Global Product Lead: YouTube Ads Monetization & Pricing

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 152,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Global Product Lead for YouTube Monetization and Pricing to architect and scale pricing, bidding, and monetization strategies across global YouTube ad surfaces. You will partner with PM and Engineering to deliver market-leading pricing frameworks and roadmap alignment with executive leadership.

You will shape monetization by building models, coordinating with regional GTM teams, and driving cross-functional execution to maximize advertiser ROI, creator payouts, user

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in advertising, marketing technology, management consulting, or product management.
• 2 years of experience working with Product Management or Engineering teams, executive leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, model, and operationalize global pricing strategies, rate cards, and monetization frameworks across YouTube ad surfaces, balancing inventory yield, advertiser demand, creator payouts, and long-term revenue growth.
• Partner upstream with Product Management and Engineering to define product requirements, feature specifications, and roadmap prioritization for bidding capabilities, ad serving and inventory mechanics, price tooling, and new format structures.
• Optimize marketplace health, auction dynamics, budget utilization, and inventory yield across surfaces to drive advertiser ROI and commercial efficiency.
• Drive commercialization strategy and global go-to-market execution for new ad serving capabilities, bidding features, pricing frameworks, and tooling; establish clear positioning, packaging, commercial guidelines, and seller enablement to ensure rapid market adoption.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Product Management, Engineering, YouTube Organic, GTM, and Sales Leadership, formulating data-backed strategic narratives to secure executive sign-off on major monetization policies and roadmaps.

Skills

Advertising

Marketing tech

Management consulting

Product management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Global Product Lead for YouTube Monetization and Pricing to architect and scale pricing, bidding, and monetization strategies across global YouTube ad surfaces. You will partner with PM and Engineering to deliver market-leading pricing frameworks and roadmap alignment with executive leadership.

You will shape monetization by building models, coordinating with regional GTM teams, and driving cross-functional execution to maximize advertiser ROI, creator payouts, user