Media, Broadcast & Content
Senior Product Manager, Ad Product
Mid Level
Tokyo, Japan
hybrid
Full time
Digital, Product & TechEngineering & DevelopmentProduct Management
Job description
About the Role
Will drive advertising revenue growth across Asia, with Japan as the primary market. It involves defining product requirements, managing the advertising product lifecycle end-to-end, and delivering innovative advertising solutions through close alignment with internal teams and external partners. This is a regional position that combines local market expertise with broader responsibility for advertising product initiatives across Asia.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive advertising revenue growth across Asia, with Japan as the primary market.
- Define product requirements and manage the advertising product lifecycle end-to-end.
- Deliver innovative advertising solutions through close alignment with internal teams and external partners.
- Own the technical relationship and serve as the daily point of contact for multiple external partners, including ad agencies, programmatic partners, and other key ad tech vendors, to deliver and continuously enhance DAZN's ad product experiences.
- Lead the end-to-end partner integration lifecycle, from initial onboarding and implementation through to ongoing performance optimisation.
- Work closely with the Product team to shape requirements and ensure seamless technical execution of new ad solutions.
- Manage delivery schedules and partner performance KPIs, holding partners accountable to agreed SLAs and service levels.
- Drive root cause analysis (RCA) on partner-side issues, embed the learnings, and continuously improve resiliency.
- Ensure technology best practices and operational excellence across all partner engagements.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Marketing or a related field.
- 6–8 years of product management experience overall.
- 4+ years of experience in ad tech, digital advertising or programmatic monetisation.
- Proven track record owning external partner or vendor integrations end to end, from onboarding through to optimisation.
- Strong working knowledge of the ad delivery chain, including ad serving (e.g. Google Ad Manager), programmatic (SSP/DSP/exchanges, PMP/PG, OpenRTB, header bidding) and CTV/OTT streaming ad delivery.
- Ability to act as the daily technical point of contact, with knowledge of APIs/SDKs, VAST/VPAID/SSAI, data handling and RCA/troubleshooting.
- Demonstrated ability to define product requirements and prioritise a roadmap in a cross-functional environment.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence without authority.
- Data-driven approach.
- Business-level Japanese and English, essential for the Japan market and regional partners.
Preferred Skills
- Master's degree or MBA.
- Knowledge of measurement, verification and identity.
- Comfortable with analytics tools such as SQL, GA4, Looker or similar.
Workplace
- Based in Tokyo; occasional regional travel.
Benefits & Perks
- 各種保険(健康保険、厚生年金、雇用保険、労働災害保険)
- 確定拠出年金制度
- 年次健康診断
- 年次有給休暇15日(入社初年度は入社月に応じて付与します) -9月入社の場合5日
- ベネフィットステーション
- DAZNでの無料視聴
- Jリーグの全試合の無料チケット、他スポーツの無料チケット権利
- 通勤手当 ※月3万円まで
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