Staff Product Manager – Campaign & Demand Optimization presso Sirius XM

Who We Are:

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital role in bringing SiriusXM’s vision to life everyday.

AdsWizz

AdsWizz, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the leading global provider of digital audio and podcast advertising solutions. AdsWizz is the underlying monetization solution for well-known music platforms, podcasts, and broadcasting groups worldwide, giving advertisers or all sizes unprecedented access to premium and niche audio content. Through dynamic ad insertion, advanced programmatic platforms, and innovative audio formats, AdsWizz efficiently connects buyers and sellers for digital audio and podcast advertising. AdsWizz is a global company with a presence in over 40 countries.

How you’ll make an impact:

As a Staff Product Manager for AdsWizz Revenue Optimization, you’ll deliver solutions that increase revenue for our customers and for AdsWizz by advancing our Programmatic and AdServing capabilities across the full transaction lifecycle. You’ll focus on initiatives such as DSP enablement, yield optimization, throttling and QPS management, forecasting and pacing, deal and campaign troubleshooting, and publisher integrations; measuring success through revenue lift, cost efficiency, and reliable deal/campaign delivery. You’ll partner closely with Ad Platform Engineering to evolve services for bidding (e.g. OpenRTB, ad-break, competitive separation, etc.), pacing and yield logic, ad-request enrichment, and transaction handling for both streaming and podcast supply. And with Product Analytics, you’ll establish a disciplined experimentation environment; designing A/B tests and validating results through data analysis, so we can confidently roll out proven optimizations at scale.

What you’ll do 

• Technical Collaboration: Partner with Engineering to scope, design, and deliver real-time services for bidding, ad-request enrichment, throttling/QPS allocation, yield/pacing logic, and transaction handling (OpenRTB, VAST, ad pods, competitive separation)

• Own the Revenue Optimization Roadmap: Frame problems, write crisp PRDs/specs, define acceptance criteria, and drive execution from discovery through GA with staged rollouts.

• Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate and communicate clearly and often with engineering, GTM, Programmatic Ops and Ad Product teams to ensure Revenue Optimization initiatives align with corporate strategy and address publisher needs

• Strategic Foresight: Promote forward-thinking by prioritizing features and addressing current market challenges while anticipating future trends.

• Execution Excellence: Define problem spaces, key use cases, and product concepts. Validate theories and hypotheses swiftly to accelerate innovation

• Analytics: Collaborate with Product Analytics, design high-quality experiments: hypotheses, success metrics, sample sizing and guardrails; build dashboards and scorecards to inform fast ship/no-ship decisions.

• Expand Demand: Work with Programmatic Ops to expand and optimize DSP integrations: define the “optimal setup,” certification tests, and monitoring; triage and resolve deal/campaign delivery issues.

What you’ll need

• 7+ years of experience in advertising technology and media industries, with a focus on yield, programmatic, and ad delivery, plus a strong understanding of evolving audio and ad tech

• Strong technical depth in ad delivery & RTB: OpenRTB, VAST, SSAI, podding/competitive separation, request/response shaping, QPS management, pacing/forecasting, deals/PMPs

• Strong analytical skills, including proficiency with SQL and product analytics, dashboard building, and proven experimentation skills (A/B testing, metrics design, etc.)

• Ability to evaluate potential solutions thoughtfully while solving problems and calculating the impact of changes on existing services

• Excellent communication skills; able to work directly with engineering leads to understand complex technical implementations and collaborate on new features and publisher-related challenges

• Thrives in demanding, innovative, and entrepreneurial environments

• Confident yet humble approach

• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be in the range of $139,400 to $180,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.