Looking for the best product person in NYC

We're looking for a great product person to head product management over at outbrain. The timing for joining us couldn't be any better - We have a huge and growing distribution network, we've recently closed a $5M A-round with top-tier VC's, and we have a great little team in which each person has a huge impact.

I'm looking for someone for our NY office who can be hands-on in spec'ing a web product and can work with our engineers in Israel to create the best blog ratings & recommendations service out there. In the long term, I'd like this person to be able to hire and manage our PM team. The title would be Director or VP of PM. Any experience with online advertising products is more than welcome.

If you're a *great* product person at any of the following companies, the timing now is PERFECT to switch over to a well-funded startup with lots of upside... (note: the folks that joined us at a similar stage at my previous company - Quigo - did fairly well... ;-)

• Are you at Google watching the value of your stock dropping ~40% in the past few months?
• Are you (or - were you...) with DoubleClick pissed at how Google is treating you?
• Are you at Microsoft fed up with all the committees you need to get through to launch every small feature? 
• Are you at Yahoo? (enough said... ;-)

If you're at any of these companies, now is the time to jump ship. Drop me a note to: galai [at] outbrain [dot] com

Comments

[Adi]

Out of curiosity, following this blog post did you receive more CVs than using a recruitment solutions company?

[Adi]

Out of curiosity, following this blog post did you receive more CVs than using a recruitment solutions company?

[Yaron Galai]

Hey Adi -

No - I got very few CV's from this so far (~5). I'd probably get a hundred from a recruiting agency.

But - the people reaching me through the blog are much more qualified because I know for a fact that they are into blogging. And if they read my blog, they probably already know more about outbrain (and about their potential fit) than people coming via a recruiter. I prefer 1 pre-qualified candidate over 10 random ones.

[Adi]

I see you point,
Anyhow NY is great - very attractive for 'great product person' :)