Senior Technical Product Manager, Ads ML Platform

Details

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Team Description

The Ads Marketplace team is a strategic growth engine for Reddit Ads. Our mission is to democratize high-performance advertising by enabling brands to achieve world-class results with minimal friction. To achieve this, we need an incredibly robust, scalable, and state-of-the-art Machine Learning infrastructure. The Ads ML Platform team is at the core of this mission, tasked with building the foundation that powers all of our content understanding, ad targeting, and ad ranking models. We are empowering our ML engineers and data scientists to move faster and build smarter.

Role

As the Senior Product Manager for the Ads ML Platform, you will hold significant ownership over the infrastructure and tools that make our ads marketplace intelligent. You will define the vision and build the roadmap for a platform that enables unparalleled engineering velocity and supports the most modern ML architectures.

You will be the bridge between complex ML systems and business outcomes. Whether it's integrating generative AI to increase developer productivity, establishing unified model-serving infrastructure, or optimizing GPU utilization, your work will directly accelerate how quickly and effectively we can ship highly-performant ad products.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision and shape the long-term strategy and roadmap for Reddit’s Ads ML platform, ensuring adoption of cutting-edge technologies (including Generative AI and LLM workflows).
• Build products and tooling that reduce friction for Machine Learning Engineers (MLEs) and Data Scientists to train, deploy, and iterate on models faster.
• Partner with Engineering, Data Science, and Ads Product teams to understand constraints, prioritize platform initiatives, and deliver scalable infrastructure.
• Own KPIs around platform reliability, latency, cost-efficiency, usage metrics, and developer productivity.
• Stay current with ML ecosystem research and determine practical applications for Reddit’s Ads ML platform.
• Conduct regular user research with MLEs in Ranking, Creative Effectiveness, and Content Understanding to convert pain points into precise product requirements and validate needs against broader organizational vision.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experienced product manager with prior focus on internal technical products, developer tools, data/ML platforms, and/or ads and content ranking.
• Deeply analytical and highly technical background; comfortable working in complex data systems and understanding the entire machine learning lifecycle (training, inference, deployment, monitoring).
• Genuine passion for machine learning and AI; stays at the forefront of ML and reads ML research papers.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to translate technical constraints (e.g., GPU scheduling, latency budgets) into actionable product roadmaps.
• Strong communication skills; able to translate technical requirements to business stakeholders and articulate business goals to engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior professional experience as a Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, or Backend Software Engineer before transitioning into Product Management.
• Understanding of the Ad Tech ecosystem (bidding, ranking, targeting).
• Experience implementing or managing systems that support Generative AI/LLM workflows (Agentic automation, Prompt iteration, Fine-tuning, RAG).

Perks and Benefits

• 100% remote opportunity (4 office locations available for hybrid/onsite preference in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago)
• Competitive salary and equity options
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision) & workplace perks (home office setup stipend etc.)
• Generous 401(k) matching
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid parental leave (4+ months)
• Family planning support
• Paid volunteer time off

Pay Transparency

Base salary range for this US-based position: $190,800 - $267,100 USD. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible for equity (restricted stock units) and, depending on position offered, may be eligible for a commission. Final offers depend on skills, experience, and other factors.

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