Director, Product Management - Signals

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

We are looking for a product management professional to help drive monetization priorities across Yahoo. The Product Management Director in this role is responsible for defining the strategy of signal creation, collection, distribution, and activation across Yahoo-owned and operated properties and partners.

You will work closely with our engineering, operations, privacy, identity, and leadership teams to propose, develop, and launch new and differentiating experiences for our Yahoo users. We’re looking for candidates with a proven ability to work effectively with all levels within the organization, a strong aptitude for idea generation, and the ability to work through data-driven iterations.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Monetization Platform engineering team and other platform product teams, the signals PM will drive the targeting and attribution capabilities of Yahoo as a publisher across deterministic, audience segmentation, and contextual domains.

• The signals PM will land these new targeting and attribution capabilities with direct and indirect advertisers through the openRTB transaction framework (Google Ad Manager + Prebid SDKs + Amazon SDKs).

• In alignment with the Membership and Identity platform, as well as legal, privacy and security teams, establish best practices for the use of encrypted personally identifiable information and sensitive information - utilizing cleanroom or other advanced cryptographic and privacy-preserving technologies.

• Define the roadmap and priorities for new monetization integrations and data-driven consumer products

• Align and energize key stakeholders and team members responsible for the product life cycle

• Lead the full product lifecycle—from ideation, design, and requirements definition, through to delivery—collaborating with teams across the organization. Communicate a clear set of consumer needs at all times to drive key trade-offs.

• Evangelize objectives and requirements across Yahoo to position your product for success and garner any support required to successfully execute on your product

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of openRTB, header bidding, prebid, Google Ad Manager, SSPs, DSPs, DMPs, cleanrooms, and other modern digital advertising technology and methodologies.

• General understanding of deterministic, audience segmentation, contextual signals, and standard taxonomies as well as their use by advertisers to achieve full-funnel outcomes (awareness, intent lift, performance).

• Experience managing a consumer product or program from the concept stage to launch

• A strong track record of developing and launching products

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with both business and technical teams

• 10+ years of experience in consumer Web software product management

• Technical, Design degree or equivalent experience.

• Ability to prioritize competing opportunities, balance market needs with business priorities, drive detailed trade-offs over the product lifecycle, manage conflict, and articulate the rationale behind decisions

• Success leading complex projects across a global, cross-functional organization and demonstrated ability as a thought leader for key issues in that environment

Extra Credit:

• Direct experience at a major SSP, DSP or exchange.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (

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The compensation for this position ranges from $150,380.00 - $327,025.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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