Director of Product Management, Moloco
Supply
$240-300k
AI-powered performance advertising solutions
Job no longer available
AI-powered performance advertising solutions
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$240-300k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the scaling engine for the internet economy, applying AI to help businesses of all sizes grow.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of Product Management experience in programmatic adtech, with demonstrated success shaping strategy and leading high-impact product areas at scale
- Deep expertise in the programmatic supply ecosystem, including ad exchanges, SSPs, OpenRTB protocols, auction mechanics, and cross-platform integration
- Extensive hands-on experience with Exchange, SSP, or OpenRTB integrations, owning the partner lifecycle end-to-end
- Strong technical fluency—capable of guiding decisions on supply architecture, ad serving flows, bidder interactions, latency and yield optimization, and OpenRTB integration patterns
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-org alignment, influence senior stakeholders (Directors/VPs), and execute through large engineering teams
- Experience leading complex, multi-year roadmaps in ambiguous, high-velocity environments
Desirable
- 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 ability to identify, negotiate, and scale strategic supply partnerships that generate meaningful business impact
- 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
What the job involves
- Moloco Ads is seeking a seasoned Director of Product Management to lead and scale our global Supply Product organization. This leader will own the multi-year strategy, roadmap, and execution across:
- Supply Exchange & Inventory Integrations: Drive Moloco’s OpenRTB integrations with top-tier third-party supply partners and exchanges, expanding Moloco’s access to high-quality, global, multi-format inventory across gaming and non-gaming verticals
- Lead Moloco’s end-to-end General Supply strategy, including Exchange integrations, OpenRTB supply diversification, publisher onboarding, and supply ecosystem expansion
- Define, evangelize, and deliver a multi-year supply vision that improves supply quality, scalability, integration reliability, and long-term differentiationPartner with and influence a 100+ engineering organization across the US and Korea, setting product direction and ensuring alignment across teams
- Define and scale Moloco’s General Supply strategy, ensuring Moloco Ads becomes a top-tier, diversified, high-performance supply destination
- Own the roadmap, PRDs, and value proposition across Exchange integrations, OpenRTB supply, supply expansion, and integration infrastructure
- Lead strategic and operational execution across engineering, data science, GTM, and regional teams to deliver measurable business impact
- Synthesize complex supply-side and partner data into insights that inform long-term product direction and operational excellence
- Monitor ecosystem shifts—including identity, privacy, bidding mechanics, rendering requirements, and publisher concerns—and translate trends into roadmap decisions
- Drive partner integration strategy, defining how external supply partners integrate with Moloco’s systems to maximize performance and differentiation
Our take
Moloco offers a cutting-edge platform that allows app developers and eCommerce marketplaces to fuel their growth through machine learning-driven advertising. Its suite of tools enables users to fine-tune campaigns, enhance user engagement, and broaden outreach, ultimately boosting profitability.
Positioned as the premier demand-side platform for ad performance across the open internet, Moloco has experienced substantial growth, securing significant funding and achieving Unicorn status in mid-2021. At the core of its Cloud DSP and Retail Media Platform lies a powerful ML engine leveraging deep neural networks (DNNs), facilitating automated, profitable, and scalable growth strategies for marketers.
Continuously evolving its flagship DSP with advanced features, Moloco consistently sets new benchmarks in ad spend. With expansion into retail media and MLaaS offerings, Moloco aims to democratize access to advanced machine learning capabilities for businesses of all sizes.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$150m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$20m
SERIES C
Total funding: $191.6m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness: Competitive health (100% coverage for you), dental, vision and life insurance for you and your family. In addition, enjoy membership to Calm, Headspace, Spring Health, as well as fitness and health reimbursements
- Professional development: $2,500 Learning and Development stipend annually to grow yourself professionally
- Food and snacks: Enjoy lunch on us. We bring lunch in for employees everyday, In addition, our kitchens are filled with healthy snacks and beverages for you to enjoy
- Paid parental leave: Our parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers have you covered when you welcome a new child into your family
- Unlimited vacation: We encourage team members to take time off to relax and recharge with our flexible paid time off policy. We also offer leave time for various reasons
- Financial benefits: We provide equity and generous retirement benefits that help you prepare for your future. In addition, home office setup and phone, internet and transportation reimbursements
Company HQ
Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Ikkjin Ahn
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Software Engineer at O1 and Humanex, before spending 2 years at YouTube and 3 at Google.
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