Vice President, Product Management, CTV

About the Role: 

PubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, offering more transparent advertising solutions to publishers, media buyers, commerce companies and data owners, allowing them to harness the power and potential of the open internet to drive better business outcomes.

Founded in 2006 with the vision that data-driven decisioning would be the future of digital advertising, we enable content creators to run a more profitable advertising business, which in turn allows them to invest back into the multi-screen and multi-format content that consumers demand. 

PubMatic seeks a visionary Vice President of Product Management to lead our CTV team and drive the strategy and execution of our rapidly growing OTT/CTV and Video portfolio.

What You'll Do: 

At PubMatic, we thrive on innovation and excellence, delivering cutting-edge products to our customers worldwide. As the Vice President of Product Management for CTV / Video, you will be at the helm of our OLV and OTT/CTV product efforts, defining our vision and strategy while ensuring impeccable execution. This role provides an experienced product leader with a unique opportunity to spearhead products in the fastest-growing platform within our omnichannel portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy and Vision: Lead the development of product strategy and vision for PubMatic's Video and OTT/CTV products. Leverage your deep understanding of CTV advertising trends over the last five years to shape innovative solutions that captivate the market.

• High-Performance Team Management: Build and lead a team of exceptional product managers dedicated to OLV and OTT/CTV products. Foster a high-performance culture, inspiring creativity and ensuring seamless collaboration among team members.Enhance your productivity by utilizing Gen AI tools and promote the integration of AI-driven approaches within your team's work processes.

• Market Expertise: Demonstrate your authoritative insight into the evolving CTV landscape in digital advertising. Evangelize how publishers and buyers approach CTV advertising, identifying key factors driving their platform preferences.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with sales, customer support, product marketing, business development, engineering, and operations teams. Your ability to work across functions will drive successful product delivery and adoption.

• Market Launch and Industry Participation: Partner proactively with global sales and marketing teams to successfully launch products into the market. Actively participate in industry bodies, staying ahead of trends and shaping industry standards.
• Visionary Roadmap Development: Define and execute the vision, roadmap, and performance metrics for PubMatic's Video and OTT/CTV products. Educate marketing and customer-facing teams on key indicators and advantages of our offerings.

Who You Are:

• Product Management Expertise: Bring at least 10 years of exceptional product management experience, with a strong background in programmatic advertising. Deep knowledge of video and CTV advertising.

• Proven Leadership: Demonstrate a track record of leading and inspiring product management teams. Your strong interpersonal skills and leadership abilities set you apart.

• Autonomous and Curious: Embody an autonomous learning spirit and a curiosity-driven problem-solving approach. Thrive as a team player, supporting collaboration and collective success.

• Customer-Centric Approach: Possess commercial acumen and customer-oriented thinking to work effectively with clients, understanding and validating their requirements.

• Effective Communicator: Excel in client communication and interaction, forging strong relationships with both clients and business teams.

• Educational Background: Hold a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Willingness to Embrace the World: Be prepared for some domestic and international travel as part of this exciting role. Expect 25% travel for this role. 

Additional Information

Return to Office: PubMatic employees throughout the globe have returned to our offices via a hybrid work schedule (3 days “in office” and 2 days “working remotely”) that is intended to maximize collaboration, innovation, and productivity among teams and across functions.

Benefits: Our benefits package includes the best of what leading organizations provide such as, paid leave programs, paid holidays, healthcare, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, commuter benefits, physical and financial wellness programs, unlimited DTO in the US (that we actually require you to use!), reimbursement for mobile and fully stocked pantries plus in-office catered lunches 5 days per week.

Diversity and Inclusion: PubMatic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer; we don’t just value diversity, we promote and celebrate it. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

About PubMatic

PubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, offering more transparent advertising solutions to publishers, media buyers, commerce companies and data owners, allowing them to harness the power and potential of the open internet to drive better business outcomes.

Founded in 2006 with the vision that data-driven decisioning would be the future of digital advertising, we enable content creators to run a more profitable advertising business, which in turn allows them to invest back into the multi-screen and multi-format content that consumers demand.

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