Director, Product Management, Search Monetization
Core
Own product strategy and execution for advertising monetization across Yahoo Search, including traditional results pages and emerging AI-powered experiences like Scout.
Role type
Senior individual contributor product director (search monetization)
Builds
Scaled advertising experiences, new monetization models for AI-powered search, and commercial features for generative/conversational interactions
Domain
Internet search, advertising technology, machine learning, marketplace dynamics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Product strategy and roadmap execution, sponsored search optimization, ad relevance and ranking, marketplace dynamics, statistical analysis and experimentation, technical fluency with ML models and decisioning systems, balancing monetization with user experience
Preferred skills
Monetization for large-scale consumer search/commerce/marketplace, ML-powered ad products, new ad formats for AI/generative experiences, cross-partner ecosystem management, advertiser economics and auction dynamics
Technologies
Machine learning models, ranking and decisioning systems, experimentation frameworks, data pipelines
Responsibilities
Define product vision and roadmap for search monetization; drive revenue and RPM improvements while maintaining UX guardrails; optimize sponsored search levers (relevance, placement, density); build scalable monetization models for AI search; partner with Engineering and Data Science on optimization; analyze marketplace data and experiments; establish success metrics; collaborate with external partners and internal teams; communicate strategy and tradeoffs to senior leaders
Seniority
Director, hands-on senior IC
