Staff Product Manager - Ads
Bengaluru
Product – Product Management /
Full Time /
On-site
JOB SUMMARY:
As a Staff Product Manager, this role involves owning and building out the performance ads product at JioHotstar. This will involve multiple facets including building deeper user understanding for better targeting, identifying the right opportunities to serve ads, identifying which outcomes to optimize for and build the levers towards optimizing and achieving those outcomes. This role will be critical in driving step function growth in our performance ads journey, and an opportunity to redefine advertising in OTT apps. This role will work closely with business stakeholders to build a multi million dollar business from the ground up.
ABOUT THE TEAM:
JioStar’s Ad Platform is among the top video advertising platforms in India - and we’re aiming higher. With deep expertise across Video-On-Demand, Live Sports, and Ad Monetization, our vision is to build the most effective and scalable adtech ecosystem in the world. Our engineering team builds across the full adtech stack - from high-throughput backend services to deeply integrated, high-impact ad experiences on client platforms. Name a technology, and chances are we’ve worked with it. But more than the tools, it’s the problems we solve that make the work exciting. If you’re excited about building fast, learning continuously, and working on a product that sits at the center of content, monetization, and user experience, we’d love to talk.
REPORTING TO: Senior Group Product Manager
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Build the Product strategy for the Performance ads product and translate that into a roadmap and define success metrics.
- Collaborate with cross-functional business and technology stakeholders to develop a best-in-class solution
- Translate complex problems into compelling features and functionalities that drive advertiser objectives and business results
- Prioritize feature delivery through roadmaps, balancing commercial feasibility, customer impact, and technical complexity
- Mentor junior PMs on the team
SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:
- Experience building products in adtech, martech, data, or e-commerce domains
- Experience working with ad systems in either product or technical roles
- Ability to formulate a compelling product vision and multi-year strategy that garners cross-functional support
- Expertise in breaking down strategy into meticulously prioritized quarterly roadmaps with strong execution capabilities
- Strong ability to ask relevant questions and leverage data for informed decision-making
- Skilled in identifying necessary structures, components, and technologies for effective collaboration and value creation
- Collaborate with engineering teams to influence design and architecture decisions for optimal outcomes
PREFERRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelors/Masters degree or equivalent preferred. Minimum 7+ years of experience with at least 5 years of experience in product management.
About Us
Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.
JioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.
