Principal Product Manager (Advertising)

About the role

Join Wunderkind as a Principal Product Manager, where you will own the end-to-end product strategy, roadmap, and execution for our next-generation advertising offerings. You will define the vision and strategy for Wunderkind ads, partner with various teams to bring differentiated ad solutions to market, and act as the internal and external thought leader for advertising. This high-visibility role reports directly to the VP of Product and will shape a key strategic pillar of the company's growth in 2026 and beyond. Key missions: Définir la vision et la stratégie pour les publicités Wunderkind, y compris les formats d'annonces, le ciblage, la mesure et l'optimisation.. Collaborer avec les équipes d'ingénierie, de science des données, de vente et de succès client pour commercialiser des solutions publicitaires différenciées.. Agir en tant que leader d'opinion interne et externe pour la publicité, en façonnant notre point de vue et en représentant Wunderkind auprès des clients et des partenaires. Profile: - Experience integrating with: - An ad tech company (DSP, SSP, platform, or publisher) - Delivering products that show clear, quantifiable business impact - Identity partners, clean rooms, or measurement providers - Major inventory sources and streaming platforms - 10+ years in product management, with significant time in programmatic & advertising technology - Experience at: - Owning product strategy and roadmap for a complex, multi-stakeholder product - Proven track record of: - Driving 0→1 and 1→N product development, not just incremental feature work - Deep ad tech fluency – you understand how impressions get bought/sold, how identity works in ads, the role of clean rooms, and what makes targeting/measurement actually work - AI literacy - you orchestrate and build AI systems that elevate how you work - Strong product judgment – you can quickly cut through noise, identify what matters, and make hard tradeoffs - Analytical and data-driven – comfortable with experimentation, measurement, and digging into metrics with data teams - Excellent communicator – you can move seamlessly between executive-level storytelling, technical depth with engineering, and practical value framing for sales and clients - Highly collaborative – you bring people along, listen well, and can drive alignment across product, engineering, and GTM - Bias to action – you are comfortable making decisions with imperfect information and iterating quickly - Background working with AI/ML optimization in bidding, pacing, or creative decisioning