Product Manager, Developer Experience (Ads)

Netflix • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

This PM will own the end-to-end experience for human and agentic developers interacting with Netflix Ads. You will treat our platform (APIs, SDKs, documentation, and sandboxes) as a first-class product.
Your mission is to eliminate friction. You will define the "Golden Path" for internal engineers to ship features faster and build the industry-leading Developer Portal that allows external partners to go from "signup" to "first successful API call" in minutes, not weeks. Crucially, you will ensure our platform is "AI-native," providing the high-quality metadata and schemas necessary for agentic workflows to autonomously interact with our systems.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of Product Management experience with a focus on Developer Platforms, API-as-a-Product, or Technical Infrastructure.
• Domain Acumen: Deep expertise in advertising-oriented protocols (IAB Standards, etc) and the nuances of publisher-side integrations.
• Community Builder Mindset: A proven track record of building and scaling thriving developer communities or ecosystems.
• Technical Depth: Comfort with modern system architecture, schema design, and the emerging requirements of LLM-integrated APIs.
• Empathy-Led Design: A passion for removing "papercuts" in the developer journey and a belief that developer tools should be as intuitive as consumer apps.

Responsibilities

• Define the Vision for Ad-Tech Programmability: Create the roadmap for a unified developer ecosystem that serves both internal high-velocity engineering and external partner integrations.
• Build for the Future (Agentic DevEx): Architect API standards and discovery layers that are optimized for LLMs and autonomous agents, ensuring our infrastructure is ready for the next wave of AI-driven ad management.
• Launch the Netflix Ads Developer Portal: Own the external-facing hub for documentation, API keys, and self-service onboarding, ensuring it reflects the Netflix brand’s commitment to quality.
• Empower Through Tooling: Deliver robust SDKs, CLI tools, and sandbox environments that allow developers to test complex ad-tech scenarios safely and instantly.
• Drive Discovery & Documentation: Move beyond static wikis to create a living, searchable "Source of Truth" for all Ads APIs, including automated "Golden Path" guides for common integration patterns.
• Measure Success through Speed & Joy: Track and optimize DORA metrics for internal teams, "Time to First Hello World" for external partners, and overall Developer NPS.
• Community & Convention: Establish and champion ad-tech protocols and conventions that make our platform feel familiar to industry veterans while remaining uniquely Netflix.

Benefits

• Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
• We also offer paid leave of absence programs.
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off.
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed