Director of AI-Driven Search Monetization

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 327,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work options

Competitive compensation

Job summary

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

This senior individual contributor role focuses on sponsored search optimization, ad relevance, and new AI-powered advertising concepts, while protecting the user experience. You will partner with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Design, Research, and Business Development to define requirements, prototype, test, and scale innovative ad

Qualifications

• 9+ years of Product Management or equivalent experience in advertising or monetization at scale.
• 5+ years of direct experience with search advertising, sponsored search, or relevant performance advertising products.

Responsibilities

• Own product vision, strategy, roadmap and execution for monetization across Yahoo Search and AI-powered experiences.
• Improve search revenue and RPM while maintaining user experience guardrails and ad quality.
• Optimize ad relevance, ranking, placement, density, and coverage across monetized search experiences.
• Define monetization model and build new ad formats for AI-powered Search (generative/conversational).
• Modernize ad optimization with ranking, machine learning models, experimentation, and platform investments.
• Analyze monetization performance using statistics, marketplace data, and user behavior to prioritize investments.
• Design experiments in complex ad marketplaces and interpret results with constraints.
• Establish success metrics balancing revenue, RPM, advertiser value, and user experience.
• Collaborate with external partners, Eng, DS, Analytics, Design, and Business Development to deliver scaled launches.
• Translate advertiser needs and market trends into product opportunities and strategic roadmaps.

Skills

Product management

Advertising monetization

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical fluency

Job description

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

This senior individual contributor role focuses on sponsored search optimization, ad relevance, and new AI-powered advertising concepts, while protecting the user experience. You will partner with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Design, Research, and Business Development to define requirements, prototype, test, and scale innovative ad