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Job Description

Join us in building the ultimate online playground! Poki is a fast-growing tech scale-up on a mission to build the ultimate online playground for casual web games. We have over 100 million monthly players and a thriving community of 500+ game developer teams. We believe sustainable advertising is the best way to keep high-quality games free and accessible across devices. As our Senior Product Manager for Monetisation & Adtech, you'll define how advertising works on Poki for players, developers and advertisers. What this job is about You'll own the product strategy for advertising and in-game monetisation on the Poki platform. That includes improving revenue per player and per impression, and evolving our in-game ad formats and integrations. It also means improving our SDK and ad stack, and shaping how advertisers interact with our supply. You'll collaborate across engineering, developer relations, data and business teams. Together you'll ship improvements that help developers earn money, advertisers reach relevant audiences, and players enjoy a great free-to-play experience. Your work will directly affect 100 million monthly players, 500+ developers and global advertisers. You'll own a critical revenue pillar for the company and build deep knowledge of multi-sided platform dynamics and adtech economics. You'll join a diverse, talented and self-motivated team where autonomy is real, bureaucracy is minimal and experimentation never stops. There's no formal hierarchy, and you'll have a high degree of personal responsibility and freedom. Your Challenge A roadmap you own end to end. You'll own the adtech and monetisation roadmap, from opportunity discovery and experimentation to rollout. Ad integrations that work for everyone. You'll evaluate and improve in-game and display/video ad integrations to optimise revenue, user experience and advertiser win rates. Every change touches players, developers and advertisers at once, and you'll balance the needs of all three. Better results with developers. You'll collaborate with game developers worldwide to improve SDK adoption and in-game monetisation performance. A clear view of the adtech landscape. You'll research how adtech is evolving to find opportunities and advantages for brands and advertisers. Poki's long-term monetisation strategy. You'll contribute to Poki's long-term monetisation strategy, business model and platform economics. That includes building buy-in for a vision that goes beyond optimising today's methods and unlocks new revenue streams. You Have 6+ years of Product Management experience, including 2–3 years in online advertising, programmatic or monetisation. For example, Google Ad Manager, header bidding, SSPs or Prebid. Are technically literate. You can explain monetisation concepts to engineers and understand integration constraints. Are highly analytical. You're comfortable with experimentation, metrics and data-driven prioritisation. Are motivated by revenue outcomes. You care about improving developer earnings and platform economics. Are an effective stakeholder operator. You align engineering, data and commercial teams to ship meaningful improvements. Think strategically while working in an agile, iterative way. You validate ideas early. Bonus experience Familiarity with gaming ecosystems or game design Experience with in-game ad UX or playable ad formats SQL proficiency Benefits We believe great work comes from feeling supported, trusted, and able to grow. Alongside meaningful professional development in the position mentioned above, we offer: A competitive salary, with annual performance reviews. Flexible working hours and a culture that genuinely supports a healthy work–life balance. €2,000 annual Learning & Development Budget for courses, training, and learning. Travel cost reimbursement for employees living outside of Amsterdam. 25 days of paid vacation per year, plus additional discretionary days. Hybrid work policy, with time split between home and our office, and the option to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. State-of-the-art equipment, plus a €2,000 work-from-home budget. Free breakfast, daily catered lunch, and fresh coffee and drinks in our pet-friendly office at Spui, in the heart of Amsterdam!

Core Responsibilities

Own the advertising and monetisation product strategy and roadmap, improving ad integrations, revenue performance, SDK adoption, and the experience for players, developers, and advertisers. Research adtech opportunities and contribute to Poki’s long-term monetisation strategy, business model, and platform economics.

Requirements

Requires at least 6 years of product management experience, including 2–3 years in online advertising, programmatic advertising, or monetisation, with technical literacy and strong analytical skills. Candidates should be motivated by revenue outcomes, effective at aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and able to work strategically while validating ideas through iterative experimentation.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Annual Performance Reviews
• Flexible Working Hours
• Work-Life Balance
• Annual Learning and Development Budget
• Travel Cost Reimbursement
• 25 Days of Paid Vacation
• Additional Discretionary Days
• Hybrid Work Policy
• Work From Anywhere for up to 4 Weeks per Year
• State-of-the-Art Equipment
• Work-From-Home Budget
• Free Breakfast
• Daily Catered Lunch
• Coffee and Drinks
• Pet-Friendly Office