Yahoo Holdings - Champaign, IL
posted 26 days ago
Full-time - Senior
Champaign, IL
About the position
The Director of Product Management at Yahoo will lead a team focused on enhancing Yahoo's performance marketing business and its supporting technology platforms. This role involves coaching and developing product managers, driving product strategy, and improving data reporting capabilities to enhance usability and accessibility. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in digital publishing, direct marketing, e-commerce, and affiliate marketing, and will be a motivated leader with a passion for continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Develop and mentor a team of Product Managers, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.
- Drive the product strategy and vision, ensuring alignment with the broader organizational goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to bring products to market.
- Lead the planning, design, and execution of product initiatives, ensuring they meet user needs and business objectives.
- Be an outstanding communicator, capable of articulating a compelling product vision and motivating the team towards its execution.
- Own the product roadmap, schedule, and metrics, ensuring transparency and accountability across the team.
- Drive innovation by encouraging the team to envision and create solutions that meet the needs of our users and customers.
- Establish and maintain robust processes for product management practices, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and organizational objectives.
- Serve as a key strategic advisor to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations on product and market strategy.
- Leverage data and analytics to inform product strategy and decision-making, utilizing platforms like Looker or Looker Studio to derive actionable insights.
- Collaborate with the platform Data Engineering and Revenue data teams to optimize data transfer, governance, and utilization across Yahoo's data ecosystem.
- Drive the adoption and effective use of Looker within the product management team, ensuring that data-driven decision-making is at the core of product development processes.
- Conduct comprehensive market research to identify emerging trends, customer needs, and potential product innovation and improvement opportunities.
- Perform in-depth competitive analysis to understand market dynamics, competitor strategies, and positioning.
- Develop and refine business strategies based on insights gained from market research and competitive analysis, ensuring alignment with Yahoo's overall objectives and market positioning.
- Utilize advanced analytics frameworks for competitive analysis, focusing on external trends and our competitors' actions/strategies to provide actionable ideas for product differentiation and leadership.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product management within the performance marketing industry.
- Proven leadership skills with experience in coaching and developing teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data for decision-making.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Experience with data reporting tools, preferably Looker or Looker Studio.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in digital publishing, direct marketing, e-commerce, and affiliate marketing is strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- 401k retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- Flexible scheduling options
- Professional development opportunities
