Pandora · 2 days ago
Staff Product Manager – Campaign & Demand Optimization
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$139K/yr - $180K/yr
7+ years expSiriusXM, which includes Pandora, is a leader in audio entertainment and services, seeking a Staff Product Manager for AdsWizz Revenue Optimization. This role focuses on delivering solutions that enhance revenue through programmatic and ad-serving capabilities while collaborating closely with engineering and analytics teams.
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Responsibilities
Partner with Engineering to scope, design, and deliver real-time services for bidding, ad-request enrichment, throttling/QPS allocation, yield/pacing logic, and transaction handling (OpenRTB, VAST, ad pods, competitive separation)
Frame problems, write crisp PRDs/specs, define acceptance criteria, and drive execution from discovery through GA with staged rollouts
Collaborate and communicate clearly and often with engineering, GTM, Programmatic Ops and Ad Product teams to ensure Revenue Optimization initiatives align with corporate strategy and address publisher needs
Promote forward-thinking by prioritizing features and addressing current market challenges while anticipating future trends
Define problem spaces, key use cases, and product concepts. Validate theories and hypotheses swiftly to accelerate innovation
Collaborate with Product Analytics, design high-quality experiments: hypotheses, success metrics, sample sizing and guardrails; build dashboards and scorecards to inform fast ship/no-ship decisions
Work with Programmatic Ops to expand and optimize DSP integrations: define the 'optimal setup,' certification tests, and monitoring; triage and resolve deal/campaign delivery issues
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in advertising technology and media industries, with a focus on yield, programmatic, and ad delivery, plus a strong understanding of evolving audio and ad tech
Strong technical depth in ad delivery & RTB: OpenRTB, VAST, SSAI, podding/competitive separation, request/response shaping, QPS management, pacing/forecasting, deals/PMPs
Strong analytical skills, including proficiency with SQL and product analytics, dashboard building, and proven experimentation skills (A/B testing, metrics design, etc.)
Ability to evaluate potential solutions thoughtfully while solving problems and calculating the impact of changes on existing services
Excellent communication skills; able to work directly with engineering leads to understand complex technical implementations and collaborate on new features and publisher-related challenges
Thrives in demanding, innovative, and entrepreneurial environments
Confident yet humble approach
Must have legal right to work in the U.S
Benefits
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives
Company
Pandora
Pandora is an ad-supported audio entertainment streaming marketplace that provides internet radio and recommendation services.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (11)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$750.31MKey Investors
Sirius XMKohlberg Kravis RobertsGreylock
2018-09-24Acquired
2017-06-09Post Ipo Equity· $480M
2017-05-08Post Ipo Equity· $150M
Leadership Team
Doug VanDagens
VP of Automotive Strategy and Partnerships
Jeremy Randol
Vice President, Programmatic Sales Strategy
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