Product Manager, Spotify
AdTech
$112.3-160.4k
+ Equity
More information about location
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$112.3-160.4k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a passionate and experienced Product Manager to help build and scale our ad systems at Spotify
- You have 3+ years of experience driving technical products, and can show the impact of the products you have shipped
- You have worked on platform-related products that serve a diverse set of customers
- You have a technical understanding of how to build products that scale
- You have experience or an interest in advertising products and how they impact business value and user experience
- You care deeply about the user experience and have extensive knowledge in design principles, UX, quantitative and qualitative research
- You can synthesize a strategy, build a product roadmap, and are dedicated at executing to achieve your business goals
- You are comfortable facilitating planning and decision-making across several teams, including partners, and know how to encourage and empower teams to get things done
- You have sound business judgment as well as ability to analyze qualitatively, quantitatively, problem-solve, and prioritize
- You have strong written and oral communications skills, and can clearly communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
What the job involves
- Our mission in the Ad Performance Platform team is to build a next generation advertising platform that drives outcomes for hundreds of thousands of advertisers while creating a relevant ad experience for hundreds of millions of fans
- In this role, you’ll own the roadmap for improving the Spotify Ad Server and developing new features to delight advertisers and users
- This work is crucial to meeting our ambitious goals as an ad-supported platform and has a direct impact on revenue
- You’ll work with a diverse group of collaborators and stakeholders across R&D and business teams, including partner teams focused on booking, audiences, targeting and optimization, and measurement and reporting
- Your work is critical to the success of ads at Spotify and one of the highest investment areas for Ads R&D, requiring frequent communication with leadership and the ability to navigate ambiguity and diverse stakeholder needs
- Own the team level roadmap for the Spotify Ad Server, with a focus on targeting and data architecture
- Work cross-functionally with backend engineers, ML engineers, data scientists, product marketing, and PMs across the Ads team to identify and deliver on products that drive revenue and improve the user experience
- Create products which scale our ad platform
- Create a healthy and productive environment in your team through honesty, accountability, empathy, and inclusivity
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
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Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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