VP, Product (AI)

TL;DR

VP, Product (AI): Leading product strategy and execution across creative tools, marketing science, and AI orchestration, responsible for driving revenue growth, retention, and expansion for a significant portion of Smartly's business with an accent on translating Smartly’s AI-first ambition into tangible product bets and ensuring clear product-market fit. Focus on making principled tradeoffs between innovation and near-term revenue, building a high-performing team of product managers, and influencing revenue growth through differentiated, adopted, and monetizable features.

Location: New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States

Salary: $279,000 – $321,000

Company

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers.

What you will do

• Define and articulate a long-term strategy for product domain(s) and translate Smartly’s AI-first ambition into tangible product bets.
• Drive product discovery, validation, roadmap definition, and delivery to ensure clear product-market fit.
• Influence revenue growth, retention, expansion, and margin by partnering with Sales and Customer Success teams.
• Lead and coach a team of product managers, raising the bar on product craft and prioritization.
• Dive into customer calls and product reviews to systematize clear product briefs.
• Pressure test metrics and experiments to unblock cross-functional decisions.

Requirements

• 10–15+ years in product management, including 3–5+ years leading PM teams and experience building and scaling B2B SaaS platforms.
• Comfort operating in technically complex domains such as adtech, AI, creative tooling, and marketing tech.
• A track record of shipping impactful features that drove revenue or adoption growth.
• Strong business intuition and quantitative fluency.
• Experience in creative tooling (Figma, Canva, Adobe, Celtra, etc.), marketing science or measurement (Meta, Google, Amazon, etc.), generative AI or AI-enabled workflows, or cross-platform campaign management systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Five weeks paid time off (PTO), 11 company paid holidays, unlimited sick days.
• Generous healthcare packages & mental health benefits.
• 401K plus matching & equity grants for all new Smartlies.
• Wellness benefit & learning reimbursement opportunities.
• Volunteer time off days & company donation matching opportunities.