Somebody as serious as you are about the digital ad space is surely looking for a company where they’re knocking down old barriers and figuring out brand-new ways of doing things, right? Well, this is that place — and it’s eager to bring you on board as a lead product manager to take on full ownership of an ad product. You’ll get plenty of practical, hands-on action as well as the opportunity to develop, convey and drive your vision forward. Is this likely to give your career a major lift? Hang on and we’ll shake our Magic 8 Ball. There — says, “Signs point to Yes.” So read on!
Nitty Gritty
With product managers and UX designers reporting in to you, you’ll serve as entrepreneur, mentor, role model and in-house expert as you manage the entire product’s roadmap and features. Everything that goes into development — requirement-gathering, strategy documents, success metrics, user stories, quality assurance, testing, launch, performance-monitoring, feedback, user documentation, support — all rolls up to you. Smartly leveraging your resources and working in an agile and highly autonomous environment, you’ll delegate wisely to get it all done on time and on budget. In this product-centric and highly technical company, you’ll be constantly applying your sharpest skills to optimize the product and to contribute to the overall march of innovation that has seen the firm pioneer new ways of buying and selling digital advertising.
Hired Gun Profile
You’ve already spent years learning the digital-ad ecosystem, from multiple angles, and you’ve proven yourself as a product manager and leader of people. You have a deep, firsthand understanding of how programmatic ad sales work, including reporting and bill structure. Ad-serving technologies like RTB, DSP and SSP are as familiar to you as a cornfield to a crow, and you know your way around more than a couple of dashboards , exchanges and digital visualization tools.
As skilled as you are with the technical stuff, you’ve found over the years that there’s great fulfillment to be found in managing a team. Your reports see you not just as the boss, but as a trusted source of guidance and true leadership, and you infuse your team with your own infectious spirit of openness and collaboration. You’re completely comfortable hiring and firing, developing talent, holding workers accountable, going to bat for your team, and managing a budget. And good Lord, how nicely you communicate.
Inside Skinny
This team has experienced more than fivefold growth in recent years, so buckle in.
Net Net
Is this your chance to take a senior seat at a company that’s tearing up the ad space? Magic 8 Bal sayeth: “It is decidedly so.”
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, creed, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.
