Commercial Operations Specialist

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we're making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

Job Summary

The Commercial Operations Specialist plays a key role in supporting the achievement of business goals and operating plan execution across the Freewheel Business. This individual will help manage cross-functional initiatives, support project planning and tracking, and ensure alignment across stakeholders and workstreams. The ideal candidate brings a blend of project management discipline and a consultative mindset-comfortable facilitating meetings with senior leadership, navigating ambiguity, and connecting the dots across business needs, execution, and results. This role requires strong communication, organization, problem-solving abilities, and comfort operating in a dynamic, matrixed environment.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

- Partner with execution team leads across Product, Revenue, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, & Operations to identify risks, resolve roadblocks, and maintain alignment on goals and priorities

- Serve as a consultative partner to cross-functional teams by surfacing issues, facilitating working sessions, and driving toward shared outcomes

- Support execution of business initiatives across the execution team by coordinating timelines, tracking milestones, and managing documentation

- Prepare and maintain project trackers, status updates, and planning materials for weekly/monthly meetings and quarterly reviews with Senior Leadership

- Assist in defining and refining operational processes and tools to support better collaboration and efficiency

- Support success measurement efforts by contributing to KPI and metric tracking across active initiatives

- Communicate progress and blockers in a timely, solution-oriented manner

Measures of Success:

- Strong coordination of initiatives and cross-functional support

- Increased visibility into initiative progress and performance metrics

- Consistent delivery of well-organized project tracking and meeting materials

- Effective consultation with partners across functions to solve problems and move initiatives forward

- Smooth facilitation of planning sessions, follow-ups, and stakeholder communications

Qualifications:

3+ years of experience in business operations, consulting, project management or a related field

Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive cross-functional alignment

Experience preparing executive-level reports, updates, and planning documents

Comfort with ambiguity and change; ability to navigate competing priorities and drive progress