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Spotify is shaping the future of advertising by connecting brands with fans through audio, video, and experiences that are part of people's everyday lives. As our advertising business grows, we're focused on bringing innovative products to market, helping advertisers succeed, and turning new ideas into meaningful business growth.
We're looking for a Senior Director, Global Advertising Product Marketing to lead the next chapter of our global Advertising Product Marketing team. Reporting to the Head of Advertising Business Marketing, you'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, Business Development, and Marketing leaders to shape product strategy, strengthen our market position, and help advertisers get more value from Spotify.
This is an opportunity to build and lead a product marketing function with a clear voice in product decisions and a direct impact on business growth. You'll bring customer insights into product development, establish a disciplined approach to go-to-market execution and product adoption, create compelling reasons for advertisers to choose Spotify, and help a global team deliver measurable results.
What You'll Do
- Set the vision, strategy, and operating model for global Advertising Product Marketing, connecting advertiser needs, product innovation, competitive insights, and business growth.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Business Development, and Marketing leaders to bring customer and market insights into product decisions and turn innovation into solutions advertisers value.
- Lead global go-to-market strategies for Spotify's advertising products, including brand and performance advertising, self-service, programmatic, and emerging solutions. Own product positioning, messaging, packaging, launches, and adoption.
- Build a deeper understanding of advertisers, agencies, buying behaviors, and the competitive landscape. Use these insights to identify opportunities, influence product priorities, and strengthen Spotify's position in the market.
- Drive product adoption and commercial growth by identifying customer needs, addressing barriers to adoption, and partnering with teams to improve product usage, retention, and revenue. Define clear measures of success and use results to guide future decisions.
- Turn complex advertising technology, data, and measurement capabilities into clear, differentiated customer value propositions tied to measurable business outcomes. Partner with Business Marketing to create a consistent story across products and help advertisers understand the impact Spotify can deliver.
- Strengthen how products move from development to market. Establish clear processes, shared accountability, and measures of readiness that help teams make informed decisions about when to launch, scale, improve, or stop initiatives.
- Equip Sales and regional teams with the insights, messaging, and tools they need to bring Spotify's advertising solutions to customers.
- Work with Measurement and Advertising Effectiveness teams to connect product capabilities with credible evidence of advertiser outcomes, and feed that evidence back into product decisions
- Explore how AI, automation, and emerging advertising technologies can improve our products, customer experiences, and product marketing practices and identify opportunities to rethink how Spotify develops, positions, and scales its advertising solutions.
- Lead and develop a high-performing global Product Marketing organization, attracting outstanding talent, strengthening strategic and commercial capabilities, and creating a culture of creativity, accountability, collaboration, and measurable impact.
Who You Are
- You have 15+ years of experience
- You have built, scaled or transformed Product Marketing organizations in advertising technology, digital advertising or a related platform business.
- You have led global teams across complex product portfolios, shaped product strategy and delivered business results.
- You understand how advertising businesses grow, including advertiser and agency needs, programmatic buying, self-service platforms, brand and performance advertising, and measurement.
- You have experience shaping product strategy and leading go-to-market initiatives across complex product portfolios, translating customer insights into clear priorities and measurable outcomes.
- You are an influential executive communicator who engages credibly with senior Product, Engineering, and Commercial leaders, as well as externally with clients and partners.
- You combine strategic thinking with strong commercial judgment. You're comfortable using customer research, competitive insights, and performance data to make decisions, identify opportunities, and measure success.
- You can explain complex technology in clear, engaging ways and communicate effectively with senior leaders, advertisers, agencies, and business partners.
- You bring a forward-looking, hands-on view of AI, automation and emerging ad technologies. You don’t wait for change to arrive. You act on it early, spotting where these technologies can reshape our advertising products and inspire new ones, and you use AI to change how Product Marketing gets done.
- You have experience developing leaders and building inclusive, collaborative teams. You create clarity, encourage different perspectives, support growth, and balance long-term strategy with effective execution.
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in New York.
- We ask that you come into the office 2–3 times per week.
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Product
Advertising Marketing
Permanent
Spotify is shaping the future of advertising by connecting brands with fans through audio, video, and experiences that are part of people's everyday lives. As our advertising business grows, we're focused on bringing innovative products to market, helping advertisers succeed, and turning new ideas into meaningful business growth.
We're looking for a Senior Director, Global Advertising Product Marketing to lead the next chapter of our global Advertising Product Marketing team. Reporting to the Head of Advertising Business Marketing, you'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, Business Development, and Marketing leaders to shape product strategy, strengthen our market position, and help advertisers get more value from Spotify.
This is an opportunity to build and lead a product marketing function with a clear voice in product decisions and a direct impact on business growth. You'll bring customer insights into product development, establish a disciplined approach to go-to-market execution and product adoption, create compelling reasons for advertisers to choose Spotify, and help a global team deliver measurable results.
What You'll Do
- Set the vision, strategy, and operating model for global Advertising Product Marketing, connecting advertiser needs, product innovation, competitive insights, and business growth.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Business Development, and Marketing leaders to bring customer and market insights into product decisions and turn innovation into solutions advertisers value.
- Lead global go-to-market strategies for Spotify's advertising products, including brand and performance advertising, self-service, programmatic, and emerging solutions. Own product positioning, messaging, packaging, launches, and adoption.
- Build a deeper understanding of advertisers, agencies, buying behaviors, and the competitive landscape. Use these insights to identify opportunities, influence product priorities, and strengthen Spotify's position in the market.
- Drive product adoption and commercial growth by identifying customer needs, addressing barriers to adoption, and partnering with teams to improve product usage, retention, and revenue. Define clear measures of success and use results to guide future decisions.
- Turn complex advertising technology, data, and measurement capabilities into clear, differentiated customer value propositions tied to measurable business outcomes. Partner with Business Marketing to create a consistent story across products and help advertisers understand the impact Spotify can deliver.
- Strengthen how products move from development to market. Establish clear processes, shared accountability, and measures of readiness that help teams make informed decisions about when to launch, scale, improve, or stop initiatives.
- Equip Sales and regional teams with the insights, messaging, and tools they need to bring Spotify's advertising solutions to customers.
- Work with Measurement and Advertising Effectiveness teams to connect product capabilities with credible evidence of advertiser outcomes, and feed that evidence back into product decisions
- Explore how AI, automation, and emerging advertising technologies can improve our products, customer experiences, and product marketing practices and identify opportunities to rethink how Spotify develops, positions, and scales its advertising solutions.
- Lead and develop a high-performing global Product Marketing organization, attracting outstanding talent, strengthening strategic and commercial capabilities, and creating a culture of creativity, accountability, collaboration, and measurable impact.
Who You Are
- You have 15+ years of experience
- You have built, scaled or transformed Product Marketing organizations in advertising technology, digital advertising or a related platform business.
- You have led global teams across complex product portfolios, shaped product strategy and delivered business results.
- You understand how advertising businesses grow, including advertiser and agency needs, programmatic buying, self-service platforms, brand and performance advertising, and measurement.
- You have experience shaping product strategy and leading go-to-market initiatives across complex product portfolios, translating customer insights into clear priorities and measurable outcomes.
- You are an influential executive communicator who engages credibly with senior Product, Engineering, and Commercial leaders, as well as externally with clients and partners.
- You combine strategic thinking with strong commercial judgment. You're comfortable using customer research, competitive insights, and performance data to make decisions, identify opportunities, and measure success.
- You can explain complex technology in clear, engaging ways and communicate effectively with senior leaders, advertisers, agencies, and business partners.
- You bring a forward-looking, hands-on view of AI, automation and emerging ad technologies. You don’t wait for change to arrive. You act on it early, spotting where these technologies can reshape our advertising products and inspire new ones, and you use AI to change how Product Marketing gets done.
- You have experience developing leaders and building inclusive, collaborative teams. You create clarity, encourage different perspectives, support growth, and balance long-term strategy with effective execution.
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in New York.
- We ask that you come into the office 2–3 times per week.
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Who's Hiring
- The Social Publication22
- AbbVie7
- Comcast4
- Microsoft3
- Merck2
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in advertising director jobs.
- 7 or more years of experience in advertising, media, or integrated marketing
- Demonstrated leadership managing creative and media teams or agency relationships
- Proven ability to develop and execute multi-channel campaign strategies
- Experience owning and allocating advertising budgets across channels
- Proficiency with analytics platforms, ad tech stacks, and performance reporting
- Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, communications, or a related field
Tips for Your Advertising Director Job Search
Tailor your resume to budget ownership
Advertising directors are hired to manage significant spend, so your resume needs to show you owned a budget, not just worked within one. Name the size of budgets you controlled and the channel mix you managed, even if the exact figure was confidential.
Build a portfolio around campaign outcomes
Creative samples alone won't close an advertising director interview. Pair each campaign with the business result it drove, whether that's brand lift, lead volume, or revenue. Hiring panels want to see your judgment, not just your taste.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists advertising director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target openings that match your channel depth
Advertising director roles vary sharply by channel focus. A posting heavy on programmatic and paid social requires a different pitch than one centered on broadcast or out-of-home. Read the full job description before applying and lead with your strongest relevant channel experience.
Prepare a case-study walkthrough for interviews
Most advertising director interviews include a campaign deep-dive where you walk panelists through a real project from brief to results. Practice narrating one campaign end-to-end, including the tradeoffs you made, so you can deliver it confidently without reading from notes.
Negotiate scope before negotiating anything else
Before discussing compensation, clarify what you'd actually own: headcount, agency relationships, budget authority, and reporting structure. Advertising director titles vary widely in real authority, and knowing the scope lets you evaluate the offer accurately and negotiate from the right baseline.
Advertising Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most advertising directors?
The companies hiring the most advertising directors right now include The Social Publication, AbbVie, and Comcast, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and New Jersey, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is typically strongest at large consumer brands, national media companies, and full-service agencies managing multiple client accounts.
How many advertising director jobs are remote?
About 96% of advertising director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote availability concentrated in performance marketing, digital media strategy, and programmatic advertising roles. Brand-side positions at large consumer companies and in-house creative director roles tend to require more in-office presence than agency or media tech roles.
How do you become an advertising director?
Most advertising directors build up through account management, media planning, creative strategy, or brand roles, eventually taking on team leadership responsibilities. Getting promoted or hired at the director level usually requires demonstrating that you can run a campaign from brief to results independently, manage a team, and own a budget. Developing a strong portfolio of measurable outcomes and taking on cross-functional projects accelerates the path.
Can you get an advertising director job with little experience?
Breaking into advertising director roles with limited experience is possible if you've led projects that show director-level judgment, even without the title. Candidates who come up short on years often compensate by owning a niche well, such as a specific channel or industry vertical, and presenting a portfolio that documents real business results rather than just creative output. Contract and interim director roles are also a practical entry point.
What does the advertising director interview process look like?
Advertising director interviews typically run three to five rounds and involve a mix of behavioral questions, a campaign or strategic case study presentation, and meetings with cross-functional stakeholders including creative leads, marketing leadership, and sometimes finance. Many employers ask candidates to respond to a creative or media brief on a tight timeline, so preparing a structured framework for campaign thinking ahead of time is worth the effort.
Where can I find and apply to advertising director jobs?
You can find and apply to advertising director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States in one place. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits.
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