Responsibilities:

• Leverage your strong knowledge of publisher ad tech, the advertising media ecosystem, the ad buyer perspective, and the consumer decision journey to deliver on ad product strategy and roadmap
• Deliver projects and products from end-to-end, employing agile tactics to keep momentum and influence progress
• Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process across multiple domains – Supporting business case development, and prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of cross-functional teams
• Work with Ad Product team colleagues to translate the product roadmap into user stories and development requirements
• Manage project schedule & cost, and engage in reporting to the appropriate PMO and Finance stakeholders as required
• Take responsibility for the quality of design and implementation; identifying risks and issues, effectively managing them and communicating them to stakeholders
• Ensure all ad delivery products are built and/or integrated to an appropriate level of quality for the end users
• Champion Bell Media’s Digital Websites and Apps and drive execution to increase Ad Inventory 
• Drive advertising innovation by leveraging data and media inventory to create incremental value for Bell Media properties
• Identify key industry, competitive, and technology trends and communicate strategic implications to product teams.
• Lead communication with key stakeholders, exhibiting comfort in detailed engineering discussions as well as open conversations with customers
• Define success metrics, measure, and iterate based on stakeholder feedback

Qualifications:

• University degree in business, engineering, or computer science, with a strong technical and analytical background
• 5+ years product management experience with leading teams to develop, deploy and launch complex technology driven products
• Experience managing technical projects from ideation to implementation (PMP certification is an asset)
• Strong fundamental understanding of ad serving architecture and formats, RTB auction dynamics, and programmatic buying/selling mechanisms
• Experience with advertising technologies (Ad server, DSP, SSP, OMS) and other ad technology, campaign planning, or data management platforms.
• Experience working in an agile build environment. Understands the fundamentals of agile / scrum based iterative product development, including user story development, backlog grooming, managing velocity, and establishing metrics of success
• Technical background a plus, including experience working with common enterprise software-as-a-service platforms, service-oriented architectures, and modern software environments (Javascript-based, APIs, AWS services, etc.)
• Basic HTML, JS, XML, SQL or other programming language experience is a plus
• Deliver results in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment that requires the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously without compromising quality
• Comfortable with ambiguity and demonstrates strong ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Experience in working directly with senior stakeholders and leadership
• Proactive problem solver, highly curious, results oriented, with a passion for learning
• Bilingualism (English/French) considered an asset

Bilingualism is an asset (English and French); adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.