Program Manager, Ads Policy

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Uber
Chicago, IL, United States
  • IT
  • FullTime
  • Applications have closed

About The Role As the Program Manager of Ad Policy , you will sit at the intersection of product, legal, and sales. Your mission is to protect our users from deceptive practices while ensuring a fair and transparent ecosystem for legitimate advertisers. You will be responsible for drafting, implementing, and scaling advertising policies as well as continuously optimizing processes.

What You’ll Do

  • Policy Development: Draft and refine global advertising policies, ensuring they are clear, enforceable, and aligned with evolving regional regulations (e.g., DSA, GDPR)
  • Incident Management: Act as a lead for high-priority policy escalations, making rapid, data-driven decisions on sensitive or controversial ad content
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product and Engineering to build automated enforcement tools and with Sales to educate advertisers on compliance
  • Market Intelligence: Stay ahead of industry trends and bad actor tactics. Conduct “red-teaming” exercises to identify gaps in existing policy frameworks
  • Operational Excellence: Develop KPIs to measure the effectiveness of policy enforcement and the impact on advertiser friction, driving continuous improvement in “Time to Action” metrics

Basic Qualifications:

  • 4 years of professional experience in Ad Tech, Trust & Safety, or Content Policy
  • Previous experience managing DSP/SSP, real-time bidding, and ad creative review processes
  • Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualfications:

  • Experience with sensitive categories and global teams, with cultural nuances

  • Experience with GenAI

  • The ideal candidate will possess:

  • Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of the digital advertising lifecycle (DSP/SSP, real-time bidding, and ad creative review processes)

  • Analytical Rigor: Ability to use data to identify patterns of policy abuse and justify policy changes to executive stakeholders

  • Communication: Exceptional writing skills with the ability to translate complex legal or technical concepts into simple, actionable guidelines

  • Judgment: Proven track record of making difficult decisions in “grey areas” where policy and business interests may conflict
    For Chicago, IL-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$118,000 per year – USD$131,000 per year. For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$131,000 per year – USD$145,500 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$131,000 per year – USD$145,500 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. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits., For Chicago, IL-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$118,000 per year – USD$131,000 per year. For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$131,000 per year – USD$145,500 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$131,000 per year – USD$145,500 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. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

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