Staff Product Manager, Programmatic Ads
Leads the vision, roadmap, and execution of Pinterest’s programmatic advertising products and platform integrations. Requires 5+ years of product management experience, programmatic advertising expertise, strong analytical collaboration skills, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the roadmap for programmatic advertising offerings, aligning with business goals and advertiser needs.
- Collaborate with engineering, sales, partnerships, ad operations, data science, and design to build products that drive advertiser and partner adoption, performance, and satisfaction.
- Prioritize product initiatives while balancing immediate customer needs with long-term scalability and automation.
- Develop expertise in the programmatic advertising ecosystem, including DSPs, SSPs, auction mechanics, and deal types.
- Deliver features and tools that provide actionable insights, streamlined workflows, and reporting for programmatic buyers and internal teams.
- Use data and user feedback to prioritize products, track success metrics, and recommend enhancements.
- Partner with designers to create intuitive interfaces, dashboards, and reporting tools for programmatic workflows.
- Serve as a subject-matter resource for programmatic advertising products across the team and partner functions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience.
- Demonstrated success launching and improving advertising or ad technology products, ideally in programmatic or related areas.
- Experience building data- and insights-driven products for business users and measurable growth.
- Practical knowledge of bid requests and responses, auction mechanics, and deal types such as PMP, PG, and Open Auction.
- Familiarity with workflow or reporting tools for advertisers, agencies, or internal operations teams.
- Experience partnering with DSPs, SSPs, agencies, or other third-party advertising platforms.
- Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Data-driven approach to delivering business impact.
- Comfort working cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $165,695–$339,078 USD.
- Eligible for equity.
- US-based applicants only.
Skills
Programmatic Advertising, Product Management, Dsps, Ssps, Auction Mechanics, PMP, Private Guaranteed, Open Auction, Bid Requests, Bid Responses, Data Analysis, Product Roadmapping, Reporting Tools, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Ad Technology
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