Senior Product Manager, Ad Experience & Experiments

ESPN; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ESPN is seeking a Senior Product Manager I for the Ad Platform team based in Glendale, CA. You will drive experimentation programs across viewer experience and monetization, partnering with Data Science and Engineering to translate insights into product improvements.

This role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, measurement of north-star KPIs, and hands-on design of experiments from hypothesis to rollout.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management, data-driven environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with quantitative and qualitative inputs.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics teams.
• Hands-on experience throughout lifecycle including experiment sequencing, treatment/control, and holdout strategy.
• Experience leveraging AI tools for quantitative analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to explain complex results to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Advance and refine ad experience through experimentation and feature optimization.
• Plan and prioritize viewer and supply optimization roadmap by connecting learnings to strategy.
• Own end-to-end launch of experiment initiatives from hypothesis to results interpretation and presentation.
• Partner with Data Science and Analytics to translate business questions into testable designs and clear plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution with Engineering, Operations and Business to ensure timely launches.
• Synthesize experiment results into narratives and recommendations for product and business leaders.
• Help operationalize experimentation processes and tooling to improve velocity and clarity across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to improve lever efficiency, user experience, and monetization outcomes through experimentation.
• Influence prioritization and decision-making across fleets by data-backed recommendations.

Skills

Product management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

ESPN is seeking a Senior Product Manager I for the Ad Platform team based in Glendale, CA. You will drive experimentation programs across viewer experience and monetization, partnering with Data Science and Engineering to translate insights into product improvements.

This role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, measurement of north-star KPIs, and hands-on design of experiments from hypothesis to rollout.