Senior Director, Product Management, Video Ad Platform

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Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.

From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.

 

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to own the end-to-end vision and evolution of Roku’s home-grown Video Ad Platform. This platform powers programmatic advertising across Roku Media and connects supply, demand, data, and ad decisioning into a unified marketplace.

You will define how inventory is represented and managed across Roku surfaces, how external demand systems connect and transact, and how data and signals flow through the platform to enable measurement and optimization. A core responsibility of this role is ensuring interoperability across the advertising ecosystem while maintaining Roku’s ability to innovate and differentiate through its own technology stack.

This role sits at the center of Roku’s programmatic strategy and is responsible for driving a cohesive platform vision that balances advertiser outcomes, viewer experience, and scalable monetization. This role requires deep expertise in video advertising technology and programmatic marketplace design.

For Massachusetts Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $382,600 - $536,250 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off. 

 

What you'll be doing

End-to-end platform ownership 

• Define and drive the multi-year vision for Roku’s Video Ad Platform, spanning supply management, demand connections, ad serving, auction decisioning, and platform data signals.
• Establish platform principles that prioritize extensibility, interoperability, and measurable advertiser outcomes.
• Ensure the platform evolves as a cohesive system rather than a collection of isolated capabilities.

Supply management and publisher media

• Own product strategy for supply management across Roku Media, including inventory governance, eligibility frameworks, packaging, and monetization controls.
• Define how supply enters and is represented within Roku Exchange and related marketplace surfaces.
• Partner with publisher media teams to align platform capabilities with content-level monetization strategies.

Demand connections and ecosystem interoperability

• Define how DSPs, SSPs, ad servers, and measurement partners integrate with Roku’s marketplace.
• Drive scalable integration patterns using industry standards while maintaining platform flexibility and differentiation.
• Own strategy for marketplace connectivity, including open exchange, private marketplace, and programmatic guaranteed frameworks.

Data, signals, and optimization

• Define how identity, contextual signals, and measurement inputs flow through the platform to support optimization and decisioning.
• Establish platform standards for signal quality, governance, and interoperability.
• Partner with engineering and data science to enable scalable optimization frameworks driven by platform data.

Organizational leadership

• Lead and develop a team of senior product managers across core platform domains.
• Set operating frameworks for prioritization, product strategy, and execution consistency.
• Align cross-functional partners across engineering, revenue, operations, privacy, and partnerships.

Executive collaboration and communication

• Translate technical platform strategy into clear business outcomes for executive stakeholders.
• Partner with revenue and go-to-market teams to align platform capabilities with advertiser needs and market trends.
• Communicate tradeoffs and long-term platform direction clearly across the organization.

 

What you need to know

Video ad serving and delivery

• Deep understanding of video ad serving systems, including client-side and server-side ad insertion (CSAI and SSAI).
• Experience with ad decisioning, pod management, fill optimization, and latency tradeoffs in streaming environments.
• Familiarity with VAST standards, wrappers, and video ad render behavior.

Publisher media and supply-side systems

• Experience operating or building publisher-side advertising platforms or supply-side marketplaces.
• Understanding of inventory governance, eligibility rules, and monetization controls.
• Knowledge of how content structure and advertising break design impact monetization outcomes.

Programmatic and marketplace mechanics

• Strong understanding of programmatic advertising workflows, including open exchange, private marketplace, and programmatic guaranteed models.
• Experience with auction mechanics, bid selection logic, and marketplace transparency concepts.
• Ability to translate advertiser and buyer needs into platform capabilities.

oRTB and ecosystem interoperability

• Deep familiarity with oRTB standards and bid request and response design.
• Experience building or evolving API driven integrations across DSPs, SSPs, ad servers, and measurement partners.
• Ability to balance interoperability with platform-level differentiation.

Data, signals, and optimization

• Understanding of identity, contextual signals, and measurement data used in programmatic decisioning.
• Experience applying data signals to platform-level optimization or selection logic.
• Familiarity with privacy and policy considerations related to advertising data flows.

 

We're excited if you have

• 10+ years of product management experience with significant ownership in video advertising or programmatic ad technology platforms.
• Experience owning end-to-end programmatic video platforms, including supply, demand, ad serving, and auction decisioning.
• Demonstrated success leading senior product managers and driving execution across large cross-functional organizations.
• Strong technical fluency with real-time systems, APIs, and large-scale platform architectures.
• Proven ability to define long-term platform vision for internally built advertising technology systems.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.

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Our Hybrid Work Approach

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy.

 

Benefits

Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.

 

Accommodations

Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to EmployeeRelations@Roku.com.

 

The Roku Culture

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV. 

We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002. 

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