This highly visible role involves partnering with Product, Commercial, & Data Analytics teams to deliver scalable, data-driven solutions & representing engineering in strategic conversations.
 

Responsibilities include:

• Develop & lead the technical & strategic vision for the Programmatic Engineering team & its solutions.

• Be a senior engineering voice in cross-functional planning with Product, Commercial, Data Analytics, & Executive teams helping shape business strategy through a deep understanding of the technical landscape & market dynamics.

• Represent engineering externally, articulating the roadmap, technical approach, & platform strengths to technical & non-technical stakeholders.

• Build & mentor a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, & innovation.

• Drive operational excellence & scalability.

• Lead architectural/design choices for event stream processing, prediction engines, data delivery APIs, & reporting infrastructure.

• Promote engineering rigor: best practices in design, testing, observability, documentation, & operational maturity throughout the development lifecycle.

• Act as a thought partner to senior leadership, offering a strategic engineering perspective in roadmap discussions, investment planning, & technical due diligence.

• Scale the team's scope & impact, identifying new ownership areas & evolving platform capabilities to meet emerging business needs.

Qualifications include:

• 10+ years of engineering experience, leading the delivery of large-scale data platforms, distributed systems, or ML-enabled products.

• 5+ years in engineering leadership, with experience managing managers or overseeing multi-team organizations.

• Proven ability to own & scale complex technical domains, particularly in data ingestion, analytics, & predictive systems.

• Comfortable representing engineering in executive & customer-facing settings, communicating architecture, delivery, & strategic trade-offs with clarity & confidence.

• Strong architectural judgment & fluency in modern data/backend systems; able to guide design discussions & partner effectively with senior technical leaders.

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in collaboration with Product, Data Analytics, & Commercial teams.

• A strategic, execution-oriented mindset, capable of influencing senior stakeholders & aligning engineering outcomes with business goals.

• Familiarity with ad tech & the programmatic advertising ecosystem is a plus.