Vice President of Product – Digital Advertising Solutions

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Leads product vision, strategy, and execution for digital advertising solutions. Owns monetization, targeting, and measurement capabilities, aligns cross-functional teams, and delivers ad products that drive revenue and user value while complying with privacy standards.

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Key Responsibilities

Define product vision and multi-year roadmap for ad solutions
Prioritize initiatives using ROI, customer impact, and risk tradeoffs
Partner with engineering, data, and design to deliver scalable ad platforms
Develop monetization, pricing, and packaging strategies for ad products
Ensure privacy, policy, and regulatory compliance across markets
Establish KPIs, instrumentation, and experimentation frameworks
Enable sales and partnerships with go-to-market plans and collateral

Career Progression

Can Lead To

Senior Vice President (SVP) of Product

Chief Product Officer (CPO)

General Manager / Business Unit P&L Leader

Transition Opportunities

Product Strategy Consultant

Corporate Strategy / Corporate Development

Partnerships & Platform Strategy (Adtech)

Founder / Entrepreneur in Adtech or MarTech

Common Skill Gaps

Often Missing Skills

Deep programmatic advertising mechanics (bidding, pacing, yield)Privacy and identity strategy (consent, first‑party data, clean rooms)Ad measurement and attribution design (incrementality, lift, MMM/MTA)Data platform and experimentation at scale (eventing, A/B testing)Monetization and pricing strategy for ad products

Development SuggestionsComplete IAB Tech Lab programmatic coursework and hands-on labs with Google Ad Manager or The Trade Desk; lead a privacy-by-design pilot (CIPP/US prep helpful) and publish a case study showing measurement and monetization impact.

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Salary & Demand

Median Salary Range

Entry Level$180,000–$230,000

Mid Level$230,000–$300,000

Senior Level$300,000–$400,000

Growth Trend

stable - Steady demand in adtech; consolidation and privacy shifts temper growth

Companies Hiring

Major Employers

GoogleAmazonThe Trade Desk

Industry Sectors

TechnologyMarketing & AdvertisingMedia & Entertainment

Recommended Next Steps

Earn CSPO or SAFe Agilist to formalize product leadership practices, then build a sample ad-product roadmap with KPIs and experiment plans

Complete Google Skillshop for Ad Manager and IAB Tech Lab OpenRTB resources; ship a prototype using a clean room (e.g., Snowflake or AWS Clean Rooms)

Join IAB Tech Lab or PRAM working groups; network with adtech PM leaders and request product tear-down feedback on your portfolio