Principal Product Manager, Content Monetization

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the MSN monetization strategy across our suite of premium brand products, sponsorship, and new measurement capabilities.
• Partner with finance to build credible forecasts and track delivery against plan. e.g. Identify and close gaps before they become surprises, etc.
• Partner with MSN editorial leadership to align the commercial strategy with the editorial direction.
• Coordinate across engineering teams to sequence the technical investments (ad serving, data infrastructure, format development) against the commercial roadmap.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in ad monetization, ad product management, or platform economics, with at least 5 years in a senior or leadership role
• Deep understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem
• Experience building and shipping premium ad products (sponsorships, branded content, high-impact placements) and working with sales teams to bring them to market
• Demonstrated ability to own a revenue target and deliver against it. You're comfortable presenting financial performance to senior leadership and making real-time tradeoffs between short-term yield and long-term positioning
• Track record of operating independently across multiple teams (engineering, sales, editorial, finance) without needing someone else to broker alignment for you
• Solid product sense for ad formats and user experience
• Experience at a large-scale content or media platform (news, video, social, or aggregation) where you've dealt with the specific dynamics of editorial trust, ad quality perception, and brand safety
• Familiarity with audience data infrastructure: identity resolution, match rates, first-party data activation, and privacy-compliant targeting at scale
• Experience managing through a platform transition (e.g., migrating ad products across surface redesigns, consolidating demand across legacy and new experiences)
• Exposure to gaming monetization, video ad products, or cross-surface attribution

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Product Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

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