IT Company Lofty is looking for a Chief Product Officer.
One of the key products is an international multi-format advertising network that provides comprehensive solutions for marketing tasks in Programmatic Advertising and Affiliate Marketing. They work with direct traffic sources, ensure over 5 billion impressions per day, offer RTB capabilities, fast moderation, and support for fully managed advertising campaign launches.
At the core of the advertising network is its own RTB auction, combining SSP and Ad Exchange. They monetize the advertising inventory of tens of thousands of websites, and DSP partners gain access to it by integrating with our platform.
The team is searching for a CPO who will take full ownership of the product: from strategy and vision to business results and the team. This is a role for someone who knows how to not only organize delivery but also be responsible for the product's direction and the value it brings to the business.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Develop and defend the product strategy: where the product is heading, which segments and functionalities to focus on;
- Translate strategy into measurable goals and own the product's key product and business metrics (P&L, revenue, inventory margin, fill rate, eCPM, etc.);
- Make decisions about new directions, formats, integrations, and partnerships based on data and unit economics;
- Lead a team of product managers: hiring, development, goal setting, feedback, building a product culture;
- Distribute ownership across product areas and maintain a unified team focus on priorities;
- Maintain a unified roadmap (quarterly / monthly): goals, scope, execution control, and priority changes;
- Establish a transparent prioritization system with a focus on key business processes, stability, and measurable impact; be able to say "no" and manage stakeholder expectations;
- Organize the process so that tasks reach development ready (Definition of Ready) — with acceptance criteria, success metrics, and a verification plan;
- Manage product operations: decomposition, progress tracking, blocker removal, inter-team dependencies, release predictability;
- Maintain a balance between speed and stability: reducing regressions, managing technical debt, agreements with the technical team;
- Define what and why we measure, and how changes affect stability and key business flows;
- Interact with marketing / sales / account managers: transform disparate requests into clear priorities and product solutions;
- Be the voice of the product at the top management level.
Candidate Requirements:
- 3-5 years of experience in product roles (CPO / Head of Product), with proven experience owning the entire product — from strategy to results;
- Experience in AdTech / MarTech / RTB / high-load systems;
- Experience scaling digital products and building processes for predictable releases;
- Experience managing a team of product managers: hiring, development, goal setting;
- Strong strategic thinking and a data-driven approach: setting metrics, analyzing the impact of changes, working with product analytics, the ability to see the big picture;
- Ability to evaluate product solutions from the perspective of user experience, economics, and scalability;
- Strong priority and roadmap management skills: ability to fix scope and manage stakeholder expectations;
- Solid technical literacy: API, client-server, integrations, basic database knowledge, logic, algorithms, conceptual understanding of CI/CD, understanding how releases and monitoring work;
- Active use of modern AI tools in work: AI assistants for discovery, analytics, and routine tasks, rapid prototyping and vibe coding for hypothesis testing, as well as implementing AI practices within the product team.
Will be a plus:
- Experience with data-intensive products: working with large volumes of data and making decisions based on them, including automated real-time scenarios (bidding, optimization, scoring);
- Experience with international markets;
- Technical background or deep understanding of development.
What we offer:
- A key role in the company with real influence on the product and business;
- Competitive salary, discussed individually with each candidate;
- Minimal bureaucracy, many opportunities for development;
- An office you'll enjoy coming to: a comfortable space near Sevastopolskaya metro station;
- Flexible start to the workday: no strict control over the schedule, the main thing is that tasks are completed on time.
