Our client is a European-level industry association of national federations and corporate members active in digital advertising and marketing.They are looking to hire a Digital Advertising Product Manager to support the team and the development and roll-out of programmatic digital advertising standards in Europe that enable legal compliance and supply chain transparency, as well as supporting the industry’s sustainability agenda and facilitating the scaling up of new channels such as retail media.
Scope of the role
The Digital Advertising Product Manager will help ensure that all of the company’s work whether on policy advocacy, privacy and other regulatory compliance, or the development of business standards is nested in a deep understanding of the technology of digital advertising delivery and measurement. He/she will also act as liaison and ensure effective collaboration with partner organizations such as EU- and national-level trade groups on digital advertising technology topics.
Specific tasks
Specifically, the Programmatic Advertising Product Manager would be expected to:
· Support The company’s Data Protection industry standards.
· Project managing the standards technical working group and providing technical input and guidance to the code libraries and implementation guidelines.
· Overseeing the compliance programmes.
· Project manage a dedicated digital advertising technical committee, supporting on content development.
· Provide technical advice to The company’s Programmatic Trading, Retail Media, and Sustainability Standards Committees.
· Liaise with relevant working groups such as the OpenRTB Working Group and Privacy sub-group, Global Privacy Working Group, REARC Addressability and Accountability Working Groups, as well as working groups within Prebid and the W3C
· Manage The company external suppliers that deliver web services and software development across all the company activities
Requirements
The successful candidate will have had at least 3-5 years of professional experience as a product manager and a deep understanding of digital media and the online advertising ecosystem, as well as good written and spoken English. Specific knowledge and skills that are desired are:
· Technical and product knowledge of the ad tech supply chain and the communities it comprises and serves - including the variety of technical integrations between players in both the web and app (mobile and CTV) environments
· The ability to consider both business and technical considerations when designing and developing solutions
· The ability to lead technical projects and engage with the developer and technical community
· Experience in overseeing database creation and maintenance as well as cloud services, with specific acquaintance with those provided by AWS
· Broad knowledge of the software development process and its technologies particularly open source and the management of access to open source through tools such as GitHub
· Familiarity with common project management methodologies such as Agile and technical project management in the context of open-source development
Experience in multicultural environments, the ability to work autonomously, and a willingness to spontaneously identify and take on new challenges in a dynamic and demanding professional environment will also be important.
Personal attributes
Desired personal attributes are:
· Strong communicator
· Able to interact confidently with senior management, both internally and externally
· Able to think strategically and with a good sense of the needs of the business
· Interested in the technical, business and legal/policy challenges currently confronting the digital advertising and marketing industries
· Customer-focused
· Cross-cultural collaborator
· Structured and well-organised
Location
The position could be based in Brussels or elsewhere in Europe. The position reports to The Privacy Director and will require collaboration with colleagues on the policy, legal compliance, sustainability, and industry development teams within the company.