Senior Product Manager - Ad Auctions - F/M
Sparteo is an independent suite of AI-powered advertising technologies built on sustainable, sovereign infrastructure.
Since 2018, we’ve been reshaping programmatic advertising to make it faster, more transparent, and more profitable by building the most direct path between publishers and advertisers.
But we don't stop here: wherever attention lives, on the web, in apps, on CTV, and beyond, our mission is to monetize all audiences, across every format: display, video, audio, and more. Our data-driven tech delivers 30% higher revenues on average than traditional solutions.Our Solutions:
→ Actirise for intelligent display monetization
→ FastCMP for seamless and compliant consent management
→ Meetscale SSP for programmatic optimization
→ Viously for High-impact video monetization
→ Voxeus for audio monetizationBehind Sparteo’s growth is a team of 100+ talents across 11 countries, united by a shared ambition to redefine the future of digital advertising.Our dedication has placed Sparteo among the most dynamic tech players in Europe:
- FT1000 ranking – Among the fastest-growing European companies in 2024 & 2025
- The Europas – Featured in the list of 100 hottest startups
- Pixalate Ranking – #1 Web SSP in France with our Actirise solution
These milestones are just the result. What truly sets us apart is how we work: at Sparteo, we don’t settle, we act.
- We are hungry: Always pushing for better, never settling for average.
- We are data-obsessed: Facts guide us — not assumptions, not egos.
- We think as one: Collective goals come before personal wins.
- We trade off: We simplify, prioritize, and go for high-impact results.
- We solve problems: We own challenges and turn ideas into action.
- We say what we do: Radical transparency is how we grow — no fluff, no hiding.
Discover our journey, products, and culture on 👉 our website 👈
Your Job
Lead the strategic development of Sparteo's auction product, ensuring its alignment with market trends, user needs, and company objectives. This role requires an emphasis on innovation, scalability, and driving cross-functional collaboration to deliver a high-performance solution.
To specify :
- Strategic Leadership
- Define and lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the auction product.
- Identify and act on market trends, customer needs, and competitive gaps to enhance product positioning.
- Product Development
- Translate high-level strategy into detailed feature sets and actionable user stories.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to prioritize and oversee development cycles, ensuring timely and quality delivery.
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to align the auction product with client expectations and Sparteo’s broader goals.
- Act as the key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
- Performance Monitoring
- Establish and track KPIs for product performance, iterating on feedback and data.
- Conduct regular market analysis to keep the product competitive and innovative.
Challenges & Differentiators
- Work on innovative auction mechanics in a highly competitive ad-tech environment.
- Opportunity to shape a flagship product pivotal to Sparteo's international growth.
- Collaborate across Sparteo’s diverse suite of high-performance solutions (e.g., Actirise, FastCMP).
Your profile for this job
- Experience
- 5+ years in product management, preferably in ad-tech or programmatic advertising.
- Proven track record of launching and scaling complex digital products.
- Skills
- Strategic thinking with an ability to zoom into technical details.
- Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Mindset
- Obsessed with data and performance-driven innovation.
- Agile, pragmatic problem-solver who thrives in a dynamic environment.
Your mind set to share our adventure
- 🚀 You want to make an impact and move things forward collectively. Does hearing phrases like "Yes, but we've been doing it this way for years..." make your hair stand on end? We feel the same way: progress is made by questioning what already exists.
- 🧠 You solve problems pragmatically and analytically.
- 🏃♂️ You're looking for a fast-moving environment where your agility will be an asset. The 80-20 (Pareto) principle holds no secrets for you.
- 🎧 Your ability to listen encourages you to challenge and improve yourself on an ongoing basis.
Benefits & Work Environment
- 🌍 Dynamic Remote Culture: At Sparteo, we embrace a flexible work environment that adapts to your lifestyle, allowing you to contribute from wherever you feel most productive, be it from home or our urban offices in Paris, Lille, or London.
- 👥 Close-knit Team: Be part of our dynamic and united team, where collaboration, innovation, and mutual support drive our collective success and create a thriving work environment.
- 🎉 Vibrant Social Events: Engage in regular social gatherings and company events that foster community and celebrate our milestones.
- 🚀 Rapid Growth: Experience the excitement of working with a company in rapid expansion mode, impacting the advertising technology landscape across Europe and beyond.
- 📈 Tailored Support: We provide robust career development support, including training programs, career check-ins with HR, opportunities for internal mobility, and performance feedback sessions conducted quarterly or semi-annually, depending on your role.
- 🌴 RTT Days: We support work-life balance with additional rest days (RTT), provided based on position and tenure, empowering you to recharge and enjoy life outside of work.
- 🩺 Comprehensive Health and pension plans: We provide a robust health benefits plan, ensuring you and your family are covered and cared for.
- 💼 Additional Perks:
- 🍽️ Benefit from the Swile card for meals.
- 🚆 Partial reimbursement of public transit passes.
Ready to join Team Sparteo? Send us your CV and continue the recruitment process!
Here are the stages in our recruitment process
Discussions about your driving forces, your ambitions and our Sparteo mindset will be held with a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
Analytical and business logic tests
Discussions with one or more members of the Sparteo team, including your future manager
Taking up references
Our recruitment process is mainly conducted by videoconference; however, certain stages may require a face-to-face meeting.
- Entity
- Strategy & Innovation
- Role
- Product
- Locations
- Europe
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time