Senior Product Manager - Ads Optimization

Spotify

New York, NY

Full Time

Senior

142k-203k

1 day ago

Job Description

About the Role

Our mission on the Ads Optimization team is to personalize the ad experience, creating a more relevant experience for listeners and driving more outcomes for advertisers. Our work keeps music free for millions of users across the world and contributes directly to a profitable and sustainable business for Spotify. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to drive core systems that shape ad delivery across two teams. This role is highly technical, spanning machine learning, auction pacing, and client platform capabilities. You'll translate between business and engineering, guide senior ML and platform engineers, and manage a wide range of stakeholders to scale the future of Spotify Ads.

Key Responsibilities

Identify and prioritize needs for advertisers, listeners, and internal teams working on playback, ad formats, and ad serving
Work cross-functionally with client and backend engineers, ML engineers, data scientists, product marketing, and PMs across Ads to identify and drive opportunities for improved revenue and user experience
Create a roadmap to improve auction pacing, with a direct impact on Spotify revenue
Define what good pacing looks like and move beyond 'full budget delivery' as the sole objective, guiding the transition from heuristics to more efficient ML-driven spend
Iterate on goal-based (or target cost) and automatic bidding algorithms
Create a roadmap to improve client platform capabilities, enabling new placements and formats, providing real-time contextual signals for ranking, and improving measurement of potential ad opportunities
Collaborate closely with the core playback team to align the Spotify player vision with the ads vision
Deliver consistent, measurable improvements while steering long-term architectural shifts
Create a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing environment for your squad

Requirements

5+ years of experience driving technical products with proven user and business impact
Experience with machine learning and understanding how to build a roadmap around ML priorities
Experience or interest in advertising products
Comfort facilitating planning and decision-making across multiple teams and partners
Sound business judgment with the ability to analyze qualitatively and quantitatively, problem-solve, and prioritize
Strong written and oral communication skills to clearly communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels

Nice to Have

Experience working in advertising products
Interest in machine learning and building ML roadmaps

Qualifications

No specific formal educational qualifications specified in the description

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Six month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
Monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
13 paid flexible holidays

Working at Spotify

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusivity. The company emphasizes creating a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing environment. They are committed to accessibility and supporting candidates through reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process. Spotify's culture is driven by a passion for music, podcasting, and unlocking human creativity, with a focus on representation, diversity, and continuous innovation.

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