Director, AI-Powered Search Monetization (Hybrid)

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Champaign (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 327,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Healthcare benefits

401k

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking a Director of Product Management, Search Monetization, to own monetization strategy for Yahoo Search.

This senior IC role focuses on improving ad relevance, RPM, and revenue while protecting user experience across traditional results and AI-powered experiences like Scout. You will partner with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Design, and external partners to define requirements, test new ad formats, and scale monetization across marketplaces.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of Product Management or equivalent experience in monetization.
• 5+ years of direct experience with search advertising and monetization.
• Proven ability to optimize at scale with data-driven decisions.
• Experience with programmatic advertising marketplaces and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution for monetization across Yahoo Search.
• Drive improvements in Search revenue and RPM while maintaining user experience guardrails and ad quality.
• Optimize sponsored search across relevance, ranking, placement, density, and query coverage.
• Define and build scalable monetization models for Scout and AI-powered Search experiences.
• Modernize ad optimization by partnering with Engineering and Data Science on ranking systems and experimentation capabilities.
• Develop understanding of monetization performance using statistics, marketplace data, and user behavior.
• Design experiments in complex advertising environments and interpret results.
• Establish success metrics balancing revenue, RPM, advertiser value, and user experience.
• Collaborate with partners and cross-functional teams to launch new experiences.
• Translate advertiser needs and market trends into opportunities and roadmap.

Skills

Product management

Search advertising

Data analysis

A/B testing

Statistical analysis

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking a Director of Product Management, Search Monetization, to own monetization strategy for Yahoo Search.

This senior IC role focuses on improving ad relevance, RPM, and revenue while protecting user experience across traditional results and AI-powered experiences like Scout. You will partner with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Design, and external partners to define requirements, test new ad formats, and scale monetization across marketplaces.