About iion

iion is the leading advertising and monetization platform, reaching brands’ ideal customers across all gaming environments. Our purpose is to elevate the gaming industry by optimizing brand investments through a unified platform that empowers seamless advertising across the entire gaming ecosystem. We are ambitious trailblazers, aiming to be an indispensable element in brands' media strategy. We are a growing team of 60+ people, working primarily remote, being headquartered in Australia, consisting of teams working across APAC and Europe.

About the Role

We’re seeking a 'Lead Product Manager' to lead the strategy and delivery of iion’s Supply-Side Platform (SSP) alongside major capability upgrades to our Demand-Side Platform (DSP), including closing feature gaps, achieving market parity, and optimizing bidder performance. This strategic and hands-on role will collaborate closely with engineering, operations (supply & demand), data, and commercial teams to drive product vision, technical execution, and successful delivery.

You’ll be responsible for shaping product roadmaps, scoping complex integrations, validating technical hypotheses, and delivering high-impact programmatic products that support iion’s unified advertising ecosystem.

In addition to product leadership, this role includes managerial responsibilities, owning career mapping and professional growth for product team members - including Product Managers, QA engineers, and UX designers - to build a strong, high-performing product organization.

Role Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Execution

• Lead product strategy and roadmap for SSP, DSP - aligned to iion’s vision of a unified gaming ad ecosystem
• Define and prioritize product requirements, system architecture considerations, and integration points with internal and external partners
• Collaborate with engineering to translate complex bidder, auction, and real-time systems into scalable product solutions

People Leadership & Team Development

• Manage and mentor key product team members (Product Managers, QA, UX), including setting performance goals, enabling career growth, providing feedback and coaching, and helping shape professional development plans
• Foster a collaborative and accountable culture within the product team and across cross-functional groups

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Coordinate closely with Supply Ops, Demand Ops, Marketplace, Data, and Commercial teams to validate business priorities and ensure successful execution
• Communicate product goals, specifications, and timelines to stakeholders across functions and time zones

Hands-On Solution Delivery

• Lead scoping and technical proof-of-concepts (POCs) for integrations, programmatic channels, and data pipelines
• Work with data engineers and analysts to define data models, metrics, dashboards, and telemetry that measure product performance

Technical & Programmatic Expertise

• Drive product decisions grounded in deep expertise with real-time bidding (RTB) auction logic, OpenRTB protocol standards, and ad server integrations, ensuring best-in-class implementation of programmatic protocols and seamless interoperability between SSP, DSP, and partner systems
• Drive solutions that balance performance, latency, scale, and reliability expected by modern programmatic platforms

AI-First Innovation

• Incorporate AI/ML-driven features into product workflows where relevant - from optimization, personalization, to automation and predictive insights
• Stay abreast of industry trends and integrate innovative technologies that elevate product value

Role Requirements:

Experience & Domain Expertise

• 7+ years in Product Management with 4+ years in AdTech programmatic systems (SSP, DSP, or exchange infrastructure).
• Deep technical understanding of programmatic advertising workflows, OpenRTB protocols, auction logic, and real-time advertising systems.
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex, integrated product solutions end-to-end, ideally in programmatic, multi-tenant platforms.

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Strong technical fluency - comfortable discussing system architecture, APIs, integrations, and real-time data flows with engineering teams.
• Hands-on familiarity with SQL for querying and validating data insights; practical experience using Python for prototyping, automation, or analysis is a plus.

Strategic & Hands-On Approach

• Proven ability to scope, validate, and lead technical POCs and product integrations.
• A problem solver who can balance product vision with operational realities, trade-offs, and data-driven decision making.
• Experience working closely with operations (supply/demand), data science, and engineering teams - not just managing specs but helping deliver the solution.

Communication & Collaboration

• Excellent communicator capable of explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.
• Strong collaborator who thrives in remote, distributed teams and can bridge functions, teams, and time zones.

Mindset & Values

• Strategic thinker with a curiosity for AI-driven products, data-informed insights, and a bias toward execution and impact.
• Embraces agility, ownership, cross-functional partnership, and continuous innovation.

*\*This is a fully remote job opportunity. With a preference for candidates based in either New Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore.*