Machine Learning Manager - Ads Targeting Modeling

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not specified
• Employment Type: Not specified
• Salary: Not specified
• Description: This role involves defining and driving the engineering strategy for Reddit’s Ads Targeting products. The focus is on developing machine learning-powered features to identify and target users and content, maximizing outcomes for advertisers. The ideal candidate is an industry leader in machine learning recommendations, optimization, and marketplace dynamics, with strong technical and business skills.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience supporting and growing ML engineering teams, ideally having scaled a team by over 100%.
• Proven track record in building and shipping large-scale, end-to-end machine learning products.
• Strong technical background in machine learning.
• Solid business acumen.
• Excellent cross-functional stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Technical Vision & Strategy:
  • Lead the development and optimization of first-party and automation targeting products to scale with the ads business.
  • Shape a technical vision with significant business impact.
• Execution & Quality:
  • Oversee team roadmap execution, ensuring consistent, predictable, and high-quality delivery.
  • Prioritize planned initiatives and emergent needs.
  • Coach individual contributors and tech leads in project management.
  • Proactively identify and communicate risks.
• Recruiting:
  • Responsible for scaling the Ads Targeting Modeling team by identifying needs, writing job descriptions, sourcing, interviewing, and closing candidates (with support from the recruiting team).
• Career Development:
  • Assist engineers in setting career goals and creating development plans.
  • Continuously seek opportunities to push the team beyond their comfort zones.

Company Information

• Company: Reddit
• Website: redditinc.com
• Description: Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust. It’s home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet, with 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors.