Principal Sales Product Owner - LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Marketing & Communications, Product, Sales & Business Development
Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on Mar 8, 2025
Company Description
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
This role can be based in New York City NY, Chicago IL, or Bellevue WA.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
Everyday millions of people use LinkedIn’s products to make connections, discover opportunities, and gain insights. Our innovative marketing and advertising products leverage our global reach and audiences to help the world’s marketers and advertisers achieve their goals.
LinkedIn’s Sales Technology is the foundation upon which we can deliver value to our customers, at scale, and ultimately drive $5B+ in annual revenue. These products empower global teams across Sales, Marketing, Support, Operations, Finance and Data to be more productive and successful. The demands of fast-growing multibillion dollar media business have only continued to grow, requiring a senior product leader to set strategic direction, weigh and prioritize the needs of existing and future teams and business growth and to execute against strategic investments to support our employees and businesses.
We are looking to hire a Principal Product Owner - LinkedIn Marketing Solutions to join our organization and execute the vision, strategy and key initiatives for our LinkedIn Sales Technology team. This includes leveraging a diverse team to bring big, ambitious ideas “to life” while collaborating closely partnering across Software Engineering, Data Science, Technical Program Management, Design, other Product Managers, and business stakeholders to set the vision and deliver outcomes to achieve critical business needs.
Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications
The pay range for this role is $153,000 to $250,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 - Signed.pdf.
Please reference the following information for more information: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf and
https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.
LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pay Transparency Policy Statement
As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
This role can be based in New York City NY, Chicago IL, or Bellevue WA.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
Everyday millions of people use LinkedIn’s products to make connections, discover opportunities, and gain insights. Our innovative marketing and advertising products leverage our global reach and audiences to help the world’s marketers and advertisers achieve their goals.
LinkedIn’s Sales Technology is the foundation upon which we can deliver value to our customers, at scale, and ultimately drive $5B+ in annual revenue. These products empower global teams across Sales, Marketing, Support, Operations, Finance and Data to be more productive and successful. The demands of fast-growing multibillion dollar media business have only continued to grow, requiring a senior product leader to set strategic direction, weigh and prioritize the needs of existing and future teams and business growth and to execute against strategic investments to support our employees and businesses.
We are looking to hire a Principal Product Owner - LinkedIn Marketing Solutions to join our organization and execute the vision, strategy and key initiatives for our LinkedIn Sales Technology team. This includes leveraging a diverse team to bring big, ambitious ideas “to life” while collaborating closely partnering across Software Engineering, Data Science, Technical Program Management, Design, other Product Managers, and business stakeholders to set the vision and deliver outcomes to achieve critical business needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead diverse set of customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams to deliver large programs or major product releases.
- Define and execute a multi-year strategic product vision, presenting recommendations and insights to senior leaders.
- Define key features or products, create roadmaps, and drive engineering teams to achieve that vision.
- Applying knowledge of B2B sales systems and technologies, including their architecture (e.g., workflows, APIs, runtime characteristics, design limitations, and maintenance requirements) into solutions.
- Collaborates with engineering on selecting technologies and making architectural decisions, ensuring agreement on the technical strategy.
- Identifies when the technical design of a feature is complex, hindering performance, scalability, extensibility, and our capacity for future innovation. Evaluates the impact of emerging technologies on feature applications.
- Balance business needs with technical constraints, prioritize projects, and manage all stages of the product lifecycle from concept to delivery.
- Develop and document business and system requirements, gather feedback, and build consensus across sales and engineering for successful product delivery.
- Develop business cases, quantify business impact, and propose solutions to reduce system complexity and improve data integrity.
- Maintain initiative trackers and communication channels, and influence change management strategies.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years' experience in Product Management, sales systems, or technical project/program management
- 10+ years' experience B2B Sales and/or B2B Sales Operations
- Salesforce Certification(s)
- Experience building enterprise platforms (e.g. Anaplan, Salesforce, Dynamics, WalkMe, compensation tooling) particularly in the Go-To-Market space for global companies that have scaled teams
- MS degree in a technology-related field
- Procuring, customizing, integrating, deploying, and managing major B2B Sales technologies for both launch and migration
- Experience building web products with a demonstrated ability to drive product planning, development and launch
- Strong understanding of best-in-class B2B sales tooling technology and tools
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with and understand technical subjects and emerging technologies and their relevance to the marketplace
- Ability to manage and lead across highly cross-functional teams
- Ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical
- Product Management
- Salesforce Certified
- Technical Project Management
- Program Management
The pay range for this role is $153,000 to $250,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 - Signed.pdf.
Please reference the following information for more information: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf and
https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.
LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
- Having interviews in an accessible location
- Being accompanied by a service dog
- Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pay Transparency Policy Statement
As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.