving how Smartly delivers work to new clients at the start of their journey with us. You will design scalable processes, create clear operational standards, and ensure teams have the tools and structure they need to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes. This is a 6-month fixed term contract role, paid hourly, supporting a focused period of operational improvement
- Design and maintain a comprehensive playbook that defines how teams deliver work to new clients
- Build and implement governance models to support continuous improvement across processes
- Create and maintain standardized decks, documentation, checklists, and delivery schedules
- Develop reusable templates and frameworks to reduce duplication and improve operational efficiency
- Identify bottlenecks, gaps, or unclear ownership in workflows and propose practical solutions
- Facilitate retrospectives and lead initiatives that improve how teams operate over time
- Act as the central owner of operational excellence across this area
Our take
Smartly.io helps advertisers automate their campaigns across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. After seeing quick success following Facebook’s 2012 IPO, the company now works with over 700 brands including eBay, Uber, Ralph Lauren, Under Armour and TechStyle.
Its suite of tools automatically creates ads and videos from product images - handling budget allocation and audience targeting, as well as analysing where and when to purchase advertising. Consequently, Smartly.io has positioned itself to play a leading role in a market where brand and performance work are converging.
Smartly.io sold a majority stake to Providence Equity Partners in 2019 in a move to further its presence in the US. The company has since gone on to make several acquisitions of its own with Viralspace.ai and Ad-Lib.io. Smartly.io's ability to adapt to evolving advertising trends supports its continued growth, and its introduction of AI-powered intelligence across its platform shows it is keeping up with technology trends too.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2015
$3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $3m
Company benefits
- Generous healthcare packages and mental health services
- Career development opportunities, bonus programs and annual performance reviews
- Hybrid working model, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days
- Company equity options program
- Paid holidays, OOO time and family leaves
Company HQ
Kluuvi, Helsinki
Leadership
Tuomo Riekki
(Co-founder, Board Member & Advisor)Initially served as CPO of the company. Also the founder of Focal and Zero, and previously founded DealMachine and Metrify.io.
Kristo Ovaska
(Co-founder & Board Member)Founder and CEO at Taito.ai. Initially served as CEO of the company. Previously founded Metrify.io, Startup Sauna, and Funrank.
Laura Desmond
(CEO)Also Founder and CEO at Eagle Vista Partners, and Operating Partner at Providence Equity Partners, as well as being a Board Member at Adobe and DoubleVerify. Former CEO of Starcom.
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