Product Manager - Ads Data Platforms

Product Manager - Ads Data Platforms

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

A Little About Us

The Ads Data Platform team at Yahoo provides a robust backbone to run Yahoo DSP,  including serving, targeting, billing and reporting, measurement, insights, and more. We contribute to Yahoo DSP's success and help deliver hundreds of billions of ads across the world every year. As part of the Ads Data platforms team, we are responsible for managing data pipelines, data lakes, internal reporting and conversion attribution products.

We are looking for a Product Manager to manage the roadmap and execution of Ads Data Platforms engineering teams and cross functional feature development with other product managers, business stakeholders and engineering teams. 

Role is open to applicants in Ireland. 

A Little About You

• Comfortable with Ambiguity: You are curious and proactive, excited to dive into new, unstructured problems. You enjoy figuring things out, even when clear answers aren’t obvious, and you’re eager to learn how industries adapt to evolving technology, threat detection, and compliance needs.

• Tech-Savvy and Eager to Learn: You are naturally curious about technology trends and competitor strategies. You’re excited to work closely with engineers and business stakeholders, translating business and product needs into clear technical requirements.

• Data-Driven Mindset: You are developing strong analytical skills and have some experience working with data (e.g., writing basic queries). You enjoy digging into data to uncover insights and support decision-making.

• Collaborative by Nature: You are comfortable working with cross-functional teams across different time zones and backgrounds. You value building consensus, seeking feedback, and contributing to a team's success.

• Clear Communicator: You can explain complex ideas simply and clearly. You’re learning to tailor your communication depending on whether your audience is technical or business-focused.

Your Responsibilities

• Support Product Requirements: Assist senior product managers in defining product requirements, user stories, and roadmaps, collaborating closely across product, engineering, and business teams.

• Participate in Agile Development: Work alongside engineering teams using Agile practices to help deliver high-quality features and improvements.

• Collaborate with Engineers: Help translate business needs into technical specifications, and learn about backend systems, data flows, and trade-offs.

• Ensure Data Quality and Compliance: Partner with data governance teams to maintain data integrity, security, and compliance across reporting and analytics products.

• Support Analytics Initiatives: Assist in the creation and monitoring of dashboards and reporting solutions, helping drive actionable insights for internal stakeholders.

• Conduct User Research: Gather feedback from users to identify pain points and opportunities for improving data products.

• Assist with Go-to-Market: Coordinate with internal teams (e.g., Legal, Policy, Documentation) to support product launches and feature rollouts.

• Track Metrics and KPIs: Monitor product performance, identify improvement areas, and align features with business goals and success metrics.

 Requirements

• 1–2 years of experience in product management, data management, business analysis, or a related field.

• Foundational understanding of data concepts (e.g., data lakes, ETL, data warehousing).

• Basic familiarity with reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and interest in learning more.

• Strong problem-solving skills with a willingness to take initiative and learn independently.

• Interest in backend systems, data processing, and analytics products

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

• Organized and detail-oriented, with an ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.

• Exposure to Agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban is a plus.

• A broad understanding of web and application technologies; exposure to adtech or data products is a plus but not required.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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