Full-Time

Group Product Manager

Posted on 10/1/2025

Sovrn

Sovrn

51-200 employees

Monetization tools and analytics for publishers

Compensation Overview

$155k - $170k/yr

+ Bonus + Equity

Boulder, CO, USA

Hybrid

Must reside in or relocate to Boulder/Denver area; hybrid schedule with onsite in the Boulder office.

Category
Product (1)
Required Skills
Product Management
Requirements
  • 7+ years of product management experience, with success operating at a large product or multi-product level
  • Proven ability to own a product line end-to-end, from discovery through measurable customer outcomes
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of spotting opportunities and turning them into results
  • Experience scaling SaaS or ad tech products in high-growth, entrepreneurial environments
  • Domain expertise in ad tech, commerce, or data products, with strong judgment on build vs buy vs partner decisions
  • Clear, persuasive communicator who can influence executives and align diverse stakeholders
  • Analytical and commercially aware with the ability to connect customer insight to business growth
  • History of effective product–commercial partnerships that drove adoption and growth
  • Strong ability to secure engineering commitment and drive execution discipline without direct authority
Responsibilities
  • Own the end-to-end success of a product—vision, roadmap, execution, and customer outcomes
  • Lead customer discovery to uncover unmet needs and translate them into high-value product opportunities
  • Partner with commercial leadership to ensure products are positioned for adoption and growth
  • Ensure engineering is resourced, aligned, and accountable, with clear status updates and early risk escalation
  • Drive disciplined execution with predictable delivery and transparent communication
  • Balance near-term improvements with long-term bets that expand product and market opportunity
  • Define and track success metrics around adoption, usage, NPS, and product impact
  • Influence across functions to raise the bar for customer focus, product craft, and execution excellence

Sovrn provides tools and advertising products for publishers to grow audiences and monetize content. Its offerings include an advertising toolbox tied to a certified ad exchange for safe, relevant ads, plus data analytics and commerce services that combine content, audience, and shopping. The Signal product offers actionable insights to boost revenue, with case studies like a 26% increase for Ancient History Encyclopedia, and Instant Pay speeds up advertiser payments. Sovrn differentiates itself by delivering an end-to-end, easy-to-use platform for publishers of all sizes and earning revenue by taking a share of publishers’ earnings.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$162.6M

Headquarters

Boulder, Colorado

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Commerce media reaches $158B in 2025, boosting Sovrn Commerce Audiences demand.
  • Mula partnership integrates Sovrn as default commerce for 80,000+ publisher sites.
  • Databricks Marketplace partnership monetizes Sovrn's privacy-compliant web datasets since December 2024.

What critics are saying

  • Google Privacy Sandbox deprecates third-party cookies by 2026, crippling cross-site tracking.
  • Amazon Ads growth bypasses Sovrn via direct publisher deals in 12-24 months.
  • TikTok Shop vertical integration cuts creator affiliate reliance within 6-18 months.

What makes Sovrn unique

  • Sovrn provides publishers full ad stack control via comprehensive software launched October 2024.
  • Sovrn for Creators enables 24-hour onboarding to 50,000+ merchants since August 2025.
  • Commerce Audiences uses directly sourced purchase intent data from $3B retail spend.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Holidays

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Commuter Benefits

Parental Leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

2%
PR Newswire
Sep 10th, 2025
SOVRN PARTNERS WITH DAPPIER TO UNLOCK CONVERSATIONAL AI ADVERTISING FOR PUBLISHERS AND MARKETERS

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Sovrn, a technology platform that helps publishers and creators earn and keep more revenue, today announced its partnership with Dappier, the AI monetization platform.

PR Newswire
Aug 4th, 2025
SOVRN LAUNCHES SOVRN FOR CREATORS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR CREATORS TO START EARNING FROM DAY ONE

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Sovrn, a technology platform that helps publishers and creators earn and keep more revenue, today announced the launch of its latest offering - Sovrn for Creators.

OMWEsports
Apr 24th, 2025
Season 2 Log 1.4

Additions: - Added all brands OMWProductions is using as part of CRUX Season 2 - OMWProductions is partnered with Sovrn, a marketing agency that connects OMWProductions with these brands to bridge a more direct line with the organizations that OMWProductions use, thus all advertising links that are not through Google Adsense will display as Sovrn links.

PR Newswire
Apr 22nd, 2025
Brian Monahan Joins Sovrn'S Board Of Directors

Advertising executive will give valuable input to the company's offerings, bringing unmatched prowess in the retail media spaceBOULDER, Colo., April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sovrn, a publisher technology platform that helps publishers and creators earn and keep more revenue, today announced that it has appointed Brian Monahan to its Board of Directors. Monahan will assist in the company's oversight, governance and strategy

PR Newswire
Apr 15th, 2025
Sovrn Launches Commerce Audiences, Allowing Advertisers To Reach In-Market Shoppers Across Its Premium Exchange And Beyond

Proprietary, directly sourced intent segments will attract incremental demand for Sovrn's CTV, mobile app and web publisher partnersBOULDER, Colo., April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sovrn , a publisher technology platform that helps publishers and creators earn and keep more revenue, today announced the launch of its newest offering, Sovrn Commerce Audiences. Commerce Audiences are made possible by the powerful combination of Sovrn's Commerce business which provides affiliate software tools to over 4,000 publishers and creators, and the Sovrn Exchange which reaches more than 500 million daily active consumers. The data generated from these offerings allows Sovrn to combine purchase behavior with online engagement and contextual signals, thereby enabling advertisers to reach consumers who are actively shopping and showing explicit purchase intent.Commerce Audiences are directly sourced by Sovrn which eliminates concerns over signal loss, staleness in the data or cost prohibitive fees introduced by intermediaries. As a result, the purchase signals are observed much faster and with higher resolution, allowing advertisers to target users based on real-time shopping intent and action.The scale of Sovrn's data plays a critical role in its ability to bring this product to market. Sovrn's affiliate tools power over $3 billion in retail spend across major consumer categories such as consumer electronics, home and garden, fashion and beauty, and more. Additionally, the company captures more than three billion daily visits via search referred traffic across 50,000 websites."With commerce media expected to reach $158 billion this year, we're seeing 20% of advertising spend driven through addressable purchase behavior

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