Ads Product & Engineering, Strategy & Operations Lead

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We’re looking for an Ads Product & Engineering Strategy & Operations Lead to join the Ads Platform team.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with Ads Platform Product & Engineering leadership to define and evolve strategy, ensuring alignment with Snap’s overall Ads business objectives

• Translate long-term product and platform vision into clear, measurable goals, success metrics, and prioritized roadmaps

• Lead cross-functional strategy and planning processes to align teams on priorities, dependencies, and execution timelines

• Drive end-to-end delivery of high-impact technical and cross-functional initiatives, removing blockers and ensuring measurable outcomes

• Develop and maintain tools, dashboards, and frameworks that provide visibility into program health and impact

• Build and execute communication strategies that keep internal and cross-functional stakeholders aligned on progress, outcomes, and priorities

• Design and run operating rhythms such as roadmap reviews, QBRs, and org all-hands to drive clarity, focus, and accountability

• Partner with enabling functions to optimize resource allocation, improve decision-making, and strengthen operational excellence across the organization

• Serve as a trusted advisor and connective tissue across Ads Platform, bridging strategy and execution to ensure alignment and clarity across product, engineering, and business stakeholders

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency with data visualization tools (e.g. Grafana, Looker, Tableau) building dashboards, source control (e.g. GitHub), ticket management (e.g. JIRA)

• Strong technical fluency—enough to deeply engage with engineering, product and business orgs and translate complex concepts into strategic clarity.

• Data-driven decision-making instincts paired with polished executive communication—clear, persuasive, and concise across written and presentation mediums and ability to influence without authority

• Collaborative, diplomatic, and resilient: thrives in high-velocity environments that demand quick alignment across diverse stakeholders  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in a technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience

• 11+ years of experience spanning Engineering / Data Science / Technical Program Management leading cross-functional efforts in the software or tech industry in a data-driven environment.

• 6+ years of experience in Technical Program Management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ads domain expertise

• A proven track record of leading large-scale, ambiguous programs across distributed teams in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, especially in the areas of improving platform reliability, operational stability and performance of production systems

• Experience working directly with engineers and contributing to product and technical design, architectural trade-offs, and roadmap planning

• Proven impact launching operational discipline at the scale of engineering organizations, emphasizing process, cost optimization, and cross-functional alignment

• Technical foundation (e.g. Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, technical MBA) or prior hands-on experience in engineering/product management or a similar discipline.

• Experience scaling operations in early/rapid-growth, matrixed, or cross-functional environments.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

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This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.