Group Product Manager, Moloco Ads - Supply

About Moloco:

Moloco is a machine learning company empowering organizations of all sizes to grow and unlock the full value of their unique first-party data, elevating the traditional path to performance advertising. While the largest technology companies have proven the speed and scale of ad-targeting utilizing data— the same robust performance powered by machine learning has previously been unavailable beyond their platforms. 

That's where Moloco steps in. With Moloco's powerful combination of cutting-edge machine learning technologies, we play a unique and visible role in shaping the digital economy, all while allowing companies to stay independent and scale.

An industry leader at the nexus of machine learning, performance marketing, and visionary product infrastructure, Moloco is advancing the advertising technology industry. We ranked in the top 10% of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies for 2023. Recognized as one of 46 leading Cloud Computing companies, receiving the Stratus Award for 2023. In 2023, we received Google’s Cloud DevOps Dreamers Award, a recognition given to companies that are implementing DevOps practices to drive organizational success and high performance. Lastly, Moloco is a 2024-certified Great Place to Work! Check us out on Glassdoor and be sure to get an inside look at working at Moloco on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Berlin, Seoul, Singapore, Beijing, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.

Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging will allow us the greatest opportunity to carry out our mission -- to empower businesses of all sizes to grow through operational machine learning.

Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!

The Opportunity: 

• We are looking for a seasoned Group Product Manager to lead two critical areas for Moloco Ads
• Supply Exchange & Inventory Integrations: Drive Moloco’s OpenRTB integrations with third-party supply partners and exchanges, expanding our access to high-quality, scalable inventory across gaming and non-gaming verticals
• Invalid Traffic & Fraud Mitigation: Own the strategy and roadmap for detecting and preventing invalid traffic (IVT), ensuring the integrity of Moloco’s supply, and protecting advertiser ROI
• Expand our supply footprint in the adtech ecosystem across gaming categories and beyond
• Supporting a team of 100+ engineers across US and Korea

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in product management related to programmatic adtech
• Programmatic adtech ecosystem expertise: In-depth understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem, with a specific focus on the supply side.
• Deep understanding of the programmatic supply ecosystem, including how ad exchanges operate, OpenRTB standards, and how SSPs connect to DSPs
• Prior experience owning integrations with external exchanges, SSPs, or SDK-based inventory
• Familiarity with Invalid Traffic (IVT) detection methodologies and fraud prevention strategies in programmatic buying

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related technical or analytical field
• Deep understanding of publisher business models and monetization needs, including their concerns around ad fraud and the tools commonly used for mitigation
• Strong market analysis skills to identify competitive advantages, emerging technologies, and supply-side trends—particularly around evolving fraud tactics (e.g., SIVT, domain spoofing, ad stacking, click farms) and anti-fraud solutions
• In-depth knowledge of Supply-Side Platforms (SSPs): their core functionality, technical architecture, and competitive landscape
• Demonstrated success in identifying, negotiating, and managing strategic partnerships that drive meaningful business growth
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional execution in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, aligning stakeholders and partnering with global teams across GTM and roadmap cycles.
• Expertise in Header Bidding and Server-to-Server (S2S) Bidding, with a strong understanding of implementation tradeoffs, yield optimization, and latency management
• Familiarity with publisher-side ad servers: key integration points, targeting logic, and impression delivery mechanics
• Hands-on experience with integrations and partner-facing APIs, including defining requirements for interoperability with DSPs, exchanges, ad networks, DMPs, and other adtech partners
• Deep knowledge of supply-side performance metrics such as fill rate, eCPM, latency, bid density, impression opportunities, and unique users—and how to optimize for them
• Technical understanding of ad serving mechanics: from ad request to creative rendering

The Impact You'll Be Contributing to Moloco:

• Define/refine product roadmap, product requirements, and customer value propositions 
• Build and launch critical features and functionalities that deliver high-performance and delightful user experiences to customers and their stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive rapid and high-quality product development and impactful business outcomes
• Synthesize large amounts of internal and external data from multiple sources to derive product insights, informing product strategy and operations
• Stay on top of User Privacy trends in the adtech industry, including competitors, and surface new product offerings and positioning ideas
• Troubleshoot day-to-day internal/external operational roadblocks
• Define partnership integration requirements, ensuring that partner solutions enhance the value proposition of our products and meet customer needs

Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:

We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives. For an overview of our global benefits, click here. 

Moloco Values

• Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success. 
• Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible. 
• Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value. 
• Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail. 

Additional Resources: 

• Moloco Company Blog 
• Moloco Leadership
• Moloco Newsroom 

Equal Opportunity: 

Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression, and gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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