Product Manager Lead
TikTok
Product Manager Lead
TikTok
Short-form video platform with ads
About the Team TikTok is shaping the future of advertising and e-commerce on one of the world's leading platforms. The TikTok Content and Service Ads team, within the TikTok Monetization Product organization, is seeking a Product Leader to define and drive the vision, strategy, and execution of innovative advertising products serving web advertisers and travel and entertainment clients. Our mission is to establish TikTok as the premier advertising platform for these verticals by delivering scalable, data-driven product solutions that accelerate advertiser growth, maximize performance, and create long-term business value. Responsibilities - Define and lead the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Web Ads and Open-Loop E-Commerce advertising solutions across travel, entertainment, and web advertiser segments. - Own business outcomes, including revenue growth, advertiser satisfaction, retention, and overall platform adoption, while ensuring sustainable and scalable product development. - Build, mentor, and inspire high-performing product management teams, fostering a culture of innovation, customer obsession, operational excellence, and accountability. - Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align product investments with company objectives and market opportunities. - Drive the development of highly scalable machine learning–powered advertising products that improve advertiser performance and maximize return on ad spend (ROAS). - Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, data science, design, operations, sales, and marketing to deliver end-to-end product solutions from concept through launch and continuous optimization. - Establish frameworks for identifying market opportunities, customer pain points, and emerging industry trends, translating insights into impactful product strategies. - Champion advertiser-centric innovation by developing advanced targeting, optimization, attribution, measurement, and product-matching capabilities. - Ensure products adhere to evolving privacy regulations and industry standards while promoting responsible and effective use of advertising signals. - Foster strong partnerships across Targeting, Attribution, Optimization, Insights, and other platform teams to unlock new capabilities and improve advertising performance globally. - Serve as a thought leader and advocate for the travel, entertainment, and web advertising ecosystem, influencing product direction across the broader monetization organization.
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field. - 5+ years of product management experience, including significant experience leading advertising technology products and teams. - Demonstrated success defining product vision, strategy, and execution for large-scale advertising, monetization, or machine learning–driven products. - Deep expertise in the digital advertising ecosystem, preferably including ad delivery, targeting, attribution, optimization, and measurement systems. - Strong understanding of the travel, entertainment, and/or web advertising industries and their evolving business needs. - Experience leading global cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, data science, sales, operations, and business teams. - Fluency in both English and Mandarin required: the role involves frequent communication with global teams, clients and stakeholders in English - speaking regions as well as Chinese- speaking markets. Proficiency in Mandarin is essential to effectively engage with Chinese- speaking partners, understand cultural nuances, and navigate business transactions in key markets, ensuring smooth cross- cultural collaboration and market expansion. Preferred Qualifications - MBA, Master's degree, or other advanced degree in a relevant field. - Experience leading product organizations in a fast-growing technology company or startup environment. - Strong understanding of web advertiser needs, performance marketing, and e-commerce advertising solutions. - Experience scaling international advertising products across multiple markets and regions. - Demonstrated ability to drive organizational alignment and influence company-wide product strategy.
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $228000 - $462000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
TikTok is a short-form mobile video platform that lets people create, discover, and share quick videos. Users upload vertical clips, edit them with built-in tools, and browse a personalized feed powered by an algorithm that highlights relevant content. Advertisers can use in-feed ads, branded hashtags, and the Business Center to plan and measure campaigns, making it easy for brands to reach a global audience. Its goal is to inspire creativity and bring joy by helping people express themselves and by connecting brands with a wide audience.
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