Head of Product (Advertising Products)

5 days, 3 hours ago
Full-time
Lead
Product Management
The Economist Group

The Economist Group

The Economist Group is a global media and information services company dedicated to the pursuit of progress for individuals, organizations, and the world. As the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, they provide news,...

Media
1K-5K
Founded 1843

Description

  • Own the product vision and roadmap for advertising across The Economist’s digital products.
  • Manage and prioritise the advertising product backlog and lead a dedicated cross-functional product squad.
  • Define how advertising fits coherently within a subscription-led, editorial-first ecosystem.
  • Lead technical product ownership of the advertising stack across web, mobile app, newsletters, Espresso, and future surfaces.
  • Define how first-party data is responsibly used for targeting, measurement, and performance in line with privacy and consent expectations.
  • Ensure advertising products are scalable, performant, privacy-compliant, and future-ready.
  • Partner with the Global Head of Advertising to translate commercial strategy into product capabilities.
  • Lead the discovery, design, delivery, and optimisation of advertising formats, sponsorships, and integrations.
  • Set standards for ad quality, placement, relevance, and user experience.
  • Work with engineering teams on architecture and integrations that protect content performance and user experience.
  • Partner with Revenue Operations to streamline ad-related workflows and reduce operational complexity.
  • Own relationships with key ad tech vendors and platforms.
  • Establish feedback loops between sales, editorial, product, and operations to drive continuous improvement.
  • Communicate product strategy, trade-offs, and progress clearly to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Significant experience owning complex, platform-level products.
  • Deep understanding of digital advertising systems, including first-party data-driven models.
  • Strong judgement about balancing monetisation with user experience and trust.
  • Comfortable engaging deeply with engineers on architecture, data flows, and trade-offs.
  • Experience working with audience data, consent frameworks, and measurement systems.
  • Ability to set direction while driving execution through teams.
  • Understanding of how advertising products deliver value for clients and the business.
  • Effective partner to editorial, sales, operations, and technology leaders.
  • Ability to explain complex decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Comfortable making prioritisation decisions in a live, high-impact environment.
  • Experience working with ad servers, programmatic platforms, and sponsorship products.
  • Strong understanding of first-party data strategies in premium or subscription-led environments.
  • Familiarity with privacy, consent, identity, and regulatory requirements in digital advertising.
  • Experience delivering products across multiple platforms, including web, app, and email.
  • Enthusiasm for The Economist’s mission and editorial standards.
  • Majority hybrid working pattern with 3+ days office attendance required.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan.
  • Private health insurance.
  • 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through the Employee Assistance Program.
  • Work From Anywhere program with up to 25 days per year from any legal location.
  • Generous annual leave.
  • Generous parental leave.
  • Dedicated days off for volunteering.
  • Dedicated day off for moving home.
  • Free access to all The Economist content, including the online subscription, apps, podcasts, and more.

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