Product Strategy & Operations Lead, Ad Performance

Roku; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity awards

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading digital streaming company is looking for a PSO Lead in Boston, MA. The ideal candidate will drive product strategy for performance advertising through market analysis and collaboration across teams. Responsibilities include developing frameworks for product growth and operational readiness for new advertising products. The role demands strong analytical and communication skills and offers a hybrid work environment along with comprehensive benefits. Salary is estimated between $130,000 - $170,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in strategy, operations, or performance marketing, ideally in digital advertising.
• Strong systems thinker with capability to scale processes and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Proven track record of growth in prior roles with increasing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain product strategy for performance advertising portfolio.
• Analyze systems and workflows to identify gaps and propose scalable solutions.
• Partner with various teams to unblock revenue opportunities.

Skills

Performance advertising experience

Market analysis

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

About the team

Ad Product Strategy & Operations (PS&O) is a hybrid strategy and execution function within Roku’s Ad Product organization. We partner with product managers and cross‑functional teams to accelerate decision‑making, ensure launch readiness, and operationalize product strategy across Roku’s advertising portfolio. The team sits at the intersection of product development and business enablement. Our focus is on driving clarity, scalability, and alignment across initiatives, from roadmap planning through launch execution. We also collaborate closely with commercialization partners to ensure new products and solutions are brought to market effectively.

About the role

We're looking for a PS&O Lead with a performance advertising background to drive product strategy through market analysis, competitive intelligence, and go‑to‑market execution for Roku's growing performance advertising business. You'll develop and operationalize scalable frameworks to unlock revenue growth across our performance and growth advertising portfolio, ensuring tight alignment across product, sales, and legal teams. You'll act as a key strategic partner bridging product development with business enablement, identifying systemic roadblocks, workflow inefficiencies, and operational gaps that stand between our roadmap and the market.

The ideal candidate has built or scaled performance advertising products in a digital platform environment. You've worked across outcome‑based buying systems: cost‑per‑action bidding, conversion optimization, audience targeting, measurement and attribution, and the feedback loops that make performance campaigns work at scale. You understand how growth marketers evaluate platforms, what drives adoption of new buying products, and how to translate complex ad tech into something a sales team can confidently sell. This is a high‑visibility, high‑impact role. You'll operate with autonomy, move fast, and own the commercialization and triage work that determines whether Roku's performance advertising platform becomes a must‑buy for growth marketers.

For Massachusetts Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $130,000 - $170,000 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and maintain product strategy for Roku’s performance advertising portfolio, ensuring market dynamics, buyer needs, and business objectives are reflected in roadmaps and prioritization.
• Analyze systems, workflows, and dependencies across ad delivery, bidding, targeting, forecasting, and measurement to identify gaps and propose scalable solutions.
• Partner with Product Management, Ad Sales, Operations, and Legal to unblock revenue opportunities and scale team readiness to sell and support performance buying products by addressing compliance, operational, and go‑to‑market challenges.
• Establish frameworks for scaling across Roku’s direct channels, including Home Screen and native surfaces, and our in‑stream video ads businesses.
• Serve as the directly responsible individual for performance advertising GTM initiatives, ensuring cross‑functional teams are aligned, accountable, and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Own the operational readiness and launch execution for new performance buying products, ensuring Ad Sales teams are equipped to support advertisers from day one.

We’re excited if you have

• 4+ years of experience in strategy and operations, growth or performance marketing, or equivalent practical experience, ideally within digital advertising.
• Experience managing performance budgets with an understanding of how decisions are made for budget and optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to shape product strategy through market analysis, competitive insights, and cross‑functional alignment.
• Strong systems thinker with a proven ability to scale operational processes and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills, highly analytical, detail‑oriented.
• Strong experience using AI to increase productivity in research, developing presentations and briefing documents, financial analysis, and other professional tasks.
• Proven track record of growth and progression in prior roles, reflecting strong performance and increasing responsibility.

Our Hybrid Work Approach

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in‑office policy.

Benefits

Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits may include statutory and voluntary benefits such as healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance evolving work and life needs. Not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role; consult with your recruiter for details specific to your location.

Accommodations

Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, direct your inquiries to [e-mail].