Senior Product Manager, Buying & Optimization

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$170K/yr – $200K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Owns the end-to-end TV and CTV programmatic platform with a focus on automation and AI driven buying, roadmap differentiation, and a strong link between product goals and engineering/data science delivery.

  • Growth Engine: Lead soup-to-nuts TV buying, prioritizing features that scale automated workflows and improve bid decisions.
  • Strategy & Alignment: Shape the platform roadmap with cross functional teams to ensure rapid launches and market-fit through AI capabilities.
  • Measurement & Iteration: Use user insights, experiments, and data to prove impact and stay ahead of AI driven TV landscape.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the product vision, strategy, and execution for TV media buying and execution, end-to-end (“soup to nuts”)
  • Define a compelling roadmap that differentiates the platform through automation and AI-driven capabilities
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Data Science, and Media Buying to translate business and customer needs into clear, prioritized product requirements
  • Drive feature prioritization and trade-offs based on customer impact, business value, and scalability of automated TV buying workflows
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Media Buying, Media Operations, Marketing, and Leadership to ensure alignment and successful launches
  • Continuously monitor industry trends, competitive offerings, and emerging AI technologies to keep the product ahead of the evolving TV and CTV landscape
  • Use data, customer feedback, and experimentation to iterate, optimize performance, and deliver measurable impact

Requirements

  • 4+ years of product management experience in AdTech, with deep expertise in streaming and programmatic CTV advertising (linear TV experience is a strong plus)
  • Proven track record of shipping impactful products, including building new capabilities or platforms from the ground up
  • Strong communicator and influencer, able to articulate a clear product vision and defend roadmap decisions with data and conviction at the executive level
  • Highly customer-centric, with demonstrated skill in uncovering real user needs, writing strong user stories, and solving complex workflow problems
  • Experience partnering closely with Design to address diverse customer needs through user research, prototyping, and thoughtful UX decisions
  • Passion for automation and AI-driven innovation, balanced with a pragmatic, execution-oriented mindset
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-moving environments, with a bias toward action and measurable outcomes
  • Nice to haves: experience working with AI/ML-powered products or data-driven optimization systems; familiarity with TV measurement, attribution, or identity challenges

Preferred

  • Nice to haves: experience working with AI/ML-powered products or data-driven optimization systems
  • Nice to haves: familiarity with TV measurement, attribution, or identity challenges

Benefits

  • Total compensation ($170,000-200,000/Annually)
  • Equity compensation
  • Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents
  • 401K, FSA, and commuter benefits
  • $150 monthly spending account
  • $1,000 annual continued education benefit
  • $500 Newbie Productivity Perk
  • Unlimited PTO and sick days
  • Monthly Company Wellness Day Off
  • Snacks, drinks, and catered lunches at the office
  • Team building events
  • Hybrid RTO of 2 days per week in office
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Tatari is building the infrastructure to modernize TV advertising for Brands, Agencies, and Publishers. Clients include Made In, Daily Harvest, Wpromote, and Fubo. Recognized by Business Insider as one of the Hottest Ad Tech Companies of 2023 and by Digiday as the Best CTV Platform of 2024, Tatari is headquartered in San Francisco with further offices in Los Angeles and New York. For additional information, please visit tatari.tv

Founded in 2016
San Francisco, California, USA
368 employees (55 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
87% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
43.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$113.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.8%
Direct
51.8%
Referral
9.4%
Social
4.5%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~368

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
43 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2019
    Series Unknown
  • Nov 2016
    Convertible Note

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