Product Manager, YouTube Ads Marketplace Optimization and ML

Product Manager, You Tube Ads Marketplace Optimization and ML

You Tube place Mountain View, CA, USA

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
• 3 years of experience as a product manager optimizing digital advertising ranking products or on‑demand two‑sided marketplaces like ride sharing or food and grocery delivery.
• 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end‑to‑end, 0 to 1, etc.).

• Master's degree in a technology or business‑related field.
• Experience with Ads ranking, bidding, or marketplace optimization for large‑scale markets.
• Experience leading technical teams to resolve issues in at‑scale machine learning and smart bidding products.
• Experience using SQL to perform data analysis and make informed product decisions.
• Experience in a business function role such as strategic marketing, business operations, or consulting.

At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who continuously adapt and are excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day. In this role, you will work cross‑functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You will break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.

The team collaborates closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, and other stakeholders to design and develop technologies that improve access to the world’s information. We guide products throughout the execution cycle, focusing on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to users.

You Tube Ads powers the You Tube ecosystem by keeping it free and engaging for users, rewarding creators, and connecting businesses to consumers worldwide. The You Tube Ads Marketplace Optimization team focuses on growing long‑term revenue by solving complex problems in automated bidding, machine learning, AI, and personalization. In this role, you will work on exciting machine learning and bidding problems that power advertisements across all You Tube surfaces, including In‑Stream, Shorts, Feeds, on mobile, TV, and desktop devices.

US: $163,000 - $237,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Develop deep insights into advertiser and user behavior on You Tube to inform product strategy.
• Define and execute a comprehensive strategy for improving bidding algorithms and machine learning models.
• Optimize the You Tube Ads marketplace to drive long‑term advertiser value and revenue.
• Partner with engineering and data science teams to solve technical challenges in the prediction and bidding stack.
• Manage the product lifecycle from proof‑of‑concept to launch and advertiser adoption.

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