Nextdoor
Principal Product Manager, Ads Delivery & Optimization
$200K–$335K
US Remote +1 · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- US Remote
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 12+ years of product management experience.
About the job
Leads the strategy and execution of advertising delivery and optimization systems, turning advertiser goals into effective campaigns and measurable outcomes.
What you'll do
- Own the roadmap for auctions, bidding, pacing, ranking, conversion optimization, and automation.
- Partner with Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science to set model objectives, run experiments, and deploy and improve systems.
- Build reliable measurement and intuitive advertiser products while balancing advertiser results, revenue, delivery efficiency, and neighbor experience.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of product management experience, including significant experience in advertising technology, marketplace optimization, or ML-driven ranking and delivery systems.
- Deep expertise in ads delivery and optimization, including auctions, bidding, budget pacing, ranking, conversion optimization, attribution, or experimentation.
- Technical fluency and experience partnering with Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science on models, experiments, calibration, serving systems, and platform architecture.
- Experience translating complex ML, automation, and infrastructure capabilities into advertiser products; setting strategy and leading cross-team initiatives.
Nice to have
- Experience with performance advertising, auto-bidding, privacy-constrained attribution, mobile measurement, or ML-powered products at scale.
Pay
$200,000 - $335,000 USD annualized base salary
Tools
Machine Learning, Data Science, ML
AI focus
Uses AI tools as part of the workflow and owns AI-assisted outputs; the role also develops ML-driven optimization systems.
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