Director - Product Management - Advertising Platform

Work for a fantastic digital advertising startup and nurture your career with a great role.

- Our client is a hyperlocal platform, that helps businesses to advertise to the right audience by targeting the audience with relevant ads on apps and websites. Their multiple ad campaigns target different demographics languages and locations to attract the consumers.

- Their network offers unequalled inventory that reaches 90% of the internet users across the world. Their platform also provides best inights in the performance of the ad campaigns- specific to cities, areas, and other demographics.

- As a Director - Product, you will be essentially responsible for identifying opportunities that lead to the growth of the product through innovation while still maintaining the fundamental business goals/priorities.

What you will do:

- Planning & delivering on the product roadmap, product innovations & ultimately the performance of the product for clients marketing requirements.

- Working closely with business analysts & delivery heads to get insights of campaign management converting them into feasible product features for improving clients performance.

- Recruiting, leading and managing a team of Product Managers, Product Associates & UI / UX experts.

- Working closely with Engineering team to align them on the product vision, features & delivery of the product roadmap.

- Following industry trends through exploring competitive products, meeting with partners, attending conferences, and investigating new technologies

- Developing training & marketing material for sales teams evangelizing the proprietary product & Google & Facebook Ad Products.

- Creating quarterly key product objectives and key goals

- Participating in client meetings as a Product Expert on regular basis, taking feedback and translating learnings into product enhancements.

What you need to have:

- B.Tech or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field from a top institution

- 12+ years of experience working in product management or engineering and proficiency in leading digital product management software (e.g. Jira, Balsamiq, proto.io etc.)

- Prior experience in Marketing SaaS companies

- Prior experience as a software developer for a SaaS product is a huge plus

- Expertise in SQL and proficiency in another data programming language (Python, R, etc.)

- Proficiency in one or more analytics & visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Mode, etc.)

- Solid technical skills, knowledge of APIs, and comfortable diving into technical challenges

- Aptitude for understanding and articulating technical concepts to others in a crisp way

- Excellent time-management and project management skills

- Ability to move multiple projects forward simultaneously

- Ability to own and run projects end-to-end (research, assessing risks, evaluating alternative solutions, and coordinating execution), and build processes to scale with limited resources

- Proven sense of accountability, self-drive, and the ability to function independently as well as within teams

- Understanding of AdTech / Martech landscape & operational understanding of Google & Facebooks Advertising platform

- Excellent communication and analytical skills