Principal Product Manager, Ads
Principal Product Manager, Ads
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$ 204000 - 255000
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Job Description
Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning.
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. Its personalized practical and focused on real-world impact.
Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use whether theyre picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If youre excited by change energized by learning and ready to have a real impact youll feel right at home.
Learn more about us on our company page.
Where we work
Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin and international hubs in Australia India Ireland Mexico and Türkiye. This is an in-office position requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday Wednesday Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About the role
Were seeking an experienced Staff Product Manager to lead our Ads strategy. You will build the foundation for scalable advertising by integrating with top supply side platforms and partners designing ad solutions that respect user discovery and learning experience while maximizing ad value.
This role is highly cross functional youll collaborate with Engineering Data Science Design and Marketing to define the product vision shape the roadmap and deliver seamless ad experiences across our platform.
About your skills
- Strategic Prioritization: You can cut through competing demands to focus on the highest leverage ad opportunities. You balance short term revenue wins with long term scalable investments.
- Analytical Rigor: You thrive on data. You use insights experimentation and metrics to inform decisions measure performance and continuously optimize advertising products.
- Cross-Functional Influence: You build trust and alignment across engineering design data science marketing and external partners. You ensure complex initiatives move forward smoothly.
- Ad Tech Acumen: You bring practical knowledge of programmatic advertising SSPs and ad platforms. You use this expertise to design competitive and effective ad solutions that serve both users and advertisers.
What youll be doing
- Partner with product leadership to define the strategy and execute the roadmap for our ad offerings ensuring alignment with business goals and advertiser needs.
- Own how video and display ads appear on the surfaces and experiences across our platform.
- Use data and user insights to prioritize features track success metrics and identify optimization opportunities.
- Continuously evaluate our advertising offering to improve performance and enable innovative ad strategies.
- Develop a deep expertise in the programmatic ecosystem to guide product decisions and ensure competitive differentiation.
- Balance short-term wins with long term scalable investments that grow ad revenue.
- Champion a test and learn culture of fast iteration and ongoing optimization.
- Act as the subject matter expert for all things advertising across teams and stakeholders.
What youll have
While this work is based more on the skills a person has than what they have done we think a typical profile could include the following:
- 8 years of product management experience launching or improving advertising experience or ad tech products.
- Proven success shipping and scaling ads or revenue generating products.
- Knowledge of programmatic ad technology and experience partnering with SSPs agencies or third party ad platforms.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data for decision making and translate insights into product ideas and business outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels.
Posting Date: September 29 2025
Application window: September 29 2025 - 13th October 2025
At Udemy we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors including but not limited to job-related skills qualifications experience and specific work location due to differences in the cost of addition to a base salary this role is also eligible for equity.
Hiring Compensation Range
$204000 - $255000 USD
Why work here
Youll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. Youll get full access to Udemy courses a monthly UDay to invest in yourself and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. Youll have the space and tools to experiment apply and get better at using AI in practical ways.
Youll own your work.
We trust people to lead make decisions and follow through. You dont need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
Youll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
Youll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills change their careers or find a path forward. Youve got the experience why not use it to help others gain theirs
Bring your curiosity. Well bring the platform and the support. Lets LEARNtogether.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits India Benefits Ireland Benefits Mexico BenefitsTurkiye Benefits & US Benefitspages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
At Udemy we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry age genetic information sexual orientation gender identity marital or family status veteran status medical condition or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align wed love to hear from you!
Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
