Staff Product Manager, Ads Product - App Ads

Snap Snap · Consumer · Palo Alto, CA +4

Product Manager for Snap's App Acquisition advertising business, focusing on strategy, roadmap, and growth. The role involves navigating privacy changes, partnering with MMPs, and optimizing ad performance using ML-based or signal-optimization products.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and execution for App Acquisition advertiser-facing products, driving growth across mobile app advertisers.
  2. Develop dedicated solutions for key app verticals
  3. Define and evolve Snap's approach to app acquisition in a privacy-constrained environment, including Apple ecosystem frameworks (SKAN, ATT) and measurement resilience strategies.
  4. Build and maintain deep partnerships with the MMP ecosystem, ensuring platform and measurement roadmap alignment that keeps Snap at the forefront of mobile attribution and signal optimization.
  5. Partner closely with cross-functional leaders across Measurement, Formats, Ranking, Targeting, and App PMM to drive cohesive product strategy and execution.

Skills

Required

  • Deep expertise in mobile advertising, app acquisition, and the MMP ecosystem (e.g., Adjust, AppsFlyer, Kochava, Branch).
  • Strong systems thinking across targeting, ranking, and measurement — with the ability to connect levers across the full ad delivery stack.
  • Proven ability to navigate platform-level privacy changes strategically, including working knowledge of Apple's ATT framework and SKAN.
  • Ability to collaborate strategically across all levels of an organization — from C-suite executives to engineers, designers, and cross-functional partners.
  • Revenue-focused leadership with a track record of driving growth in performance advertising products.
  • Strong analytical mindset with experience using data and experimentation to inform product decisions.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across a complex, matrixed organization.
  • Ability to drive projects from strategy through to completion, balancing tactical execution with long-term vision.
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • 8 years+ of experience in consumer or digital advertising products, with part of that experience in app advertising
  • Experience working on complex ML-based or signal-optimization ad products
  • Proven track record of advertiser engagement and partnership

Nice to have

  • Deep familiarity with MMP platforms and privacy measurement frameworks (SKAN, ATT, SKAdNetwork)
  • Experience working across key app verticals such as Mobile Gaming, RMG, On-demand, etc

What the JD emphasized

  • complex ML-based or signal-optimization ad products
  • signal optimization
  • privacy-constrained environment
  • measurement resilience strategies
  • platform and measurement roadmap alignment
  • signal optimization and modeled performance initiatives

Other signals

  • Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and execution for App Acquisition advertiser-facing products, driving growth across mobile app advertisers.
  • Lead signal optimization and modeled performance initiatives, ensuring Snap's app ads deliver strong, measurable outcomes even as signal availability evolves.
  • Experience working on complex ML-based or signal-optimization ad products