Product Manager, Ads Data Foundations

About the Role

This PM will own Ads Data Foundations to define and drive the core data capabilities that power our advertising business. This role sits at the intersection of ads, data infrastructure, measurement, privacy, and platform product, and is responsible for working with our Ads Data Engineering team to deliver standardized, scalable, and discoverable datasets and frameworks.

You treat data as a product, defining core facts and offering curated, reusable datasets unified across systems and producers. You champion data as a culture through ongoing communication, training, and documentation. You work across engineering, data science, analytics, privacy, legal, sales, and ads product teams to ensure our ads ecosystem is built on reliable, well-governed, and extensive data foundations.

This PM will

• Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Ads Data Foundations, including the data product capabilities that support nearly 25 ads teams.
• Partner with Ads Product & Technology teams to understand business needs and translate them into durable platform investments.
• Prioritize and manage the product roadmap, balancing near-term delivery with long-term strategic planning to provide scalable and flexible data solutions.
• Establish clear requirements and governance for data accuracy, lineage, freshness, access controls, and compliance.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to privacy, data sharing, retention, compliance, and data misuse.
• Define success metrics for dataset adoption, data quality, system reliability, and downstream business impact.
• Become an expert on our advertising data ecosystem, including low-latency, high-accuracy datasets, privacy, governance, and compliance with global ad regulations.
• Work with the Netflix Data Platform team to ensure the platform needs for Ads data are represented.

We’re seeking a candidate who has

• Experience: 10+ years of Product Management experience focused on data infrastructure, event-driven systems, warehouse/lake architectures, and large-scale distributed data pipelines.
• Visionary Leadership: Demonstrated ability to deliver a comprehensive roadmap and vision for a large-scale data lakehouse, catering to diverse customer groups.
• Technical Acumen: Deep understanding of the advertising data ecosystem, familiarity with data privacy and governance, and proven ability to partner with highly technical teams across APIs, backend systems, and internal tools.
• Collaborative Skills: Proven experience working with cross-functional teams, including Data & Insights, Design, Engineering, Data Science, and other Product Teams.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with legal compliance and the evolving landscape of advertising regulations worldwide.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $440,000.00 - $725,000.00.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully.