Principal Product Manager

Quantcast•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

At Quantcast, the Principal Product Manager will own zero-to-one macro-bets and major architectural shifts. As a high-level individual contributor, this person will navigate significant ambiguity, set strategic direction for major experimental product lines, and advise the Executive Leadership Team on advertising technology trends. The role serves as a strategic hub across Product and Go-To-Market functions, creating company-level narratives that support substantial growth. The Principal Product Manager will align product strategy with Product Managers, Commercial teams, and senior leaders; communicate strategy and product status across the organization; engage with clients and represent Quantcast externally; define one-year strategic direction for major product lines; take accountability for complex cross-team initiatives from inception through commercial outcomes; identify process improvements; and develop relationships across the ad tech industry, including with vendors and partners.

Requirements

B.S./B.A. degree or equivalent.
10–12 years of experience as a Product Manager at a technology-driven company, preferably in ad tech; alternatively, 5+ years of experience with an M.B.A. or equivalent.
Exceptional public speaking and narrative-building ability to align executive, commercial, and engineering stakeholders around a product vision.
Proven record of taking complex, high-ambiguity concepts from discovery to commercial success.
Ability to balance short-term commercial goals with long-term technical health, privacy shifts, and changes in the ad tech ecosystem.
Deep understanding of data, algorithmic capabilities, and using AI workflows to accelerate discovery and execution.
Ability to establish frameworks and processes that improve the quality and velocity of product peers without direct management authority.
Rigorous analytical and root-cause analysis skills to resolve systemic business bottlenecks and navigate organizational ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise in performance marketing, attribution and measurement, and insights.
4–5 years of client experience in a B2B, B2C, or B2B2C environment.
Product Management certification.

Responsibilities

Align with Product Managers, Commercial teams, and senior leaders to drive strategy for assigned products.
Communicate strategy and product status clearly across the organization, author company-level narratives, and persuade the Executive Leadership Team.
Meet with clients to deepen understanding of the marketplace and target markets, and represent Quantcast externally.
Define the one-year strategic direction for major product lines and macro-bets.
Identify areas requiring ownership and take accountability for complex, cross-team architectures from inception to commercial outcomes.
Identify structural process improvements for senior leadership and improve the effectiveness of the product organization.
Grow and use a broad ad tech network and build strategic relationships with external vendors and partners.