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Department: General Product

About the Role:

We are seeking aSenior Product Manager, New Demand Channelswith product management experience across programmatic and non-programmatic advertising to join our growing team inRedwood CityorNew Yorkon a hybrid schedule.

The Senior Product Manager will drive and foster the growth of Agentic and API-based activation channels into PubMatic's buyer solutions platform as they emerge. This work sits at the intersection ofAgenticOS, our agentic platform, andActivate, our media buying platform, and is central to how PubMatic connects new channels into its buy-side ecosystem. We are looking for an individual passionate about innovation and problem solving in a fast-evolving, GenAI-driven advertising landscape.

What You'll Do:

In this role, you will drive product delivery for non-programmatic partner publisher integrations into AgenticOS, balancing new feature development with the ongoing evolution of AgenticOS and its connections into Activate. The ideal candidate is comfortable managing product work with dependencies across multiple teams and is energized by solving problems in an emerging, non-standardized part of the ecosystem where conventions (unlike OpenRTB) are still being established.

You willexecute against the product vision and strategyfor non-programmatic demand channels within our broader product portfolio:

• Own the product area for new demand channels, includinggathering requirements,defining specificationsandkey metrics, and working closely with engineering, commercial teams, and product marketing to ensure goals are met
• Be the go-to sourceon how these partners connect to AgenticOS and Activate,representing this product area to clients and internal teams, and synthesizing their feedback into product decisions
• Maintain anunderstanding of the non-programmatic publisher landscapeand how PubMatic's approach compares to alternative integration paths, using those insights to inform prioritization
• Support and communicate a clear roadmap for non-programmatic demand channels to clients, internal teams, and stakeholders
• Collaborate with stakeholders across AgenticOS and Activate to determine feature prioritization and manage the development backlog
• Independently leadsmall-to-medium-sized go-to-market effortsfor new non-programmatic channel launches with minimal oversight

Who You Are:

• 5+ yearsofproduct management experience- preferably in Ad Tech
• Demonstrated expertise acrosscore product management competencies- requirements writing, product planning, backlog grooming, and roadmap communication
• Familiarity withagentic platformsor AI-driven workflow tooling, and general technical concepts such as APIs; experience with OpenRTB or other programmatic protocols is a plus
• Proven ability torepresent a product area independently to customers, including gathering and validating requirements directly with client and business teams
• Ability toindependently lead a small-to-medium-sized go-to-market strategywith little oversight
• Bachelor's degreein a relevant field;MBAor advanced degree preferred
• Fast learner, curious problem solver, and team player, comfortable operating with ambiguity in a channel still being defined

Additional Information

Return to Office: PubMatic employees throughout the globe have returned to our offices via a hybrid work schedule (3 days “in office” and 2 days “working remotely”) that is intended to maximize collaboration, innovation, and productivity among teams and across functions.

Benefits: Our benefits package includes the best of what leading organizations provide such as, paid leave programs, paid holidays, healthcare, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, commuter benefits, physical and financial wellness programs, unlimited DTO in the US (that we actually require you to use!), reimbursement for mobile and fully stocked pantries plus in-office catered lunches 5 days per week.

Diversity and Inclusion: PubMatic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer; we don’t just value diversity, we promote and celebrate it. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

About PubMatic

PubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, offering more transparent advertising solutions to publishers, media buyers, commerce companies and data owners, allowing them to harness the power and potential of the open internet to drive better business outcomes.

Founded in 2006 with the vision that data-driven decisioning would be the future of digital advertising, we enable content creators to run a more profitable advertising business, which in turn allows them to invest back into the multi-screen and multi-format content that consumers demand.

Total Compensation Range

$170,000 — $190,000 USD