Yield Analyst Associate (Adtech)

Location: Hybrid, Sydney NSW, Australia. Successful candidates must have full-time Australian working rights and complete a National Police Record check.

Company

Publift is an Australian adtech company that helps online publishers maximise revenue from display advertising through data-driven auction optimisation.

What you will do

• Optimise publisher-side auctions across Google Ad Manager, Prebid, Amazon TAM and related adtech tools.
• Investigate and resolve performance issues using reporting platforms, logs, network calls and browser developer tools.
• Develop hypotheses, run A/B experiments and controlled tests, interpret results, and provide strategic recommendations.
• Build reusable optimisation playbooks and runbooks, including onboarding checks and publisher-specific experiments.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Design and Commercial teams to improve monetisation tooling, reporting and statistical methods.
• Support evaluations of SSP, identity and measurement vendors, including trials and integrations.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of ad serving and programmatic advertising, including auctions, deals and troubleshooting.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with large datasets in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Ability to define problems, run experiments, interpret results and document clear next steps.
• Practical troubleshooting skills involving live pages, logs, network calls and browser consoles.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including process documentation and presentations to non-technical stakeholders.
• Degree in a quantitative or analytical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience in programmatic yield or an adjacent analytics role.
• Familiarity with Google Ad Manager, Prebid and/or Amazon TAM.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with flexibility for remote work and in-person collaboration.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to learn from experienced colleagues.
• 24 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers and four weeks for secondary caregivers.
• Six weeks of paid gender-affirming care leave.
• Continuous learning, wellbeing initiatives and flexible working arrangements, including possible part-time options.
• Equal opportunity workplace with support and adjustments available during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• Applicants receive a response through the Circle Back Initiative.
• Successful candidates complete a National Police Record check.