VP, Monetization (Advertising & Partnerships)

Santa Monica, CA (On-site)

$200K/yr – $250K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own Lionsgate's monetization strategy across programmatic, sponsorships, and select direct channels, shaping a multi-year road map, pricing, and partner governance while leading cross-functional monetization initiatives and building scalable partnerships.

  • Lead cross-functional monetization initiatives and revenue growth
  • Build and scale partnerships and go-to-market materials

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own revenue strategy and maximize monetization across programmatic as well as sponsorship and select direct sales channels.
  • Own a multi-year monetization strategy and 12–18-month roadmap, including partner stack, operating model, and phased business build-out.
  • Define pricing, packaging, forecast assumptions, KPIs, and executive reporting frameworks; identify risks and opportunities.
  • Own the day-to-day relationship with Lionsgate's supply, technology, demand, measurement, and data partners.
  • Build partner business plans, segmentation, benchmarks, and QBR cadence to ensure each relationship is managed against clear commercial goals.
  • Lead recurring commercial and technical touch points with partners and troubleshoot integration, policy, and sales issues.
  • Analyze performance by platform, partner, deal type, and inventory segment to improve revenue, yield, and demand quality, and communicate implications to key internal stakeholders.
  • Identify and prioritize incremental sources of demand and new monetization opportunities, then facilitate their integration into Lionsgate's overall demand portfolio.
  • Track market, buyer, and partner dynamics and serve as the internal expert on ad monetization trends, translating external intelligence into pricing, GTM, and roadmap recommendations.
  • Personally lead select strategic sponsorship, partnership, and early-stage direct revenue opportunities, including channels such as 50 Cent Action.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in CTV/digital advertising, streaming, ad tech, or monetization strategy, preferably with meaningful FAST experience; 6+ years leading cross-functional initiatives and/or teams.
  • Proven track record defining monetization strategy and growing revenue across programmatic, partnership, and direct commercial channels.
  • Deep familiarity with SSPs/Exchanges (e.g., Magnite, PubMatic, Index), DSPs (e.g., The Trade Desk, DV360), ad servers/SSAI (e.g., FreeWheel, SpringServe), measurement/verification partners, and the broader CTV programmatic ecosystem.
  • Hands-on with data/identity (clean rooms, CDPs, CRM, data onboarding) and measurement (iSpot/VideoAmp/Nielsen), with the ability to translate those capabilities into GTM and commercial priorities.
  • Strong technical fluency across VAST/VMAP, OMID/OMSDK, beacons/pixels, client- vs. server-side ad insertion, SDKs/APIs, and the product sensibility to shape roadmap priorities with partner technical teams.
  • This position requires five (5) days per week in office.

Preferred

  • Entrepreneur / Intrapreneur: excited to build a business from its early days within a dynamic corporate environment.
  • Commercial builder: fluent in pricing, packaging, yield math, partner economics, and contract negotiation.
  • Operator: hands-on from Day 1 and comfortable moving between strategy, partner management, reporting detail, and execution.
  • Influencer: skilled at aligning internal stakeholders and external partners around a common plan and clear priorities.
  • Communicator: tells a crisp story with data and is executive-ready with customers, partners, and internal leadership

Benefits

  • Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
  • Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
  • 401(k) company matching
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Lionsgate

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Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world’s leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio’s bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Founded in 1986
Santa Monica, California, USA
2.1K employees (737 in marketing)
41% recommend to a friend
31% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
488.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$95
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.2%
Direct
38.9%
Referral
8.4%
Social
5.8%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
515 (24% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$30.8M
Last Raise
$30.8M
Post IPO Equity, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2024
    Post IPO Equity
  • Sep 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $30.8M

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