Product Manager Adtech

What youll be doing

Youll own Auction Optimisation across our publisher stack: Prebid Google Ad Manager APS and the demand and identity partners that plug into them. This layer decides how much revenue a publisher earns for every impression across billions of them. The environment is challenging but rewarding. Upstream vendors are optimising their side of the auction in parallel privacy regulation keeps moving the constraints and every improvement has to be proven with statistical rigour

We want to evolve this technology into something smarter faster and more scalable and were hiring the person to lead that. Youll set the strategy define what better measurably means and run the experimentation loop that gets us there. Youll bring deep publisher-side auction knowledge with you for immediate impact.

• Own the strategy roadmap and outcomes for auction optimisation across Prebid and GAM with clear KPIs and decision guardrails so every change lifts revenue yield and/or inventory quality.
• Manage the end-to-end optimisation uplift loop. Frame hypotheses with Data Science design implementation strategy with Engineering interpret statistical results and make the call the call to go to market and share with our existing customers.
• Study the market business and customers to be the subject matter expert who translates business goals into precise problems specs and experiment plans that Engineers can build from directly and drive delivery through launch measurement and post-launch review.
• Make bidder configuration identity floors timeouts and layouts improvements coherent and measurable.
• Evaluate demand identity and measurement partners through structured trials with explicit success criteria and support Commercial teams in negotiating integrations that create durable advantage for our publishers.
• Communicate priorities risks and results transparently to executives and cross-functional teams so everyone stays aligned and moving

Qualifications :

What were looking for

• 5 years of product management experience with end-to-end ownership of revenue-bearing products the majority in publisher-side adtech.
• Hands-on experience with publisher monetisation systems: Prebid Google Ad Manager SSPs/DSPs and identity solutions.
• Demonstrated measurable impact on monetisation reliability latency or comparable core metrics.
• Fluent with data analysis. Able for analysis in SQL/Google Sheets/Excel to support decisions.
• You can explain a publishers auction journey from first principles with all the potential layers involved and their instrumentation. You will have strong opinions on what these connections do for Publishers.
• You routinely turn analytics into the next experiment: defining the right metrics and guardrails segmenting to find signal rather than noise and framing hypotheses with explicit go/no-go criteria.
• Youre comfortable discussing test design and basic statistics with Data Scientists and equally comfortable translating the results for people who arent.
• You bias toward getting hands-on for example inspecting a config or a payload yourself before forming an opinion.

We know not everyone will meet every requirement and thats okay. If youre excited about the role and believe you can make a difference wed love to hear from you.

Additional Information :

A few other things we want you to know...

• As an equal opportunity employer Publift welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds identities abilities and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported
• If you have a disability or require adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process please let us know - were here to support you.
• We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements including part-time options. If youd like to explore this just ask during the process.
• Were also a proud Circle Back Initiative employer which means we commit to responding to every applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the team will need to complete a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights.

So come and join us - because every role contributes something meaningful as we embark on this exciting journey of growth and innovation.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time