Programmatic Trading Specialist, APAC

Gurugram · 5-7 years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 28, 2026

At a glance

PubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, offering more transparent advertising solutions to publishers, media buyers, commerce companies, and data owners, allowing them to harness the power and potential of the open internet to drive better business outcomes.
Founded in 2006 with the vision that data-driven decisioning would be the future of digital advertising, we enable content creators to run a more profitable advertising business, which in turn allows them to invest back into the multi-screen and multi-format content that consumers demand.

PubMatic is seeking a Programmatic Trading Specialist in Gurugram to support the APAC business in growing revenue from their buyside-focused platform.
The role involves working with the APAC Advertiser Solutions team to develop and scale programmatic demand from agencies and partners.
The specialist will monitor, track, and deliver programmatic executions while troubleshooting technical issues for demand partners.

Own client budgets throughout the media buying lifecycle including planning, execution, optimization, reporting, and analysis.
Drive scalable client successes by leveraging programmatic media trading expertise.
Oversee campaign set-up quality and performance against client objectives.
Optimize budgets and improve current tactics for client campaigns.
Respond to client requests in a timely manner.
Participate in client meetings as a subject matter expert.
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of programmatic media plans and campaigns.
Identify new opportunities or processes to improve internal and external efficiency.

Hands-on programmatic trading experience.
Minimum 5-7 years in digital advertising, preferably in a programmatic role at an agency, trading desk, or technology company.
Applied knowledge of industry partners for fraud, viewability, brand safety, and data.
Understanding of online ad serving concepts including CPM, CPA, RTB, ROI, video, and mobile.
Strong Excel skills including pivot tables, pivot charts, and vlookup.
Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
Strong communication and critical thinking skills.
Process-oriented with attention to detail.
Ability to prioritize various requests and responsibilities.