
Lead Product Manager, Grocery & Retail Ads
Required skills
- demand growth
- CPG ads
- sponsored listings
- on-site ad formats
- discovery surfaces
- placement opportunities
- Ads Delivery
- Supply team
- advertising surfaces
- advertising formats
Nice to have
- Driver mindset
- biased toward action
- comfortable with ambiguity
- clarifying complexity
- high standards
- UX
Role summary
Uber Eats is seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to shape the future of grocery and retail advertising. This role will own demand growth for CPG ads, define ad strategies, and lead cross-functional execution to deliver end-to-end outcomes for shoppers and merchants. The Product Manager will collaborate with Product Design, Data Science, Engineering, Ads Operations, Sales, UXR, and regional business teams, leveraging shopper insights, merchant feedback, and experimentation. Key responsibilities include guiding ad delivery, improving ad ranking and relevance, developing roadmaps, defining success metrics, and championing ads quality and integrity within the Uber Eats ecosystem. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, customer obsession, and experience scaling products in high-growth environments.
Uber Eats is expanding its mission to help consumers discover and purchase anything they need-and grocery and retail are at the center of that growth . Advertising is a critical lever in enabling merchants to scale and helping consumers find the right items at the right moment. We're looking for an experienced and strategic product manager to shape the future of grocery and retail advertising across the Uber Eats ecosystem.
As a Lead Product Manager for Grocery & Retail Ads, you will own demand growth for CPG ads and collaborate with other PMs to deliver end-to-end outcomes for both shoppers and merchants. You will define how ads appear, how they perform, how they are measured, and how they contribute to a healthy marketplace that serves millions of customers each day. You'll set product strategy, drive alignment across the Ads, Grocery, Retail, and Consumer organizations, and lead cross-functional execution to bring that strategy to life.
You will collaborate deeply with Product Design, Data Science, Engineering, Ads Operations, Sales, UXR, and regional business teams. Your work will rely on rich shopper insights, merchant feedback, experimentation, and a strong understanding of ad systems. You'll combine product intuition with analytical rigor to build an ads ecosystem that delivers value to merchants while creating a delightful and relevant experience for consumers.
This role requires an owner's mindset, a high bar for quality, and the passion to build a world-class grocery and retail ads platform.
What the Candidate Will Do
- Own demand growth for CPG ads, collaborating with other PMs to deliver end-to-end outcomes across sponsored listings, on-site ad formats, discovery surfaces, and placement opportunities across the Uber Eats app.
- Guide Ads Delivery and Supply team to identify, design, and launch new advertising surfaces and formats that enhance shopper discovery while driving incremental value for grocery and retail merchants.
- Partner with Ads Engineering, Data Science, and Applied ML to improve ad ranking, targeting, bidding, and relevance models to ensure ads are high-quality and contextually useful.
- Develop and maintain a multi-quarter roadmap that advances the scalability, performance, and user experience of the grocery & retail ads ecosystem.
- Define and track core metrics for ads success -including advertiser ROI, ad quality, shopper engagement, and revenue-and use them to guide decisions and prioritization.
- Collaborate with Ads Sales and Merchant teams to understand advertiser needs, improve onboarding and performance, and translate merchant insights into product direction.
- Work cross-functionally with Design and UXR to develop intuitive ad experiences that drive clarity, performance, and long-term trust.
- Champion ads quality and integrity , ensuring we scale monetization responsibly while maintaining an excellent consumer experience.
- 8+ years of Product Management experience delivering highly successful, user-facing products at scale.
- Experience owning and driving strategy for complex systems-preferably in ads, marketplaces, or multi-sided platforms.
- Strong analytical capabilities, including experiment design, metrics definition, and proficiency with data tools.
- Deep customer obsession and demonstrated ability to simplify complex problems into elegant, intuitive experiences.
- Proven success scaling products and owning business outcomes in high-growth environments.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple geographies.
- A Driver mindset -biased toward action, comfortable with ambiguity, and excellent at clarifying complexity.
- High standards for product quality, with strong attention to detail across UX, data accuracy, and execution.
- Ability to independently pull, analyze, and synthesize data to tell compelling stories and drive decision-making.
- Experience with advertising ecosystems , including sponsored ads, ranking models, auction dynamics, advertiser measurement, or performance optimization.
- Passion for building the future of grocery & retail commerce and contributing to Uber's mission.
- A growth mindset and relentless desire to learn, improve, and push the product forward.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $216,000 per year - USD $240,000 per year.
For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.
Ready to Ride?
This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook - it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves - we'd love to hear from you.
You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.
Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
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