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Director of Product Management
CA - San Francisco or NY - New York
Opportunity Overview
Bring your technical and creative genius for managing advertising technology products to work for the game advertising expert that reaches more consumers across the broadest range of demographics and is poised for even more growth!
As Director of Product Management, you will become a transformational force in the evolution of our product portfolio as you unlock the potential of dynamic in-game advertising and drive solutions to help us connect in new ways with our advertiser and developer audiences. Specifically, you will provide direction and vision to an engineering and QA team of close to 20 as you assemble input from both internal and external stakeholders, develop these into new products and product features, write functional-level (not engineer level) specifications, prioritize the development of resources and finally hand off your "blueprint" to our production team in Israel.
Known for creative integrated marketing campaigns, Double Fusion connects brands with audiences through both systematic and custom-designed programs, through the immersive medium of games. Fueled by our award-winning dynamic ad serving technology and a worldwide sales force, we serve both the game publisher and advertiser communities and our integrated marketing solutions continue to inspire Fortune 500 companies to get in the game with groundbreaking advertising campaigns.
What's in It for You
- Influence & impact -- by developing the roadmap and vision for new products in the fastest growing advertising medium today, you will play a key role in driving new revenue streams and shaping the future direction of both our organization and an entire industry.
- Broad visibility -- you will interact with many of our organization's key players -- including global and functional business partners -- providing you with unique insight into our business, and plenty of recognition for your achievements.
- Skills development -- you will flex both your technical and creative muscle as you maximize server-side efficiency and create richer ads that are more user-friendly; this role will offer you a plethora of experiences that can greatly strengthen your development as a Product Management professional.
- Autonomy -- with plenty of support close at hand, we'll encourage you to think creatively and take ownership of your objectives.
- Career development -- as we continue to expand both organically and through acquisition, we are looking for talented team members who can take on larger roles and responsibilities and continue to grow with our organization.
- The best of both worlds -- we're well-funded with financial backing from top-tier venture capital firms including Time Warner and Hearst, and you'll also enjoy the entrepreneurial vigor and intoxicating fast-paced energy of a true start-up environment.
- Excellent compensation -- in addition to a very competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 3-5 years of product management experience within an advertising technology environment.
- Proven ability to understand and communicate technology and market requirements, lead interactive product development discussions, and translate those discussions into functional requirements.
- Ability to express long-term priorities for product lines (that is, to develop product roadmaps).
- Leadership savvy to marshal resources and rally the team.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization through incremental change.
- Solid understanding of budgeting and P&L with the ability to present findings concisely and clearly.
- Basic familiarity with programming.
- Multitasking prowess to handle multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize and complete work within stringent deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to facilitate remote, cross-functional project teams.
Preferred, but not required:
- Experience in advertising or rich media technologies both client and server-side experience is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of games and game development process is a plus.
- International business/cultural exposure, specifically working for an Israeli company is a plus.
More About Your Role
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be based out of our San Francisco office but will travel frequently; you will plan on making about four annual trips to Israel to collaborate with our Production team and also make nationwide trips as needed to meet with meet with key clients.
As you can imagine, this is a hit the ground running type of position and after a short "breaking in" period, we'll expect you to accomplish the following goals:
- Drive the evolution of the product portfolio--identifying the optimal mix of revenue-generating advertising and back-end infrastructure and reporting products based on industry trends -- and ensure that they are well received by diverse stakeholders.
- Coordinate and prioritize strategic product development activities with cross-functional teams (that work remotely) and business partners.
- Stay on top of all product design milestones/deadlines and deliver within budgetary constraints.
In general, your responsibilities are to:
- Evaluate and assess the effectiveness of the current product portfolio; recommend improvements and changes to improve product sales and share performance.
- Identify, evaluate and quantify market potential for product/market opportunities to grow sales, share and profit; recommend strategies/plans; facilitate development, review and approve process.
- Direct and facilitate interactive product innovation, development and planning, including research, analysis and related activities among and between various divisions and functional units for improving existing products and launching new products.
- Lead multifunctional project teams including engineering, technical and product development staff
- Monitor competition, customer trends and market conditions and adjust product plans as necessary to attain product performance and share goals.
Keys to Success
The best and most sustainable innovation occurs where creativity intersects with customer needs and pivotal to your success in this role is your ability to champion new product development ideas and leverage your interpersonal finesse and "emotional" intelligence to influence functional partners and build consensus across departmental lines. You won't be afraid to unleash your creative thinking and plunge boldly where others have not set foot to push us to the next level. Other facets of success are to:
- Adopt a high-energy approach, sense of urgency, and solid focus to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment; you'll collaborate closely with our CEO and complement his creative style as you effectively manage up and optimize use of his time.
- Strike an appropriate balance between high-level strategic thinking and hands-on execution of the implementation details.
- Manage effectively to multiple objectives, looking at issues from many different angles and weighing a range of factors and trade-offs in developing strategies.
- Constantly survey customer needs and competitive landscape to stay abreast of what is new and successful and quickly determine if and how this knowledge can be harnessed at Double Fusion.
- Showcase flexibility as you balance the business & technical components of this role with the relational aspects while at the same time flowing with the many changes we incur as we constantly adjust to meet the needs of our marketplace.
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity for you, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Who We Are
Double Fusion was started in 2004 to develop a powerful in-game content update system that would allow game developers to dynamically change elements of their game. Early on, we recognized that the most powerful use of this tool for game publishers was to serve a wide variety of advertising content into games, and we augmented our in-game tools with powerful back-end systems for advertising campaign management and associated approval and reporting functions.
Double Fusion serves both the game publisher and advertising communities, and we offer different advantages to each group. For publishers, we provide the best and most complete technology, creative and sales solution for adding advertising to their games. And for advertisers, we deliver the widest range of programs and options that meet the advertiser's goals.
We are privately held and headquartered in San Francisco, with R&D based out of Jerusalem, and satellite offices and affiliates in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Shanghai. For more information, please visit www.doublefusion.com.
Opportunity Overview
Bring your technical and creative genius for managing advertising technology products to work for the game advertising expert that reaches more consumers across the broadest range of demographics and is poised for even more growth!
As Director of Product Management, you will become a transformational force in the evolution of our product portfolio as you unlock the potential of dynamic in-game advertising and drive solutions to help us connect in new ways with our advertiser and developer audiences. Specifically, you will provide direction and vision to an engineering and QA team of close to 20 as you assemble input from both internal and external stakeholders, develop these into new products and product features, write functional-level (not engineer level) specifications, prioritize the development of resources and finally hand off your "blueprint" to our production team in Israel.
Known for creative integrated marketing campaigns, Double Fusion connects brands with audiences through both systematic and custom-designed programs, through the immersive medium of games. Fueled by our award-winning dynamic ad serving technology and a worldwide sales force, we serve both the game publisher and advertiser communities and our integrated marketing solutions continue to inspire Fortune 500 companies to get in the game with groundbreaking advertising campaigns.
What's in It for You
- Influence & impact -- by developing the roadmap and vision for new products in the fastest growing advertising medium today, you will play a key role in driving new revenue streams and shaping the future direction of both our organization and an entire industry.
- Broad visibility -- you will interact with many of our organization's key players -- including global and functional business partners -- providing you with unique insight into our business, and plenty of recognition for your achievements.
- Skills development -- you will flex both your technical and creative muscle as you maximize server-side efficiency and create richer ads that are more user-friendly; this role will offer you a plethora of experiences that can greatly strengthen your development as a Product Management professional.
- Autonomy -- with plenty of support close at hand, we'll encourage you to think creatively and take ownership of your objectives.
- Career development -- as we continue to expand both organically and through acquisition, we are looking for talented team members who can take on larger roles and responsibilities and continue to grow with our organization.
- The best of both worlds -- we're well-funded with financial backing from top-tier venture capital firms including Time Warner and Hearst, and you'll also enjoy the entrepreneurial vigor and intoxicating fast-paced energy of a true start-up environment.
- Excellent compensation -- in addition to a very competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 3-5 years of product management experience within an advertising technology environment.
- Proven ability to understand and communicate technology and market requirements, lead interactive product development discussions, and translate those discussions into functional requirements.
- Ability to express long-term priorities for product lines (that is, to develop product roadmaps).
- Leadership savvy to marshal resources and rally the team.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization through incremental change.
- Solid understanding of budgeting and P&L with the ability to present findings concisely and clearly.
- Basic familiarity with programming.
- Multitasking prowess to handle multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize and complete work within stringent deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to facilitate remote, cross-functional project teams.
Preferred, but not required:
- Experience in advertising or rich media technologies both client and server-side experience is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of games and game development process is a plus.
- International business/cultural exposure, specifically working for an Israeli company is a plus.
More About Your Role
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be based out of our San Francisco office but will travel frequently; you will plan on making about four annual trips to Israel to collaborate with our Production team and also make nationwide trips as needed to meet with meet with key clients.
As you can imagine, this is a hit the ground running type of position and after a short "breaking in" period, we'll expect you to accomplish the following goals:
- Drive the evolution of the product portfolio--identifying the optimal mix of revenue-generating advertising and back-end infrastructure and reporting products based on industry trends -- and ensure that they are well received by diverse stakeholders.
- Coordinate and prioritize strategic product development activities with cross-functional teams (that work remotely) and business partners.
- Stay on top of all product design milestones/deadlines and deliver within budgetary constraints.
In general, your responsibilities are to:
- Evaluate and assess the effectiveness of the current product portfolio; recommend improvements and changes to improve product sales and share performance.
- Identify, evaluate and quantify market potential for product/market opportunities to grow sales, share and profit; recommend strategies/plans; facilitate development, review and approve process.
- Direct and facilitate interactive product innovation, development and planning, including research, analysis and related activities among and between various divisions and functional units for improving existing products and launching new products.
- Lead multifunctional project teams including engineering, technical and product development staff
- Monitor competition, customer trends and market conditions and adjust product plans as necessary to attain product performance and share goals.
Keys to Success
The best and most sustainable innovation occurs where creativity intersects with customer needs and pivotal to your success in this role is your ability to champion new product development ideas and leverage your interpersonal finesse and "emotional" intelligence to influence functional partners and build consensus across departmental lines. You won't be afraid to unleash your creative thinking and plunge boldly where others have not set foot to push us to the next level. Other facets of success are to:
- Adopt a high-energy approach, sense of urgency, and solid focus to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment; you'll collaborate closely with our CEO and complement his creative style as you effectively manage up and optimize use of his time.
- Strike an appropriate balance between high-level strategic thinking and hands-on execution of the implementation details.
- Manage effectively to multiple objectives, looking at issues from many different angles and weighing a range of factors and trade-offs in developing strategies.
- Constantly survey customer needs and competitive landscape to stay abreast of what is new and successful and quickly determine if and how this knowledge can be harnessed at Double Fusion.
- Showcase flexibility as you balance the business & technical components of this role with the relational aspects while at the same time flowing with the many changes we incur as we constantly adjust to meet the needs of our marketplace.
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity for you, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Who We Are
Double Fusion was started in 2004 to develop a powerful in-game content update system that would allow game developers to dynamically change elements of their game. Early on, we recognized that the most powerful use of this tool for game publishers was to serve a wide variety of advertising content into games, and we augmented our in-game tools with powerful back-end systems for advertising campaign management and associated approval and reporting functions.
Double Fusion serves both the game publisher and advertising communities, and we offer different advantages to each group. For publishers, we provide the best and most complete technology, creative and sales solution for adding advertising to their games. And for advertisers, we deliver the widest range of programs and options that meet the advertiser's goals.
We are privately held and headquartered in San Francisco, with R&D based out of Jerusalem, and satellite offices and affiliates in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Shanghai. For more information, please visit www.doublefusion.com.
