Company Overview

 VIBRANT, a world leader in contextual technologies and in-text advertising solutions gives marketers the opportunity to deliver highly targeted advertisements within premium Web content and offers publishers premium editorial tools to re-circulate users throughout their websites.  Vibrant manages more than five billion words and phrases each month for top brand advertisers such as such as Microsoft, Unilever, Volkswagen and Sprint. The company was founded in 2000 and has offices in London, New York, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf with more than 200 employees. Vibrant’s rapid growth has been recognized by both the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 lists.

Position Overview

Product Management will bring extensive Product Management experience gained in either an online advertising or internet media background and all the skills necessary to build and manage a successful and motivated Product Team. The VP of Product Management will be extremely well informed about online advertising competitors and market trends and have strong vision and leadership skills.

We are looking for someone that: 

• can develop and own the long-term vision and roadmap of Vibrant’s suite of products

• can build, lead and manage the product team

• can research market trends; produce innovative product strategies to develop new product lines and improve existing products

• will identify and develop Product Management processes geared towards delivering highly-evolved and commercially successful products quickly to market

• collects, organizes and analyzes data from user studies to further produce enhancements and drive sound business decisions

• will accompany sales and business development teams during meetings with senior advertising clients and partners

• Liaise with European divisions to identify potential revenue opportunities in each territory

• Provides training and support for all product lines

• Work closely with Sales, Business Development, Operations, and Technology to ensure effective communication regarding product development efforts and product execution

You’ll need these skills below to really “ROCK” in this role:

• 10+ Years Product Management experience ideally in a technical environment

• Demonstrated ability to run and grow product teams

• Superb attention to detail and analytical skills

• Well versed in the full range of available Rich Media ad-formats, tags and technologies.

• Experience with contextual and behavioral display advertising, in-text Internet advertising products and ad serving technologies preferred

• In-depth knowledge of Internet advertising, including current and emerging trends in the US and European markets

• Extensive experience converting business ideas and research into actionable product releases with an emphasis on revenue and performance

• Experience bringing various stakeholders together to plan, build, and launch products

• Strong organizational, analytical and creative problem solving skills

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Bachelor’s Degree

• MBA preferred

Vibrant Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer