Senior Product Manager - Core Ads

About the Team

The Global Monetization Product and Technology team at Tik Tok builds innovative advertising solutions that drive revenue while delivering measurable value for businesses. Within this organization, the Core Ads team focuses on developing scalable, high impact products that help advertisers unlock the full business value of Tik Tok and their broader paid media investments. We partner cross functionally with engineering, data science, design, and global business teams to drive performance and innovation across an ads platform used by millions of advertisers worldwide.

• Own the design and iteration of core ads modules, including targeting, bidding, and placement, which serve as the control center for ads performance.
• Drive end to end advertising performance, improving delivery efficiency and client experience while contributing to revenue growth.
• Develop a deep, customer centric understanding of advertiser needs and business models, and continuously refine campaign strategies and optimization goals to maximize ROI.
• Partner cross functionally with engineering, data science, design, and business teams to align on strategy and execute effectively.
• Break down complex business problems to identify high impact opportunities and prioritize features that enhance advertiser trust and overall platform experience.
• Shape product strategy and roadmap by defining clear goals, success metrics, and milestones, and align stakeholders to drive execution against priorities.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent industry experience is also welcome.
• 3+ years of product management experience in online advertising. Familiarity with the full software product lifecycle, with the ability to lead product or product portfolio development from ideation and development to launch, performance monitoring, and iterative optimization.
• Strong learning agility, logical thinking, and problem solving skills, with the ability to adapt quickly to complex and fast changing international business environments.
• Excellent cross functional communication, and stakeholder management skills. Strong analytical ability to break down complex problems and drive collaboration across teams and regions.

• Understanding of the ads ecosystem, preferably in areas such as targeting, bidding, or placement.
• Proven track record of designing and launching client-facing business products.
• Experience in fast paced environments, particularly within global tech companies or rapidly evolving industries.
• Experience in machine learning or recommender systems is a plus.

• Base salary range: $185,600 - $396,000 annually.
• Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.
• Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
• The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
• Exercising sound judgment.