Senior Principal Product Manager, Targeting

About Rokt

Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue and acquire new customers at scale. Live Nation, AMC Theatres, PayPal, Uber, Hulu, Staples, Lands’ End, and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that use Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert.

With our December 2022 secondary transaction, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 Billion. We are expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 14 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region with the largest office in NYC and a major R&D hub in Sydney. With 50% annual growth and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our eight core values: smart with humility, own the outcomes, force for good, conquer new frontiers, enjoy the ride, raise the bar, communicate with impact, and disagree then commit. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we foster an environment that helps us all do our best work. Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.

Requirements

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Principal Product Manager to join our Demand-side Machine Learning team out of the New York Office. This team is responsible for developing our Bidding toolset, using Machine Learning to create tools that enable Advertisers to find success on the Rokt network. You’ll work alongside a senior team of product managers, engineers, data scientists, and machine learning experts to create and continuously improve ML products that achieve Rokt’s mission of unleashing relevancy in E-commerce.

As a PM in this team, you will be responsible for owning all components of our ML Bidding Platform end-to-end, focusing on applying business requirements and ensuring delivery of the most important features to our end users. You will own the roadmap, design, and specification of features, working closely with our Machine Learning and Data Science experts to ensure the timely and effective delivery of improvements and products that provide the greatest benefit to the end customers.

What we’re looking for in a Senior Principal Product Manager for this role

• You have experience working in an ML environment, understand high-level technical requirements, and have the ability to go deep on specific concepts.
• You’re experienced in owning the product strategy, vision, and roadmap across multiple products. You’re creative and think outside of the here and now to set ambitious goals and direction.
• You’re a skilled problem solver and can find clarity in the biggest, most challenging problems.
• You understand the value of both quantitative and qualitative research as input to problem-solving and defining winning products. You’re excited about tackling big opportunities and comfortable with ambiguity.
• You are an excellent individual contributor and mentor for others, effectively rallying teams to collaborate and deliver against business-critical goals.
• You are a concise and effective communicator and are comfortable managing and leading discussions with senior executives.
• You are a passionate advocate for your product, authoring external content and representing the business in client discussions and industry forums.
• You act as an owner for your product and the broader org, teaching others and building a great culture of product excellence.

Requirements

• 8+years as a product manager in a high-growth tech company or other relevant organization with a special focus on Machine Learning/AI products. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field. An MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• Expertise in using data-driven insights to inform decision-making. Familiarity with analytics tools and the capability to interpret complex data sets to inform roadmap decisions.
• Ability to articulate complex product strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing business environments. A forward-thinking approach to problem-solving and a passion for innovation.
• Proven track record of collaborating with engineering, design, sales, and marketing teams. Ability to forge strong relationships with internal and external partners to ensure alignment on product goals and deliverables.

Benefits

• Work with the greatest talent in tech. Our recruitment process is tough but diligent. We’re constantly aiming to implement our value of “raise the bar” and set high standards for our Rokt’stars. This is essential in our high-performing, high-grow culture where we strive to bring in the brightest and best talent. Our teams thrive by challenging the status quo and we encourage all of our teams to unlock their desire to achieve something bigger.
• Join a community. At Rokt we’re a community of curious explorers. We’re not afraid of venturing into uncharted territories. We work together as one single, aligned team. We value diversity and transparency which is why we support a number of internal employee resource groups including an EDI steering committee, Rainbow Rokts that empowers our LGBTQIA+ Rokt’stars, and Womxn who Rokt that promotes gender equality in tech. 
• Accelerate your career. We want you to unlock your full potential. This is why we have an annual ‘Level Up’ allowance of $5,000 that gives Rokt’stars the ability to take courses, attend events, go to training, and more to help our great employees become even better. 
• Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We even incentivize individuals to utilize their PTO with “High 5” days, an additional 5 days of PTO when you’ve used 75% of your allotted annual paid leave. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us for 5 years or more.
• Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone is rewarded. 
• See the world! We want our Rokt’stars to enjoy the ride. As we aim to bring meaning and fun to our everyday work, we host global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020, Hawaii in May 2022, and Whistler in 2023). As we strive to build a community of curious explorers, we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have bustling offices in great cities including: New York,Seattle, Sydney, London, and Tokyo. 
• We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (all teams are in the office 4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.
• Stay happy and healthy. In order to unleash our potential, we want to ensure you’re able to keep your wellbeing a priority. This means you can enjoy a well-balanced, catered lunch 5x a week in the office along with healthy snacks. We also want you to feel at home when coming into work which is why we’re a dog-friendly office so you can bring your furry friend to work with you. As part of your wellbeing benefits, we offer a wellness stipend so you can enjoy the gym on us. In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family!
• We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we know our collective strength comes from how different we all are. We encourage you to apply for one of our open roles—irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.

Salary Range: $300,000 per year plus equity