Director, Product Management - Advertiser Optimization

About the Team

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust, serving as a home for authentic conversations. The Advertiser Optimization team is a strategic, high-growth engine within Reddit Ads. Our mission is to democratize high-performance advertising by enabling brands to achieve world-class results with minimal friction. We empower advertisers through sophisticated automation and intelligence across Precision & Reach (Targeting, Planning, Forecasting), Performance & Scale (Bidding, Budget Management, Pacing), and Intelligence (AI-driven Recommendations and Optimization Scores).

The Role

As a leader within this critical organization, you will hold significant ownership over Reddit’s long-term monetization strategy. You will manage multiple broad product areas, leading a high-performing team to build products that are as delightful as they are effective.

Core Responsibilities

• Leadership & Growth: Hire, mentor, and develop a world-class team of Product Managers, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.
• Strategy & Vision: Define and champion the long-term product vision for advertising products; translate complex advertiser needs into a cohesive, high-impact roadmap.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate seamlessly with Engineering, Data Science, Design, Sales, and Marketing to launch products that drive measurable advertiser success.
• Execution: Own key performance indicators (KPIs) and drive the end-to-end execution of features within the product suite.
• Communication: Craft compelling product narratives and present strategic updates to diverse stakeholders, including the executive leadership team.
• Market Leadership: Stay at the forefront of ad tech evolution, identifying emerging opportunities to keep Reddit Ads ahead of the curve.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Industry Expertise: 8+ years of Product Management experience, specifically within Ads Quality or building Advertiser-facing products.
• Leadership: Proven track record as an experienced people manager with a focus on talent development.
• Strategic Impact: A history of developing product visions that result in quantifiable business growth.
• Analytical Rigor: Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to turn complex data into actionable product insights.
• Influence: Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to align cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Management Scale: Experience managing people managers and leading multi-layered organizations.
• Technical Depth: A background in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• Advanced Tech: Experience leading Machine Learning product teams or shipping ML-driven features.

Perks and Benefits:

• 100% remote opportunity (with office locations in NY, SF, LA, and Chicago for hybrid/onsite preference).
• Competitive salary and equity options.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision) & workplace perks (home office set up stipend, etc.).
• Generous 401k matching.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Paid parental leave (4+ months).
• Family planning support.
• Paid volunteer time off.

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level. In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity. Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees. The base salary range for this position is $232,500 - $325,500 USD.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. In select roles and locations, interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI.