Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

The Product team uses creativity, research, insights, and operational excellence to steer our product vision across Snap Inc. This team of Designers, Scientists, and Product Managers works in a highly collaborative environment to build the products and experiences that innovate and improve the performance of Snap's advertising platform and user experiences. Together these teams drive value and success to our customers and bring our community together in new and special ways.

We’re looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead our ads formats team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Lead Ads Format team at Snap and deliver innovative, engaging and performant ad experiences for our users.

• Strategic leader who is able to think broadly as well as go deep to define roadmaps and product vision for highly cross-functional, strategic areas for the company.

• Work with Snap organic team to define native, Snappy ad formats and influence broader ads quality teams such as marketplace and ranking to deliver intelligent formats (ranking informed)

• Hire, manage and mentor a team of ad formats PM team.

• Instill a culture of quantitative rigor and drive the launch review process for the formats team.

• Effectively partner with design and engineering teams to deliver on their vision and roadmaps.

• Be an organizational leader who both identifies opportunities and delivers results against key company-level business objectives.

• Demonstrate a high level of influence, trust, and decision quality.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Analytical skills and prior ads format leadership experience.

• Ability to lead and inspire cross functional product management teams

• Ability to collaborate and drive alignment across organizations from C-Levels through to engineers, designers, other product teams, and cross-functional teams

• Skilled in effective mentorship to direct or indirect reports and cross functional team members

• Ability to initiate and drive emerging projects from strategy to completion

• Ability to communicate results clearly and effectively across a matrix organization

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant years of experience

• 10+ years of product management experience at a technology company

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior ads format and ads quality leadership experience.

• Hands on experience across the entire product lifecycle including: defining product needs, prioritization, pre/post-launch execution

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $244,000-$366,000 annually.

 

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $232,000-$348,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $208,000-$311,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.