Senior Product Manager, Creative and Generative AI

Teamwork makes the stream work.Roku is changing how the world watches TVRoku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.What does the team work on?Ad Product Strategy & Operations (PS&O) is a hybrid strategy and execution function within Roku’s Ad Product organization. We partner with product managers and cross-functional teams to accelerate decision-making, ensure launch readiness, and operationalize product strategy across Roku’s advertising portfolio. The team sits at the intersection of product development and business enablement. Our focus is on driving clarity, scalability, and alignment across initiatives, from roadmap planning through launch execution. We also collaborate closely with commercialization partners to ensure new products and solutions are effectively brought to market.What is the role?Roku is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead generative AI and creative products for our advertising business. In this role, you will own a portfolio of AI-powered tools that help advertisers create, adapt, and enhance TV ad creative. The portfolio includes AI-generated video creative that helps advertisers of any size produce TV-ready ads from their existing brand assets, generative enhancements for Roku ad formats, and creative adaptation tools that reformat assets across sizes and placements. You will grow the portfolio by scaling products already in market and by identifying new opportunities and taking the strongest from concept to launch. This role sits at the intersection of applied AI, creative workflows, and ad products. You will partner closely with engineering, design, ad sales, operations, legal, and marketing. For California Only - The estimated annual base salary for this position is between $167,300 - $307,600. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.How will I use AI at Roku?At Roku, we don’t just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability. We’re looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they’ve used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact.We value your AI skills if you have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.What are the responsibilities of the role?Own the strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for the AI creative portfolio, with goals tied to advertiser adoption, campaign performance, and revenueTake products from early access to broad availability by defining launch criteria, quality standards, and the cost and performance targets that make them viable at scaleIdentify and launch new AI creative products by running discovery with advertisers and agencies, prototyping quickly with engineering, and making clear go or no-go decisions on what graduates to a full launchDefine what quality means for AI-generated creative, and work with design, review, and policy teams to build human-in-the-loop workflows and brand guardrailsMake build-versus-reuse decisions across a shared generative AI platform so products share models, services, and safety layers instead of duplicating themPartner with ad sales and marketing on go-to-market, including packaging, pricing, early-access programs, and positioningWork with legal on rights, intellectual property, and responsible AI considerations for generated creativeInstrument funnel events, in-product feedback, creative quality, and campaign results, and use that data to decide what to build nextWhat experience would help someone be successful in this role at Roku?Significant product management experience, including shipping and scaling platform productsHands-on experience bringing generative AI or ML-powered products to market, including working through model quality, evaluation, cost, latency, and safety tradeoffsDemonstrated ability to take a product from beta to general availability with clear launch criteria and measurable adoptionExperience scoping workflows that blend automation with human review, such as editorial, moderation, or approval flowsData-driven decision making, including defining success metrics, setting up instrumentation, reading A/B test results, and acting on the findingsStrong communication and influence skills across engineering, design, sales, operations, and legal, including distributed teams across time zonesBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experienceBackground in advertising technology, especially CTV, video, or creative management platforms (nice to have)Experience with creative tools, design systems, or content production workflows used by agencies, studios, or in-house brand teams (nice to have)Familiarity with generative video and image models and the vendor landscape around them (nice to have)Experience with self-serve advertiser products and the onboarding, policy, and trust needs that come with them (nice to have)Exposure to agentic or conversational AI experiences and how they fit into professional tools (nice to have)Experience working with media and entertainment advertisers or publishers (nice to have)#LI-JC5What's Roku's approach to hybrid working?Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days' a week attendance.What are some of the benefits?Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.AccommodationsRoku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to View email address on click.appcast.io should I know about Roku's culture?Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV. We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002. To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit .By providing your information, you acknowledge that you want Roku to contact you about job roles, that you have read Roku's Applicant Privacy Notice, and understand that Roku will use your information as described in that notice. If you do not wish to receive any communications from Roku regarding this role or similar roles in the future, you may unsubscribe at any time by emailing View email address on click.appcast.io.