Senior Director, Product - Direct Sold Delivery

Kargo creates breakthrough cross-screen ad experiences for the world’s leading brands and publishers. Every day, our 600+ employees bring the power of their creativity and diversity to radically raise the bar on what mobile, CTV, AI, social, and eCommerce can do to wow consumers and build businesses. Now 20 years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, Austin, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland. Humble brag: In 2024, Kargo was recognized as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and Built In.

Who We Hire

Success takes all kinds. Diversity describes our workforce. Inclusion defines our culture. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or other legally protected status. Individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Title: Senior Director, Product - Direct Sold Delivery

Job Type: Full-time; 3 Days In Office
Job Location: New York, NY
Salary Range: $140,000.00 - 190,000.00 (On Target Earning)

The Opportunity

As a Sr. Director, Product at Kargo you will not only lead and own the product vision, goals and roadmap for one or more products, you will directly oversee a number of products and initiatives and act as a business leader within the organization. You will have the opportunity to manage, be responsible for the success of a product team with a particular focus area and heavily contribute to Kargo’s overall product and business strategy.

The Daily To-Do

• Lead and mentor a team of product managers.
• Oversee the strategy and guide success of Kargo’s key products responsible for how we activate, report, and build campaigns and creatives. 
• Work closely with senior leadership to set, communicate, and execute on Kargo’s business strategy on one of our most critical product areas. 
• Contribute directly to and own our internal bidding, creative, workflow, and ad demo products. 
• Operate autonomously to effectively deliver on product timelines and KPIs.
• Work with customers, business stakeholders, project, engineering and design teams to discover, define, and create product innovations
• Define requirements and guide execution in an Agile Scrum development environment
• Collaborate with Product Marketing and internal operation teams on go-to-market and training activities to ensure full value is delivered to the market.
• Contribute to broader business and product strategy focused on driving performance, scale, and efficiencies for our teams. 
• Work with other members of the Product Team to provide a full suite of market solutions and build interoperability between other product areas at Kargo. 
• Maintain and mentor others on a deep understanding of Kargo’s overall business strategy and the broader advertising technology space building products and workflows that support Kargo’s strategic goals. 
• Prepare company wide training and communication materials as needed.
• Monitor and report on product metrics and business KPIs.
• Serve as an exceptional example of how a product manager can apply their skills to understand market problems and help create smart and effective solutions.
• Be an advocate for continuous improvement of Kargo’s management and delivery of product strategy.

Qualifications

• 4 + years in advertising technology
• 6+ years of experience in product and project management including experience leading cross functional initiatives and teams
• Experience managing media buying products such as DSP Campaign management workflows
• Experience with Creative building workflows such as adservers, DSP creative workflows, etc
• Experience and success in owning client/customer relationships and communications
• Proven ability to dive deep in understanding the product, business, and the competitive landscape
• Strong record of mentorship required with a proven track record of effective management
• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills, ability to use data and metrics to make decisions and develop business cases
• Strong understanding and experience with product management techniques especially as it relates to SCRUM and Agile process
• Proven track record of delivering successful products to market
• Execution focused, owner mentality and willing to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary

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