About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Advertising Services.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role overview

Confidential Client (Advertising Services) is seeking an Associate Product Manager to turn discovery and business needs into build-ready product requirements for internal platforms (order management and creative production). Reporting to a Senior Product Manager, you will manage assigned workstreams, run structured discovery with cross-functional partners, and deliver clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria that engineering and design can execute from confidently.

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What You’ll Do

• Write clear, detailed product requirements (PRDs) and user stories for in-house order management and creative production platforms
• Lead structured discovery with Sales, Operations, and Client Services to uncover pain points, workflows, and edge cases
• Own day-to-day execution of assigned product workstreams and keep initiatives moving with limited oversight
• Deliver build-ready documentation: workflows, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and open questions
• Partner with Engineering during backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery to keep tickets aligned with intended product behavior
• Surface scope, timeline, dependency, and technical trade-offs early and recommend pragmatic solutions
• Build working knowledge of core platform functionality, integrations, and data flows to inform requirements
• Keep artifacts current: update PRDs and communicate changes as decisions evolve

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Qualifications

• 1–3 years of professional experience, including at least 1 year in a product or product-adjacent role writing requirements and shipping work with engineering
• Experience working in an agile software or SaaS environment (backlog refinement, sprint planning, delivery)
• Proven ability to elicit stakeholder needs and translate them into unambiguous requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Experience mapping and documenting workflows and processes
• Technical fluency sufficient to follow high-level discussions about APIs, integrations, and data flow
• Excellent written and verbal communication for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical thinking and judgment; ability to prioritize and weigh trade-offs effectively
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset; comfortable driving work independently
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience

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Nice to have

• Background in ad tech or digital media (ad operations, trafficking, agency, publisher, ad server)
• Experience with SaaS product operations or systems integration documentation
• Comfortable using AI tools for research synthesis, drafting, and analysis

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Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $85,000–$110,000 (base pay depends on experience, skills, and location)
• Additional: 10% semi-annual bonus; package may include equity and comprehensive benefits
• Benefits include Healthcare, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA match, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, company laptop, and more
• Hybrid expectation: work from the Chicago office as required by the client (per authoritative job location)

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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