$150K - 220K a year
Lead the product vision, roadmap, and execution for yield optimization and monetization platforms, driving revenue growth and collaborating across engineering, data science, and commercial teams.
Extensive experience in product leadership with deep knowledge of auction dynamics, mediation, in-app bidding, revenue optimization, team management, and strategic stakeholder influence.
Overview We are seeking a seasoned Product Leader to lead the design and evolution of our Yield Engine—the core driver of optimization and monetization across our rewards and advertising platforms. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of product, data, and engineering, with direct influence on P&L performance. Prodege A cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform, Prodege has charted a course of innovation in the evolving technology landscape by helping leading brands, marketers, and agencies uncover the answers to their business questions, acquire new customers, increase revenue, and drive brand loyalty & product adoption. Bolstered by a major investment by Great Hill Partners in Q4 2021 and strategic acquisitions of Pollfish, BitBurst & AdGate Media in 2022, Prodege looks forward to more growth and innovation to empower our partners to gather meaningful, rich insights and better market to their target audiences. As an organization, we go the extra mile to “Create Rewarding Moments” every day for our partners, consumers, and team. Come join us today! • **Seeking a highly qualified Management Level candidate. this role can operate remotely from anywhere in the continental US with a preference in the California. *** Primary Objectives • Roadmap Ownership & Execution: Define, prioritize, and deliver the product roadmap for yield optimization initiatives. • Revenue & P&L Impact: Drive measurable revenue uplift by aligning product features and strategy with financial outcomes. • Auction & Mediation Expertise: Apply deep knowledge of mediation, in-app bidding, and auction dynamics to optimize platform performance. • Stakeholder Influence & Collaboration: Partner with executives, engineering, data science, sales, and account management teams to align product strategy with business goals. • Vision & Delivery Balance: Set a long-term product vision while ensuring delivery of near-term milestones. • Market & Competitive Insight: Stay ahead of industry trends and competitor moves to maintain product differentiation. Qualifications - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Detailed Job Duties • Own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for the Yield Engine, aligning closely with business, data science, and engineering teams. • Drive innovation in mediation, in-app bidding, dynamic auctions, and pricing models to maximize yield and advertiser ROI. • Define and prioritize product initiatives that directly tie to revenue outcomes and margin expansion. • Partner with ML and BI teams to build data-driven optimization models and define clear success metrics. • Deliver incremental value through MVPs and agile releases, while balancing long-term vision with short-term wins. • Collaborate with commercial and marketing teams to ensure product capabilities align with market demand and partner needs. • Act as the voice of yield optimization across the organization, educating stakeholders and influencing executive decisions. Additional Management Responsibilities • Performance Management: setting and managing goals, on-going coaching, corrective action, annual reviews, rewards/recognition, and team/individual development • Employee Life Cycle Management: headcount forecasting, job descriptions, recruiting/hiring, termination • Governance: ensuring compliance to company policy/practice (e.g. attendance, behavior, workplace attire), ensuring compliance to employment law (e.g. time keeping, anti-harassment and diversity) • Leadership: ensures availability to staff, team building, building rapport with individuals, encouraging strong collaborative relationships between individuals and departments, facilitating a healthy work/life mix, solicits and applies feedback (internal and external to team), self-improvement as a leader/manager of people • Culture Ambassador: proactively demonstrate and cultivate a culture of cooperative collaboration, strong work ethic, solutions-orientation, quality focus, results-orientation, relaxed/enjoyable atmosphere, team- and individual- celebration, and company/product pride What does SUCCESS look like? Success in this role is defined by the ability to deliver innovative yield optimization solutions that directly drive revenue growth and profitability. A successful Director will consistently align product initiatives with business outcomes, balance strategic vision with tactical execution, and influence cross-functional teams to deliver at scale. They will establish Prodege as a leader in auction-based monetization, achieving measurable improvements in efficiency, scalability, and client satisfaction.
This job posting was last updated on 9/17/2025