Product Manager (Technical)

Blis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital advertising firm in the UK is seeking a Product Manager to guide both technical and strategic aspects of their Demand Side Platform. You will lead product lifecycle management while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure successful product launches. Strong analytical, technical, and strategic skills are essential. This full-time position offers flexibility in remote work and occasional in-person meetings. Join a passionate team dedicated to client satisfaction and innovation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with in-market DSPs.
• Experience as a product manager in a tech environment.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to create clear product requirements and wireframes.

Responsibilities

• Manage product lifecycle from concept to launch.
• Conduct market research to identify improvement areas.
• Engage with stakeholders for transparency in planning.
• Drive a Lean Development culture.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical knowledge of DSPs

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Tools

Trade Desk

DV360

SQL

Job description

Product Manager (Technical)

London / UK Based

We’re seeking an amazing Product Manager with strong analytical, technical, and strategic skills to join our customer-obsessed product team. You will lead the roadmap and development plans for both our internal and external-facing Demand Side Platform (DSP), working closely with our internal operations & engineering teams and client trading teams.

This is a hands-on role covering both tactics and high-level strategy and you’ll help set the vision for our DSP platform, where we’re going and drive the plans for how we get there. You do this by balancing detail orientation, pragmatism, and a thirst for boldness and making a difference. You’ll get to work with people across and outside the business, at all levels of seniority, and you’ll quickly grow to being a respected and invaluable member of the Blis team. You’ll make decisions based on market and customer research, stakeholder feedback, operational data, and, of course, your own experience and intuition. You will serve as the CEO of your area, bridging the gaps across all departments involved in a successful product launch. You’ll love telling stories with data and finding new ways to delight people with our products.

This is a full-time position based in the United Kingdom. We’ve embraced flexible working and expect this to continue indefinitely, but occasional team or client meetings will be required in either London or Edinburgh. We expect this to be on the order of once a month or less.

The role and key responsibilities

• Full lifecycle product management, from concept to commercialisation
• Research and synthesise data from sources across Blis, the industry, our competitors, our markets, and our customers to identify gaps, trends, and opportunities for DSP improvements
• Assess current and upcoming competitor DSP offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation and key positioning
• Translate opportunities into plans, plans into actions, and actions into results
• Work transparently with stakeholders to ensure they understand and have a voice into planning and implementation
• Perform high-level, light-touch project management across multiple execution teams, including engineering, marketing, and sales
• Drive a Lean Development culture and ensure that we operate efficiently and effectively

Requirements

• Knowledge & hands‑on experience of working with in‑market DSPs such as Trade Desk, DV360 etc
• Some experience working as a product manager or with product management teams in a technology business
• Capability for operating with complex technical products in a complex, fast‑moving industry
• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Deep track record of creating clear, concise, appropriate, and informed product requirements, expressed as wireframes and product specifications
• Ability to work closely with engineering teams to understand solutions, timelines, and resourcing requirements
• Familiarity with statistics and the statistical analysis of data

Desirable skills & Experience

• Hands‑on familiarity with operating advertising platforms
• Comfort with SQL and related technologies for accessing and analysing data (optional)

Blis Values - B.L.I.S.

Brave

We're leaders not followers

An innovation and growth mindset helps us solve everyday challenges and achieve breakthroughs. Our passion drives us to innovate. We don’t see barriers, just possibilities.

We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable for outcomes, good and bad – and we don’t pass the buck.

Love our clients

We're client obsessed

We do what we say and build trusted relationships with our partners for the long term. We act with integrity. We put our clients at the center of our business. We obsess over the best insights, ideas and solutions to deliver WOW and work with honesty and accountability to get it done.

Inclusive

We're one team

We are empathetic and embrace diversity. Everyone has a voice and can bring their authentic self to work. We care about and support each other – with humility and good humor. Mutual respect and wellbeing are key. We strive to eliminate bias and be open and transparent.

Solutions driven

We're action oriented

Speed matters in business, so we're solution-driven and action-oriented. We value simplification and calculated risk taking. We are lean, agile and resourceful self-starters. We collaborate and break silos, working thoughtfully and with urgency to solve problems, while learning from mistakes and celebrating wins.

If this looks like the perfect fit for you or if you just want to have a conversation, please apply and we will get back to you as quickly as possible!