Product Manager, Workflow Automation (Ad Sales)

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

3d•$110,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal Advertising Products & Solutions (AP&S) develops and manages the company’s advertising technology suite, supporting advertising activities from sales support through campaign execution, delivery, and billing. The Advanced Products and Capabilities team is seeking a Product Manager, Workflow Automation, to understand and improve Ad Sales processes through business process modernization, automation, and AI. The role works across business groups to coordinate automation initiatives, identify duplication and shared opportunities, and encourage collaboration across the product organization. The Product Manager will become an expert in NBCUniversal’s Ad Sales workflows and ecosystem, help shape and execute automation strategies, and partner with business, product, data, technical, and vendor teams. The role owns cross-functional intake and roadmap processes, promotes integration across workflows, communicates initiative progress and risks, and supports the rollout and adoption of new solutions. The position currently follows a hybrid schedule requiring at least four days per week in the office; the company may change this requirement. The salary range is $110,000–$150,000 and the role is bonus eligible.

Requirements

At least 2 years of product management experience in advertising, streaming, data-driven media, ad tech, or AI, with exposure to automation-driven solutions.
Experience owning product workflows in cross-functional environments, including defining and delivering system-to-system integrations.
Strong communication skills and ability to engage senior stakeholders and align business, product, and technical teams.
Impact-driven approach focused on measurable efficiency gains and scaling solutions across teams.
Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholder teams to deliver advertising or media products.
Ability to translate business needs into product requirements.
Ability to work independently, take initiative, and own workstreams in ambiguous or fast-moving areas.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to manage multiple workstreams, intake, prioritization, and roadmap tracking.
Comfort with technical concepts such as APIs, data pipelines, system integrations, metadata systems, and agile development practices.
Proficiency in Excel and JIRA, and knowledge of AI tools for workflow analysis, documentation, and productivity.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with NBCUniversal’s portfolio, streaming products, and advertising capabilities.
Knowledge of digital ad serving, streaming ad tech, and data-targeted advertising mechanics, including pitch-to-pay workflows.
Experience with workflow automation platforms, low-code/no-code tools, AI-enabled solutions, or operational tooling in media or ad tech systems.
Exposure to system onboarding, access models such as SSO and APIs, and cybersecurity approval processes.

Responsibilities

Develop deep knowledge of NBCUniversal’s Ad Sales landscape, end-to-end workflows, systems, teams, pain points, inefficiencies, and manual processes.
Support and execute automation strategies that improve Ad Sales operations through system-to-system integrations, workflow automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
Partner with Sales, Strategy, Planning, Ad Operations, Insights & Measurement, Product, and Data teams to define requirements and align on solutions.
Own and manage a centralized intake process for automation opportunities, tracking requests, dependencies such as system access and cybersecurity approval, and prioritization across teams.
Drive alignment to ensure automated workflows integrate cleanly across the broader ecosystem.
Generate and own cross-functional Automation/AI roadmaps with business groups and identify synergies across teams.
Improve the business experience by reducing friction in transactions, communications, and execution.
Provide leadership and business-wide visibility into automation initiatives, including progress, risks, dependencies, and impact.
Serve as a subject matter expert on Ad Technology and AI applications in advertising workflows.
Support change management, including training, documentation, and rollout planning, to promote adoption of new automation workflows.
Partner with third-party vendors on workflow development, platform updates, and issue resolution.
Create vendor engagement frameworks to evaluate and onboard automation and AI solutions.
Track insights and contribute to KPI development to evaluate and optimize product capabilities.