Lead Product Manager

DT; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Turbine is seeking a strategic Lead Product Manager to guide the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. This role collaborates with Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, and Support to deliver high-quality, innovative products and drive business growth.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in Product Management, with at least 2 years in leadership, and experience in Android product development. Ad Tech or carrier experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Vision: Lead product vision, strategy and roadmap based on customer needs and market trends.
• Product Development: Oversee lifecycle from ideation to launch and iteration, including documentation.
• Customer Insight: Gather requirements via sales/marketing, translate into user stories.
• Team Leadership: Mentor Product Managers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Financial & Resource Management: Monitor budget and product profitability.

Job description

At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem.

Please note that Digital Turbine is a hybrid work environment-only candidates local to the posting location will be considered.

We are searching for a strategic and customer-focused Lead Product Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and innovative products that meet user needs and drive business growth.

About The Lead Product Manager

Strategy & Vision

• Develop and articulate compelling product vision and strategy based on customer needs, market trends, and competitive analysis
• Lead the development and execution of the product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements in alignment with business goals
• Drive development teams in building new solutions and platforms or enhancing existing ones with added features or integrations

Product Development & Lifecycle Management

• Oversee the full product lifecycle, from ideation to development, launch, and iteration
• Write and review documentation and deliverables such as PRDs, Solution Design Documents, Interface Specifications, Stories, Tasks, and IRDs
• Actively engage in key product development sessions, including Architecture Reviews Agile Ceremonies / Iterations, Code and Workflow Reviews, Development QA Cycles and Launch Prep for General Availability (GA)
• Manage post-launch analytics, metric performance reviews, reporting insights, and upkeep

Customer Insight & Market Analysis

• Address client challenges tied to post-release solutions
• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to gather and prioritize customer requirements and needs, translating them into detailed product specifications and user stories
• Engage with external partners and stakeholders to align product development with market needs
• Conduct comprehensive market research and customer analysis to identify opportunities and threats

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and mentor a team of Product Managers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment
• Work closely with Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support to ensure successful product development and launch
• Communicate product strategy, roadmap, and progress to internal stakeholders, including executive leadership

Financial & Resource Management

• Develop and manage the product budget, ensuring resource allocation aligns with strategic priorities
• Monitor and analyze product profitability and performance to inform future investment decisions

About You As The Lead Product Manager

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master’s or MBA preferred
• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, with a minimum of 2 years in a leadership role
• Demonstrated experience in leading Android product development from ideation to launch
• Ad Tech or carrier experience is highly preferred
• Strong understanding of market research, data analysis, and financial modeling
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence without formal authority
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Proficient in product management software and tools

About Digital Turbine

Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.

The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets.

We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024.

Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators.

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