Principal Product Manager

Company at a Glance

OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens.

At OpenX, we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale ad marketplaces, and we are constantly on the lookout for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.

We are looking for a US-based Principal Product Manager to join the OpenX product team. They will own the creation and maintenance of the product backlog, define requirements, track KPIs, and lead every aspect of the product development lifecycle. Critical to success in this role will be building and maintaining communication loops between engineering teams, customers, stakeholders, marketing, project management, and commercial teams across time zones.

The ideal candidate is a person who takes ownership, dives deep into topics, and thinks independently. Lastly, this person knows how to succeed in a startup environment and is always willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a product roadmap with little oversight and prescriptive direction for an emerging and innovative area of the product suite
• Be the product owner for your scrum team, including driving all scrum ceremonies, writing user stories, maintaining a prioritized backlog, and specifying features with your development team
• Continually manage and iterate upon products after the initial launch, as well as existing solutions within this product area
• Define experiments to validate new product ideas and/or launches
• Establish metrics to measure effectiveness and drive improvements
• Cultivate and continually nurture trusting relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders to maintain alignment and constant communication loops
• Stay abreast of market trends to identify opportunities for improvement and incorporate new product features on an ongoing basis
• Be the voice of the customer in all internal conversations and use it to drive key decisions
• Provide source data and messaging for all marketing activities Independently drive the end-to-end GTM for product/feature launches, including assembly of the GTM team

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Product Management experience 3+ years working in product in adtech with both a deep and broad understanding of the competitive landscape and customer needs across publishers, advertisers, data providers, and DSPs
• Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills, including simplifying complex topics for a diverse set of stakeholders (exec, engineering, marketing, sales, etc.)
• Ability to maintain consistent and genuine empathy for customers, key stakeholders, and teammates
• Highly analytical with a comfort in using data to make decisions Insatiable curiosity about customer problems, our competition, and the industry at-large
• Proven ability to deliver zero-to-one products with high-impact
• Experience working directly with data science and products that utilize AI and/or machine learning.
• Experience working at an SSP or DSP in a product or technical role - nice to have
• Experience and knowledge of CTV, especially advertiser needs within CTV - nice to have
• Experience developing automated optimization products and/or algorithms - nice to have

OpenX VALUES

Our five company values form a solid bedrock serving to define us as a group and guide the company. Our values remind us that how we do things often matters as much as what we do.

WE ARE ONE

We are one team. There are no exceptions. We are a group of strong and diverse individuals unified by a shared mission. We embrace challenges and win together as a team. We respect and care about our colleagues and cultivate an inclusive culture

WE ARE CUSTOMER CENTRIC

We innovate on behalf of our customers. We understand, respect, and listen carefully to our customers. We build great products to solve our customers’ problems. We manage our customers’ expectations clearly and honestly. We are a trusted partner to all of our customers - we act with integrity at all times. We care.

OPENX IS OURS

We are all owners of OpenX

We all have a voice to improve OpenX

We stake our personal and professional reputations on the excellence of our work

We are not interested in just "doing our jobs"; we take ownership to drive results

WE ARE AN OPEN BOOK

We understand and respect what each of us does. We are eager to teach and share what we know with others, both internally and externally. We are eager to learn from others and we ask questions internally and externally. 

WE EVOLVE FAST

We take responsible risks and own and learn from our mistakes. We recognize and repeat success. We actively seek out and provide constructive feedback. We adapt quickly and embrace change. We tackle growth and learning with real urgency. We are endlessly curious.

OpenX is committed to equal employment opportunities.

It is a fundamental principle at OpenX not to discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, gender identity/transgender status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, and other protected characteristic as established by law.

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Effective Date: April 18, 2024