About the RoleWe are looking for a Manager, Inventory & Channel Program to support portfolio‐level decision‐making across inventory and channel initiatives. This role will partner closely with Channel Leads, Product, Engineering, Operations, Partnerships, GTM, Finance, and leadership to quantify opportunities, validate business cases, and help prioritize investments across the Inventory & Channels portfolio.This role will initially focus on programmatic channels, where the team has the deepest operating history and largest near‐term business impact, while helping establish a decisioning and prioritization model that can scale across the broader Inventory & Channels portfolio over time.This is not a day‐to‐day delivery or implementation role. The focus is on improving decision quality, ensuring roadmap opportunities are evaluated consistently, and helping leadership allocate resources toward the highest‐value initiatives.What You'll Be DoingPartner with Channel Leads to evaluate opportunities across programmatic channels initially, with the framework extending over time to adjacent marketing channels and cross‐channel initiatives.Quantify expected business impact, including revenue growth, operational efficiency, risk reduction, customer adoption, and long‐term strategic value.Build and validate business cases for major roadmap opportunities and investment decisions.Standardize prioritization inputs across channels, including impact, confidence, urgency, and investment requirements.Maintain a portfolio‐level view of inventory and channel opportunities, tradeoffs, assumptions, and prioritization rationale.Support quarterly channel investment reviews and leadership roadmap discussions.Identify gaps, overlaps, double‐counting, or weak assumptions in investment recommendations.Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, GTM, Partnerships, and Operations to ensure roadmap decisions are grounded in business outcomes and execution reality.Help translate ambiguous business problems into clear decision frameworks, options,



and recommendations.Track whether completed initiatives achieved expected outcomes and feed learnings back into future prioritization.What You'll Bring to the TableExperience in technology, product strategy, business operations, product operations, strategic finance, consulting, product management, or a related function.Strong ability to quantify business impact, assess tradeoffs, and evaluate investment opportunities.Experience supporting roadmap prioritization, portfolio planning, business case development, or resource allocation decisions.Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with comfort working through ambiguity and imperfect data.Ability to partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, GTM, Finance, Partnerships, and leadership stakeholders.Strong structured problem‐solving skills, including root‐cause analysis and option assessment.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex tradeoffs for leadership audiences.Ability to influence without direct ownership of execution.Solid business judgment and product intuition.Nice to HaveMBA or equivalent business strategy experience.Experience in ad‐tech, martech, marketplace businesses, platforms, or B2B SaaS.Experience with pricing, monetization, marketplace efficiency, channel strategy, or product portfolio management.Familiarity with programmatic advertising, inventory quality, supply integrations, media channel operations, or multi‐channel marketing products.What Success Looks LikeChannel opportunities are evaluated using a consistent decisioning and prioritization framework.Leadership has a clear portfolio view of the highest‐impact opportunities across Inventory & Channels.Roadmap discussions are grounded in business impact, confidence, urgency, and investment tradeoffs.Channel Leads receive stronger analytical support for business cases and investment recommendations.Resource allocation decisions become more transparent, comparable,



and outcome‐driven.The Inventory & Channel Program improves its ability to focus on the highest‐value work without increasing process burden.Completed initiatives are measured against expected outcomes, improving the quality of future investment decisions.CompensationThe compensation range listed for this role reflects the expected base salary for candidates located in Ontario, Canada. It is informed by market data and the approved budget for this position. StackAdapt maintains different compensation ranges for roles across other countries and regions, and final offers will be aligned to the candidate's current location.Ontario Salary Band: $114,400 CAD - $136,000 CADBenefitsHighly competitive salary.Retirement/401K/Pension savings globally.Competitive paid time off packages, including birthday off.Access to a comprehensive mental health care program.Health benefits from day one of employment.Work‐from‐home reimbursements.Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office, and hubs in London and Toronto.Robust training and onboarding program.Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books, etc.).Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning.An awesome parental leave program.A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture.Our social and team events.EEO StatementStackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, your faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you're comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.We use artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the resume reviews of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Manager, Inventory & Channel Program (Toronto)
🏢 StackAdapt
📍 Toronto