Grab
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LeadProductManager,AdServing&Ranking,DemandandAdsTeam
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“Lead Product Manager, Ad Serving & Ranking, Demand and Ads Team at Grab. Skills: Ad Serving, Ranking, Marketplace Optimization. Own ads marketplace optimization loop. Evolve ML-driven bidding/ranking”
What You'll Achieve.
Step-change efficiency and yield; Evolve to optimization engine; Unlock incremental revenue; Maintain marketplace health; Improve marketplace efficiency; Improve strategy performance; Improve revenue capture; Improve merchant satisfaction; Improve marketplace yield
Industry & Context.
Analytical; Data-driven decisions; Trade-offs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7–10+ years product management experience, Owning high-scale optimization systems, Drive outcomes in auction mechanics, Drive outcomes in bidding/pacing/budgets, Drive outcomes in ad serving, Drive outcomes in ranking/optimization models, Drive outcomes in complex experimentation, Shape strategy using data, Design rigorous experiments, Make high-stakes trade-offs, Convey complex concepts to diverse audiences, Work with distributed teams
Nice to Have
Experience with ads in marketplace apps, Experience building products for Southeast Asia
What You'll Do.
Own ads marketplace optimization loop
Evolve ML-driven bidding/ranking
Strengthen pacing and budget controls
Improve auction and serving performance
Unlock incremental revenue
Protect marketplace health
Deliver incremental ad revenue
Maintain ecosystem health
Partner with Data Science/ML Engineering
Evolve models and signals
Translate model improvements
Strengthen serving capabilities
Operationalize new strategies
Unlock dynamic ad products
Drive product strategy for ad yield
Drive product strategy for auction dynamics
Iterate on bidding strategies
Improve strategy selection/ranking
Build sophisticated pacing controls
Improve revenue capture
Improve merchant satisfaction
Improve marketplace yield
Increase effective delivery of demand
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Distributed teams; Tech hubs
Communication Scope
Technical communication
Process & Methodology
Product strategy, Roadmap
Full Job Description
About Grab and Our Workplace Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility. Get to Know the Role We are seeking a highly analytical and experienced Lead Product Manager to join our Demand and Ads Team. Your mission is to take a robust, scaled ads marketplace and step-change its efficiency and yield evolving it from strong operational maturity to a next-level optimization engine. In this role, you will be the driving force behind the optimization of our in-house ad stack, advancing our ML-driven bidding and ranking, strengthening pacing and budget controls, and improving auction and serving performance to unlock incremental revenue while protecting marketplace health. This role requires a unique blend of technical depth in ad-tech and the leadership skills to support and align cross-functional teams based in Beijing and Singapore. The Critical Tasks You Will Perform * End-to-End Ownership: Take full ownership of the ads marketplace optimization loop: from ML-driven bidding/ranking and auction dynamics, through pacing/budget controls, to ad serving performance that enables scalable monetization. * Revenue & Efficiency: Deliver incremental ad revenue via improved marketplace efficiency and strategy performance (e.g., better bid optimization, pacing, and conversion/reach outcomes) while maintaining ecosystem health. * Bidding, Ranking & Strategy (ML): Partner with Data Science and ML Engineering to evolve the models and signals that power bidding algorithms and strategy selection. Translate model improvements into measurable marketplace outcomes. * Ad Serving & Product Enablement: Str
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