Sr. Product Manager - Advertising UX & Integrations (Remote Eligible)

Join the hundreds of talented and innovative team members who are making an impact every day at California Times, incorporating Los Angeles Times. Whether you love to tell compelling stories or want to drive our award-winning powerhouse in new directions, the Los Angeles Times team is the place to be. **

Job Description Summary**

About the L.A. Times:

Our mission is to inform, engage, and empower. Our storytelling and journalism help people in Los Angeles, in California and across the globe understand their world and make real decisions about their civic, social, personal, health, family and work lives. The Product team builds user-centered experiences that connect people with the L.A. Times’ journalism and content. We provide our newsroom with powerful capabilities, and craft valuable experiences to drive engagement, repeat visits and revenue.

We’re a team of Product Managers, User Experience (UX) Designers and UX Researchers collaborating closely with our teammates in Engineering and Data/Analytics/Data Science to support one another, solve novel problems and accelerate business growth. Come join us! **

Job Description**

As the Sr. Product Manager of Advertising UX & Integrations you’ll guide our Advertising User Experience and capabilities across our web, newsletters, mobile apps and video. You’ll partner closely with our advertising teams to deliver digital advertising technology solutions that meet the needs of our advertisers, our sales team and our users. You'll also ensure premium integrations and operations throughout our advertising platform and systems. These initiatives are key to our overall success, including exciting initiatives like how we leverage our first-party data in a cookie-less future.

You’ll work closely with our UX Design, Engineering, Data Science and Analytics teams, as well as our Advertising teams. **

Responsibilities**

• Lead a portfolio to drive digital advertising revenue, a vital piece of our overall strategy
• Ensure our advertising experience is competitive and ahead of market competition
• Establish best practices, priorities, processes, and procedures for Ad Ops and Programmatic Teams
• Assess and quantify the biggest opportunities for our users and our business
• Establish a clear vision and roadmap for rapid testing, learning and shipping
• Ensure daily high-quality operation of the ads products and platform, as we continue to evolve
• Drive ad-focused product development with a team of mission-driven, top-class UX Designers and Engineers
• Establish and drive alignment on product vision throughout the company including senior executive team
• Become a strong internal voice and representative for revenue-related products
• Help develop a holistic ad strategy for the future of the L.A. Times

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Product Management and/or Ad Operations with customer-facing experiences through the entirety of the product ideation and development lifecycle.
• Domain expertise in digital advertising on consumer-facing web and mobile apps
• Domain expertise in digital advertising, advertising technologies, and ad servers. Experience with Google Ad Manager is required.
• Demonstrated results of influencing and driving strategy and culture within Product and Engineering, across departments and with company leadership
• Superior communication: verbal and written (we write memos!)
• Familiarity of SSPs, DSPs and related programmatic technologies
• Strong understanding of the sales process with experience partnering with Sales, Account Management, and Advertising Operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience locating clarity and focus amid ambiguity and complexity
• Strong statistical skills and comfort around analytics and data
• Proficiency with principles of behavioral psychology
• Bachelor’s degree with an MBA as plus

This position is eligible for remote work.

The L.A. Times is an equal employment opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We actively work to create an inclusive environment where all of our employees can thrive. Explore our company history, achievement, values, mission and more on our career site.

The pay scale the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of the posting is $160,000 - $175,000 and takes into account a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, experience, training, licenses, certifications, and other business or organizational needs. Compensation will be determined based on the above factors along with the requirements of the position. At The L.A. Times, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role. Please visit our career site to view the benefits available to our employees.

The Company is a mandatory vaccination employer for COVID-19 and its variants. The Company requires that its employees be fully vaccinated as of their start date. If you require a medical or religious accommodation, we will engage in the interactive process with you. Proof of vaccination will be required prior to start. If we make you an offer and you are not yet vaccinated, we will accommodate a delay in start date.

Thank you for your interest in joining our team at the Los Angeles Times! We look forward to reviewing your application.