Aki, now an independently operating Inmar company, empowers brands and retailers to reach people by targeting pivotal moments in the consumer journey with personalized advertising. With four personalization patents, Aki's award-winning technology dynamically tailors ads at the moment based on region, weather, buying preferences, and other historical and present factors. This ensures a more relevant ad experience that drives stronger campaign results. Aki’s culture is based on integrity, balancing grit with efficiency, while bringing heart to what we do.

Aki Technologies seeks a talented and experienced Product Manager to drive and evolve our Personalization Solutions. Having an already established foundation in the conceptual and technical aspects of the digital advertising ecosystem will be an essential asset along the exciting product innovation journey.

Serving as the subject matter expert and owner of the existing product portfolio, you will analyze and identify opportunities for both incremental and radical innovation, leading the charge in bringing new products and enhancements to market. You will work collaboratively with experts from across our organization in conjunction with customers and partners to launch first-to-market offerings, driving incremental revenue, delighting both customers and end-users in the process. You will support Sales initiatives, collaborate with Product Marketing in creating impactful externally facing materials and provide complete product lifecycle leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the point person and responsible leader in defining, owning, supporting and evolving our personalization offering and positioning.
• Be responsible for clearly defining and articulating our unique points of differentiation throughout our organization, to Customers and Partners alike.
• Remain informed of current and developing ad technology trends and best practices; translating them into POVs, sharing with engineering, product, and business teams
• Advance the strategic focus around the personalization landscape across video & display.
• Work directly with Aki Sales leaders and customers to gain a deeper understanding of market opportunities and needs, identifying ways to build or partner with technology companies in realizing new product offerings and revenue streams.
• Drive the formal Product launch process of new products spanning conception, requirements gathering and documentation, partnerships, integration, pricing, packaging, training, official launch and innovative iteration.
• Partner with Product Marketing to facilitate collaborative production of Sales enablement, training and technical collateral materials.
• Produce and deliver presentations conveying our unique differentiation and solution advantages.
• Plan and deliver ongoing business and technical thought leadership across sales calls, office hours, and production of case studies.

About You

• Some experience as an Associate Product Manager or Product Manager - ideally for an adtech or martech company or related technology provider.
• Passionate technologist, curious about and obsessed with digital/mobile adverting innovation and user experience.
• Solid foundational understanding of the technical workings across the digital advertising ecosystem.
• Team player who can lead and has led cross-functional teams in support of launching new products to market and fostering growth.
• Demonstrated technical expertise with the ability to convey and communicate this knowledge appropriately to audiences across a broad range of understanding and non-technical backgrounds.
• Exceptional communication, relationship management, and organizational skills.
• Excellent presentation skills and influencing ability to articulate our product capabilities to clients, leadership, and internal stakeholders and drive their development, adoption and growth.
• Passion for and experience in building or growing businesses, partnerships and revenue streams.
• Experience performing product-oriented quantitative analysis resulting in data-informed recommendations.

About Aki

Founded in 2015 by mobile advertising veterans, Aki has 150 employees with offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, LA, and Mexico City. Our mission is to advance moment marketing, in partnership with brands and agencies, to deliver better consumer experiences and revolutionary business results.

Through moment marketing, Aki delivers personalized advertising that aligns with consumer preferences and ad receptivity in the moment across mobile, desktop, connected TV and digital out of home. Leading brands, including Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, Target, Toyota, and Taco Bell use Aki our mobile ad targeting and optimization to dramatically improve impact on awareness, engagement and in-store traffic.

To learn more about Aki Technologies, visit www.a.ki.

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