Director of Product Management, Brand Advertising
Apple
On-site
Cupertino, California, United States
Product Manager
What’s Expected of You
* Define and drive the vision, roadmap, and execution of our Brand Advertising Platform, in alignment with strategic business goals and go-to-market plans.
* Responsible for product managing end-consumer ad experience, Advertiser experience (UIs, Reporting, Recommendations), strategy on bundling advertising together, overall product lifecycle, and enabling go-to-market (marketing/sales) teams.
* Lead and support cross-functional teams through all aspects of business case development, product requirements, integration, testing and go-to-market launch plans.
* Drive alignment and collaboration across multiple business functions and technical teams.
* Represent the product vision in leadership forums and serve as the go-to thought partner on brand advertising strategy.
* Build and mentor a high-performing product team that can execute across diverse workstreams.
How You Will Succeed
* Have strong product instincts about Brand advertising and intuitively understand why product ideas will succeed
* Have high standards and strive for the best experience, but are willing to make compromises when necessary.
* Excel at leading through influence, debate, and telling compelling stories.
* Are self-aware and savvy in tailoring your message to your audience as well as delivering it in a clear, concise, and confident manner.
* Are extraordinary at building presentations and documents and presenting them at all levels of the organization.
* Deeply value attention-to-detail and believe that an extraordinary product is the sum of an inordinate number of small, thoughtful decisions.
* Able to use data and insights to align people on which problems to prioritize and tackle in order to deliver what’s best for customers.
* Have comfort with working in situations where there is ambiguity and thrive in finding solutions on your own or with peers.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related subject areas; or equivalent work experience.
- 15+ years of product management experience, including 5+ years leading digital advertising or media platforms.
- Deep understanding of brand and programmatic advertising, ad tech architecture, and monetization mechanics.
- Track record of building search and/or display advertising products in ad tech or large tech companies.
- Experience with rapid growth products at high revenue scale.
- Experience with campaign management, media planning, creative approval workflows, inventory forecasting, order management, and ad operations tooling.
- Experience with display and video ad formats across mobile, TV, and web.
- Experience working with third-party measurement, creative verification, or billing systems.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.