About Moloco:
Moloco is an AI-native performance advertising company, bringing the power of AI advertising to the open internet. Founded in 2013 by machine learning engineers who had built AI advertising systems inside the world's largest technology companies, Moloco began from a shared mission: to build that same engine for the open internet.
Today, Moloco is one company with two businesses, built on the same compound AI system. Moloco Ads is our AI-native performance advertising platform, helping mobile app marketers acquire, retain, and re-engage high-value users across the open internet. Moloco Commerce Media is our AI-native retail media platform, enabling retailers and marketplaces to turn their platforms into thriving ad businesses. Both are powered by CARA (Compound Ad Recommendation Architecture), the AI system behind every Moloco product.
At Moloco, we bring together those who've already solved hard problems and those with the drive to. Here, we work on some of the complex problems in AI advertising, at a scale and level of sophistication very few companies can offer. Come build what's next.
The Opportunity:
Moloco is changing how advertisers run their campaigns. Today an advertiser logs into Ads Manager and does the work by hand. We are moving to a model where agents carry the recurring work and advertisers set direction, approve and verify. Some advertisers will do that inside our next-generation Ads Manager. Others will connect their own AI agents to Moloco through the Moloco Ads MCP.
Moloco Ads is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead the advertiser platform within AI Platform and Products, the product area that owns our GenAI platforms for employees and for advertisers. This leader will own the strategy, roadmap and execution for:
- NextGen Ads Manager: an AI-first Ads Manager where agents do the recurring work of a campaign inside the product and the advertiser approves and verifies.
- Moloco Ads MCP: the interface advertisers connect their own AI to, with write actions phased in from read-only to live campaign changes.
- Parity between the two: every agentic workflow runs in Ads Manager and through the MCP, on the same components and permissions.
You will lead the product managers for both products, partner with the engineering group that builds them, work closely with the product design team, and work with the core product teams that own the campaign logic your products deliver. You build on the agentic platform we already run for our own employees, so what works for a Growth Manager can reach an advertiser.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 10+ years of product management experience at B2B software or ad tech companies, including 3+ years managing product managers.
- Owned a customer-facing product end to end, strategy through launch, with a track record of shipping to paying customers.
- Shipped production AI agents or LLM-powered features to external customers and drove their adoption. Prototypes alone do not meet this bar.
- Owned an API or developer-facing product through its lifecycle: versioning, permissions, documentation and deprecation.
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-org alignment, influence senior stakeholders in product, engineering and sales, and hold a roadmap against competing asks.
- Defined and reported outcome measures, not adoption alone, and can explain technical trade-offs to a sales leader and customer requirements to an engineering team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with advertising platforms, DSPs or campaign management tools, and with the jobs advertisers do every day.
- Hands-on experience with LLM-based agents, MCP or similar tool-calling patterns, evaluation practices, and the guardrails agents need to act on live systems.
- Moved a product from a UI-first model to an API-first or agent-first model.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical or quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
The Impact You'll Be Contributing to Moloco:
- Define the vision for an AI-first Ads Manager and the Moloco Ads MCP, and build a roadmap by advertiser job: campaign creation, creative operations, reporting and optimization.
- Take the first Ads Manager agents from beta to general availability, and phase in MCP write actions with Growth Managers using each phase before advertisers do.
- Keep Ads Manager and the MCP at parity: when a workflow launches in one, commit to a date for the other.
- Make agents safe to trust. Each workflow moves from recommendation to approval to delegation within limits, and every agent action is explained, logged and reversible.
- Build on the shared platform rather than a second version, and return anything reusable across advertisers and employees to it.
- Lead and grow the product team, and work with design on one experience across both products.
- Measure outcomes: task time for the four core advertiser jobs, spend through agent-assisted paths and campaign outcomes. Usage is a leading indicator only.
Compensation & Benefits
U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits and perks. U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year and one Thrive Day off per quarter. Additionally, all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO).
The successful candidate may be eligible for a bonus and equity awards. Eligibility and amounts are determined by performance and the terms of the applicable plans.
The location for this role is listed above. For base pay range purposes, location-based compensation is grouped into the following regions. Your region is determined by your assigned work location.
- Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area
- Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami
- Region C: All other U.S. locations
Salary Ranges:
Supporting Your Best Work and Your Best Life:
Our benefits are designed to support our people in doing their best work and living well, at work and beyond. Benefits vary by country, employment type, and eligibility. Connect with a recruiter to learn more about benefits in your region.
Moloco Values:
- Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.
- Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with intensity and rigor. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value.
- Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail.
Additional Resources:
- Moloco Company Blog
- Moloco Leadership
- Moloco Newsroom
AI Use in Interviews
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of product management experience at B2B software or ad tech companies
- 3+ years managing product managers
- Experience owning a customer-facing product end to end, from strategy through launch, with a track record of shipping to paying customers
- Experience shipping production AI agents or LLM-powered features to external customers and driving adoption
- Experience owning an API or developer-facing product through versioning, permissions, documentation, and deprecation
- Ability to drive cross-organizational alignment, influence senior stakeholders, and manage competing roadmap priorities
- Ability to define and report outcome measures and explain technical trade-offs to sales and customer requirements to engineering
- Experience with advertising platforms, DSPs, campaign management tools, and advertiser workflows
- Hands-on experience with LLM-based agents, MCP or similar tool-calling patterns, evaluation practices, and agent guardrails
- Experience moving a product from a UI-first model to an API-first or agent-first model
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical or quantitative field, or equivalent experience
What We Do
Moloco is an AI-native performance advertising company bringing the power of AI advertising to the open internet. Founded in 2013 by machine learning engineers who built AI advertising systems at some of the world’s largest technology companies, Moloco was created to bring that same level of technology to businesses beyond the major platforms. Today, Moloco is one company with two businesses built on the same compound AI system. Moloco Ads is an AI-native performance advertising platform that helps mobile app marketers acquire, retain, and re-engage high-value users across mobile and connected TV. Moloco Commerce Media helps retailers and marketplaces build and scale their own advertising businesses using first-party data, shopper attention, and AI. Behind every Moloco product is CARA, our Compound Ad Recommendation Architecture, which continuously learns across billions of signals to make advertising decisions in real time. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Moloco has more than 850 employees across 13 global offices. Our teams span software engineering, machine learning, applied science, product, design, sales, marketing, customer success, and corporate functions. At Moloco, our business grows when our customers succeed. We combine advanced AI technology with hands-on expertise to help businesses create measurable growth and build for what comes next.
Why Work With Us
At Moloco, you’ll work with a global team solving world-scale problems in AI advertising. We combine deep technical expertise with curiosity, ownership, and collaboration to build frontier technology, create real value for customers, and keep pushing what’s possible.
