Associate Manager,Product - VEVE

<p style="margin-top:2.25pt;line-height:115%;"><b>&nbsp;</b></p><p style="margin-top:.3pt;margin-right:1.3pt;margin-bottom: 6.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><strong>About Affinity:</strong></p><p style="margin-top:2.25pt;line-height:115%;">Affinity is pioneering new frontiers in AdTech: developing solutions that push past today’s limits and open new opportunities. We are a global AdTech company helping publishers discover better ways to monetize and enabling advertisers to reach the right audiences through new touchpoints. Operating across 10+ markets in Asia, the US, and Europe with a team of over 575 experts, we are building privacy-first ad infrastructure that opens opportunities beyond the walled gardens.</p><p style="margin-top:2.25pt;line-height:115%;"><b>&nbsp;</b></p><p style="margin-top:2.25pt;line-height:115%;"><b>Position:&nbsp;</b>Associate Manager, Product<b>&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:115%; "><br></p><p style="margin-top:2.25pt;line-height:115%;"><strong>Type of role:&nbsp;</strong>Team Contributor</p><p style="margin-top:2.25pt;line-height:115%;"><br></p><p style="line-height:115%;"><b>Work Location:&nbsp;</b>Mumbai</p><p style="line-height:115%;"><br></p><p style="line-height:115%;"><br></p><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong>Role Overview</strong></p><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">You are a talented, intellectually curious product thinker who thrives at the intersection of technology and business. In this role, you will contribute to the product strategy and execution for AI-powered features within our Advertising and Monetization Products. You will partner closely with AI/ML engineers, product leaders, and engineering teams to translate emerging AI technologies into innovative solutions that drive measurable impact. This is a hands-on role where you will own projects end-to-end, from problem discovery through launch and iteration. You will have direct exposure to product strategy, customer conversations, and technical decision-making. If you're intellectually ambitious, passionate about AI, and eager to accelerate your growth in a high-ownership environment, this role will challenge and develop you.</p><div align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;"><hr align="center"></div><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Product Discovery &amp; Strategy:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Identify opportunities where AI/LLM technologies (agentic systems, RAG, semantic understanding, generative capabilities) can solve real customer problems in advertising and monetization.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Conduct customer research, interviews, and data analysis to validate product hypotheses; synthesize findings into clear product recommendations.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Collaborate with senior product and engineering leaders to define requirements, scope features, and build the product roadmap.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Stay current with AI advancements; evaluate emerging models, techniques, and tools for potential application to AdTech use cases.</li></ul><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Hands-On Product Development:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Own the full development cycle for assigned projects: discovery, requirements gathering, PRD creation, user story specification, design collaboration, and launch.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Work directly with AI/ML engineers and backend teams to understand technical constraints, feasibility, and design trade-offs.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Create wireframes, flowcharts, and product specifications that clearly articulate feature behavior and user workflows.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Define success metrics and measurement frameworks; establish baseline expectations before launch and track performance post-launch.</li></ul><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Technical Engagement &amp; Learning:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Develop practical proficiency with AI/LLM tools and frameworks: hands-on experimentation with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG implementations, and agentic workflows.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Understand how transformers, embeddings, context windows, and model selection impact product design and user experience.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Engage deeply with AI/ML engineers; ask sharp questions about model behavior, latency, cost, and edge cases.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Prototype and validate ideas independently; comfort writing prompts, running experiments, and iterating quickly.</li></ul><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Cross-Functional Collaboration:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Work with engineering, design, data, and business teams to scope work, manage dependencies, and drive execution.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders; represent customer needs to engineering teams.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Support GTM teams (sales, marketing, customer success) with product enablement and customer-facing messaging.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Participate in design reviews, technical planning, and product retrospectives; contribute thoughtfully to team decisions.</li></ul><div align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;"><hr align="center"></div><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong>Required Experience &amp; Skills</strong></p><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Educational &amp; Professional Background:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related technical discipline (IIT or equivalent tier-1 institution strongly preferred).</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">3-4 years of relevant experience in one or more of: Product Management, Product Operations, or Technical Program Management.</li></ul><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Product &amp; Business Thinking:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Strong foundational understanding of product development practices: user stories, requirements gathering, PRD writing, wireframing, and launch execution.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Ability to think quantitatively; comfort with metrics, data analysis, and translating insights into recommendations.</li></ul><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">AI/LLM Technical Proficiency:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Hands-on familiarity with Large Language Models: practical experience using ChatGPT, Claude, N8N or similar tools; comfort experimenting with different prompts and techniques.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Active engagement with AI tools, frameworks, or APIs (OpenAI API, LangChain, HuggingFace, etc.); not just theoretical knowledge.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Basic understanding of how LLMs work: embeddings, tokenization, attention mechanisms, and why these matter for product design.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Comfort with technical ambiguity; ability to learn new AI concepts quickly and ask informed questions.</li></ul><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">Communication &amp; Collaboration:</p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Excellent written communication; ability to articulate ideas clearly in PRDs, design docs, and presentations.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Strong interpersonal skills; collaborative mindset without need for formal authority.</li><li style="line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;">Ability to present complex ideas to diverse audiences (engineers, business stakeholders, customers).</li></ul><div align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; vertical-align:baseline;"><hr align="center"></div><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong>This Role is Perfect If You:</strong></p><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;">✓ Graduated from IIT or equivalent tier-1 institution with technical depth<br>✓ Have 3-4 years in product, technical, or data-driven roles<br>✓ Are genuinely curious about AI and have experimented with LLMs, RAG, or agentic frameworks<br>✓ Think deeply about problems and challenge conventional wisdom<br>✓ Are excited by ambiguity and rapid iteration<br>✓ Want to be a founder or product leader; see this as a springboard for that journey<br>✓ Care deeply about customer problems and building products people love</p><p style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></p>