Product Manager Streaming and Ad Innovation

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From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers across the globe WBD offers career defining opportunities thoughtfully curated benefits and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported here you are celebrated here you can thrive.

At HBO Max storytelling takes center stage. Were one of the worlds most iconic entertainment brands home to bold originals and unforgettable characters. While audiences binge award-winning content breaking news and sports around the clock our teams stay busy at work creating whats next in streaming. From Succession Euphoria and The Sopranos to global franchises like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter our content sparks conversation and shapes culture.

HBO Max delivers boundary-pushing stories across genres and platforms connecting millions of viewers across 90 countries globally and were just getting started. Were home to the most talked about shows and movies granting audiences access to the worlds of HBO Harry Potter DC Warner Bros. ID Adult Swim A24 and more. Turn your streaming obsession into a career were hiring!

Your New Role...

As the Product Manager for Streaming & Ad Innovation (EMEA) you will serve as a regional product leader driving the evolution of HBO Max and other WBD platforms through innovative ad-supported (AVOD) experiences. You will define how advertising audience data and measurement capabilities come together to power the future of streaming across key EMEA markets.

You will work with regional and global stakeholders across Product Engineering Ad Tech Data and Commercial teams to shape scalable localized ad experiences. Your mandate includes building engaging ad formats overseeing the seamless integration of the FreeWheel ad server optimizing Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) workflows and delivering actionable audience data products that align with privacy regulations and drive monetization outcomes.

You are a strategic product thinker with deep knowledge of video streaming and digital advertising. You understand how regional market dynamics customer behaviours and regulatory frameworks impact platform decisions. You are data-literate technically conversant with experience in SSAI/CSAI and DAI environmentsand thrive in cross-functional teams that require collaboration influence and focused execution. You bring a builders mindset and are passionate about improving the viewing and advertising experience across devices and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the product strategy and roadmap for AVOD experiences across EMEA ensuring regional requirements are reflected in platform design and monetization capabilities.

• Define and scale ad formats (e.g. pause ads overlays interactive units) tailored to EMEA consumption behaviours and aligned with global monetization goals.

• Partner with Engineering and Ad Tech teams to manage the integration and evolution of FreeWheel across EMEA platformssupporting advanced ad decisioning SSAI/CSAI and real-time delivery optimization.

• Collaborate with global data and local measurement teams to implement audience measurement frameworks with partner like Nielsen Kantar Moat ComScore IAS and internal analytics platforms.

• Serve as the connective tissue between regional stakeholders in Ad Sales Marketing Commercial Strategy and Operations translating monetization strategies into productized capabilities that scale.

• Define and track product success metrics run experiments and continuously optimize features based on viewer behaviour ad performance and business impact.

• Act as a regional voice within global product forumsclearly articulating EMEA needs aligning on priorities and ensuring successful delivery of initiatives.

• Operate with a high level of autonomy in a complex fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Experience and Qualifications

• Proven and successful product management experience in streaming digital media or ad tech environments.

• Thorough understanding of the linear TV and CTV advertising marketplace.

• Experience launching or managing ad-supported video products across multiple platforms and devices.

• Deep understanding of the ad tech stack with hands-on experience with ad servers like FreeWheel.

• Strong domain expertise in video ad insertion technologies and digital video ads standards.

• Familiarity with audience measurement standards and tools (e.g. Kantar Nielsen IAS ComScore).

• Strong collaboration skills and experience working with global engineering and business teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting product strategy and results to senior stakeholders.

• Proven ability to synthesize business goals customer needs and technical capabilities into clear product requirements.

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