Staff Product Manager, Ad Inventory

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

The Ads Platform organization drives innovation and performance across our advertising platform, empowering businesses to achieve success and measurable growth through advertising on Snap. Our Product and Engineering teams work together to build solutions that deliver impactful results for advertisers. We ensure Snap’s ad products are effective, efficient, and customer-centric, enabling businesses to connect meaningfully with our global community.

We’re looking for a Staff Product Manager to join the Ad Marketplace team. 

What you'll do:

• Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and execution for Ad Inventory products, driving healthy growth while balancing complex trade-offs across users, advertisers, and Snap's business.

• Optimize the user-ad experience, serving as the internal voice for ad inventory and forecasting products across the organization.

• Build new Ad Marketplace products and structures that improve overall monetization of ad inventory, including AI-powered and data-intensive solutions.

• Define, manage, and execute a long-term roadmap which includes AI powered and data intensive products.

• Solicit ideas and feedback, gather requirements, write specs, create wireframes and workflows, and coordinate cross-functionally.

• Partner closely with cross-functional leaders across Content, Growth, and Ad Format to drive cohesive product strategy and execution.

• Leverage A/B testing, deep-dive analysis, and experimentation to make informed product decisions and communicate results clearly across a matrixed organization.

• Stay current on the advertising industry to ensure Snap's product portfolio continues to meet customer needs.
   

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Deep expertise of marketplace technologies and familiarity with auction mechanics.

• Strong system-level thinking across users’ organic experience, advertiser objectives and company goals, with the ability to connect levers across the full delivery stack. 

• Proven ability to collaborate strategically across all levels of an organization – from executives to engineering, data scientists, designers, product managers and other cross-functional partners.

• Revenue-focused leadership with a track record of driving growth in optimization advertising products.

• Strong analytical mindset with experience using data and experimentation to inform product decisions.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across a complex, matrixed organization.

• Ability to drive projects from strategy through to completion, balancing tactical execution with long-term vision.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent relevant experience

• 8+ years of experience in consumer, digital advertising products, or marketplace products

• Experience with marketplace technologies and familiarity with auction mechanics.

• Experience working on a complex landscape where managing multiple trade-offs are required 

Preferred Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, economics, or related field

• Experience with ad and/or marketing technology at a top-tier digital ad platform

• Advanced quantitative degree (e.g. statistics, engineering, finance, math)

• Experience with product development, software development, or interaction design 

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

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