Associate Director, Product Management — Monetization

About the role

We’re seeking an Associate Director, Product Management, Monetization with programmatic advertising experience to join our growing team in Redwood City on a hybrid schedule. The Associate Director is responsible for driving and implementing product strategy for our SSP monetization capabilities within our Marketplace Demand product team. We are looking for an individual passionate about innovation and problem-solving who can own one of the core charters within our Monetization organization.

What You'll Do

• Define and own the product strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for monetization products — including outbound bid throttling for DSPs, inbound traffic shaping, and PMP / deal-level optimization.
• Own the roadmap for QPS management, including the next generation of ML products designed to drive better monetization and infrastructure efficiency.
• Identify and implement AI/ML-driven solutions to advance our machine learning models, and help define the next generation of traffic-shaping ML.
• Support all aspects of product success — identifying product opportunities, gathering requirements, defining specifications and key metrics — working closely with engineering, data science, commercial teams, and product marketing to ensure goals are met.
• Perform competitive analysis and use the insights gained to drive prioritization decisions.
• Build and communicate a clear product roadmap to clients, internal teams, and company executives, and represent the team with key industry peers across relevant industry forums.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to determine feature prioritization and manage the development backlog, defining and tracking KPIs to refine strategy and execution.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product management experience, preferably in Ad Tech.
• Recent experience working with DSPs, SSPs, or other programmatic platforms within the digital media space, spanning web, mobile, and connected TV.
• Familiarity with the OpenRTB protocol and more general technical concepts such as APIs.
• Experience with ML-driven products — such as traffic shaping, bidding optimization, or QPS management — is a strong plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a proven leadership track record.
• A fast learner, curious problem solver, and team player.
• Exceptional client communication and interaction skills, including the ability to communicate with client and business teams to gather and validate requirements.
• Experience working in media trading desks and agencies is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience working in media trading desks and agencies is a plus.

Skills

• Experience working in media trading desks and agencies is a plus.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes the best of what leading organizations provide such as, paid leave programs, paid holidays, healthcare, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, commuter benefits, physical and financial wellness programs, unlimited DTO in the US (that we actually require you to use!), reimbursement for mobile and fully stocked pantries plus in-office catered lunches 5 days per week.

Additional Information

• Return to Office: PubMatic employees throughout the globe have returned to our offices via a hybrid work schedule (3 days “in office” and 2 days “working remotely”) that is intended to maximize collaboration, innovation, and productivity among teams and across functions.
• Compensation Disclosure: In accordance with applicable law, the below salary range provided is PubMatic’s reasonable estimate of the total compensation for this role. New hires and current team members are typically compensated toward the middle of our pay range. The actual amount may vary, based on non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. In addition to salary PubMatic also offers a bonus, restricted stock units, and a competitive benefits package.

About PubMatic

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.