Product Manager, Ad Sales Execution

Compensation: USD 120,000 - USD 150,000 per year

Job Description
The Product Manager will oversee the product lifecycle for technology that supports the execution of ad sales and marketing campaigns across Versant’s inventory. This role will understand and drive best practices across ad sales and marketing delivery workflows, strategically converge linear and digital campaign execution to drive revenue, and provide a pristine experience for Versant’s customers. The role partners closely with Product and Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Programming & Operations teams to deliver company strategies.

Responsibilities

Maintain a strong relationship with the user base, ensuring customer satisfaction during all interactions.

Understand the operational workflow to deliver linear logs to broadcast, from traffic and scheduling down to reconciling what went to air.

Serve as subject‑matter expert on how applications in the content supply chain integrate with ad sales and marketing tools.

Drive thought leadership and strategic direction on existing products, aligning to a destination architecture and rationalizing legacy capabilities.

Develop multi‑year product roadmaps with accountability to short‑term, mid‑term, and long‑term execution and deliverables.

Build highly reliable, available, scalable, and performant products; continuously measure and monitor KPIs to drive improvement to the development process and run state of all products.

Translate business requirements into technical product strategies, specifications, and designs.

Work with a ticketing system to track, categorize, prioritize, and communicate status to the business.

Identify and manage defects, working with vendors and engineering teams to resolve and implement solutions.

Understand how issues impact the business and elevate critical issues when necessary.

Identify new opportunities and services to enhance the systems platform and drive productivity/efficiency.

Support and troubleshoot issues, identify root causes, and proactively implement sustainable corrective actions.

Provide systems support to meet established SLAs during business hours, with occasional evenings and weekends as needed and during special events.

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience in Ad Sales, traffic, promo scheduling or an equivalent role.

System experience in Ad Sales pitch‑to‑pay stack and marketing execution platforms.

Self‑starter with a strong sense of ownership, initiative, and the ability to move work forward independently.

Curious and innovative mindset to streamline processes and automate where possible.

Proven track record of team project execution and systems implementations.

Project management and prioritization skill sets.

Effective balance of collaboration and decisiveness, avoiding analysis paralysis and over‑architecting while exhibiting productive listening and partnership.

Strong knowledge of the pitch‑to‑pay lifecycle including sales planning, order fulfillment, inventory, ad operations, trafficking, order optimization, pacing and delivery reconciliation.

Technical background – experience setting up system integrations, troubleshooting ad tech issues, and system configuration.

Experience within a media company is a huge plus.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Additional Requirements

This role will require intermittent on‑site collaboration. Limited travel ( This role is primarily based in NJ with flexibility to work in the HQ office as needed. We offer free shuttles to the Englewood Cliffs office from Manhattan (East & West Side), Brooklyn, Jersey City/Hoboken, and Newark/Secaucus station.

EEO Statement
VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

For LA County and City Residents Only: VERSANT Media will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

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