Product Manager (Programmatic)

This role is in our Product Development team which sits within the Network department that consists of Product Development, Programmatic, Data, Operations, Delivery and Growth. The aim of the Product Development team is to build, maintain and develop our product offering and deliver digital revenue growth.

You’ll have experience working in Ad technology at either a publisher, ad network, agency, ad tech vendor, SSP or DSP. You have a practical working knowledge of major ad serving technologies, especially Prebid. You want to be the driving force to help Network N in adopting new technology and would like to work with a team where you can put what you’ve learnt into practice.

We’re looking for someone who is comfortable communicating with everyone from Developers to Commercial teams and able to break down complex technologies so they are accessible by all.

You will be responsible for:

• You’ll be building, developing and maintaining advertising technology across Network N. Therefore a practical working knowledge of Header-bidding is essential

• You’ll be working closely with our Commercial teams to ensure that our ad products remain relevant to meet buyers needs

• You’re comfortable producing product documentation and sales collateral, ensuring that products are utilised to best effect

• You’ll be able to run regular qualitative health-checks on ad tech products to ensure that performance remains at an optimal level and present back findings/recommendations from the data

• You’ll work closely with Development, Programmatic and Delivery teams to ensure that the ad tech has a positive impact on our websites

• You’re comfortable with all campaign metrics such as CTR and CPA, and have ideas on how we can move beyond current action based metrics to more engaged and meaningful metrics for both Network N and advertisers

• You are able to make assessments of and onboard new advertising technology partners with a full breakdown of capabilities and rationale

• You’ll work closely with our AdOps team to ensure that our ad tech remains operationally fit for purpose.

You will be expected to:

• Demonstrable experience in the ad tech industry, preferably in Programmatic, RevOps and Data

• Deep understanding of Prebid, including both Display and Video ads, and sound understanding on reporting and debugging

• Understanding of the Display and Video online advertising landscape, and the technology that powers it, including ad servers, SSPs, DSPs, DMPs, Rich Media/Dynamic Creative tools and CMPs

• Skilled in creating product roadmaps and comfortable with presenting these to various levels of internal stakeholders such as Exec, Development and Commercial teams

• Experience in working within and managing an Agile team

• Must be able to produce proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment