Hybrid Principal Product Manager

at Connexity, Inc.

• Job title: Principal Product Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: BigQuery
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Karlsruhe, Germany

About the role

• Principal Product Manager leading strategic direction for pricing infrastructure at Connexity. Focused on automation and ML integration to enhance publisher traffic valuation.

Responsibilities

• Automation & Machine Learning: Allocate approximately 40%-50% of resources to integrating ML/AI models into the pricing logic. The objective is to increase pricing accuracy and eliminate the need for manual overrides and legacy configurations.
• Architectural Strategy: Evaluate the current pricing framework and design the next-generation services required to support emerging campaign types, including Sponsorships and hybrid performance models.
• Platform Ownership: Act as the primary owner for the pricing roadmap. Collaborate with Engineering and our analyst to define the most impactful requirements for data ingestion, enrichment, and storage layers. We do not want to ship just for the sake of it, we want to ship the right features with the biggest impact.
• Operational Stability: Maintain the integrity of the existing pricing stack to ensure revenue stability while simultaneously architecting the transition to new systems.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the technical authority on pricing for the product and commercial leadership teams, providing data-backed evidence for strategic shifts and marketplace adjustments.

Requirements

• Seniority: Minimum of 8 years in Product Management, with a significant background in backend platform infrastructure and marketplace economics.
• Technical Proficiency: Extensive experience working alongside Data Science/Analytics teams to deploy production-grade ML models. Familiarity with modern data stacks (e.g., BigQuery) is required.
• Commercial Logic: A deep understanding of how pricing algorithms influence merchant ROAS, publisher yield, and overall marketplace health.
• Independent Execution: Proven ability to manage a complex roadmap and drive cross-functional alignment without the need for a dedicated team of junior product managers.
• Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to resolve complex data dependencies and conflicting business requirements through rigorous analysis.

Benefits

• A family-friendly environment
• Flexible working hours and hybrid model for a good work-life balance
• Modern offices (not open plan) with an ergonomic workplace
• Pleasant feel-good extras for everyday life
• Participation in the form of shares.
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