Yahoo: Senior Product Manager, Paid Inclusion Advertiser, Sunnyvale, CA

PURPOSE: The Senior Product Manager, Paid Inclusion Advertiser Services will partner closely with the Paid Inclusion sales, product & development team to bring a fully integrated, leading edge Paid Inclusion offering to Overture‘s next generation Advertiser experience. This individual will work closely with the Yahoo! team to identify and evaluate business and product opportunities. The successful candidate will have strong product management skills, excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, solid UI experience, and strong advertising customer experience and understanding.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

– Partner closely with the Paid Inclusion sales, product & development teams to enhance and optimize the Advertiser experience to include PI

– Gather, define and document product requirements.

– Work closely with Engineering to manage all stages of product development process on the Advertiser Experience interface

– Conduct early stage concept testing, prototyping and rapid development with an emphasis on efficient iteration.

– Work with other functional areas to gather intelligence on competitive offerings and new industry trends.

– Coordinate activities and drive closure to ensure that initiatives are seamlessly integrated with existing business practices and goals are accomplished on time and within budget.

– Support technology team during product development process:

– Clarify functional spec as needed.

– Make tradeoff decisions between functionality and resources/timeframes.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

– Very proactive, entrepreneurial and strategically-oriented individual with extensive experience in all stages of Product and Project Management, including User Experience

– Strong leadership presence and ability to work equally well with development & sales

– Direct experience in online advertising related products desired

– Software product development experience required

– Strong customer orientation and desire to innovate

– Excellent grasp of the strategic, competitive and economic dimensions of Overture’s business, particularly as they relate to the specific needs of advertisers

– Qualified candidates will be Product Managers who are innovative, proven performers with a history of delivering products through leading-edge technology that streamlines multi user and worker productivity

– Ability to build excellent rapport with advertisers/customers, internal and external users and technologists a must

– Excellent verbal and written communication skills

– Strong leadership and team building skills, including proven ability to work in a matrixed organizational structure

– Excellent written and oral communication, and organizational skills

– Willingness to travel frequently between Northern & Southern California to integrate all product development needs and efforts

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Experience:

– Minimum of 5-7 years as a Product Manager in the software industry, internet based software, GUI expertise preferred.

– Experience in internet hosted software is desired.
Education:

– MBA or graduate degree in information sciences desired.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Please email all resumes to: andym@yahoo-inc.com

Email Subject: Job Code 6897

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