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Technical Program Manager, Brand Strategy
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
Chicago, IL, United States
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Description:
The Global Brand Strategy team at Company works with the world’s top advertisers to develop strategic and creative marketing solutions that help connect these brands to specific target audiences on the platform. The Technical Program Manager on this team is an experienced technologist who is relied on to ideate, vet, plan, partner, test, and execute creative, never been done before programs that leverage the strengths of Company to achieve the business objectives of Company’s top advertising partners.
This role will be based in Chicago and will work closely with the Client Partner team and brands/agencies developing and translating their business requirements into an engineering approach that is executable on the Company platform. The candidate will represent technology through all phases of a sales engagement from lead to deployment to learnings, managing implementation projects and schedules. In addition the Technical Program Manager will liaise with internal Product Managers to identify and scope enhancements to be made to the Company platform to better support advertiser engagements.
Responsibilities
• Define pragmatic architectures and solutions for high-value advertisers to build and execute effective advertising campaigns on the Company platform
• Provide accurate work estimates and make resource requests and allocations based on project requirements and budgeted scope
• Manage implementation projects, including client expectations and project risks. Track issues and develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Produce and maintain core project artifacts including schedules, status reports and technical documentation
• Participate in new business opportunities; develop technical implementation proposals and scopes of work, presenting at all levels of a client’s organization
• Develop a scalable technology strategy and architecture recommendations for partner engagements
• Serve as the primary technical contact for third-party vendors, identifying and documenting integration points
• Define and document best practices, and contribute to company knowledge sharing efforts
Qualifications
• 7+ years experience delivering innovative technology for major brands, agencies, or media partners
• Expertise in managing complex projects, leading teams and managing client interactions for large multinational brands
• Demonstrable leadership abilities in changing, ambiguous and challenging situations
• Passion for web and emerging technology and software development, current with industry trends and their application
• Ability to spot opportunities in product roadmap and digital technology trends that can translate into creative advertiser applications
• Excellent understanding of best practices across technologies (client/server-side, QA, deployment, project management etc.)
• Strong grasp of architectural principles necessary for designing scalable, extensible and maintainable systems
• Experience in working with APIs and webhooks and a strong understanding of their implementation
• Experience working with Company’s Streaming and REST APIs
Desired
• Masters degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical discipline
• Experience with agile software development methodologies and productivity tools
• Hands-on development experience with highly-available, scalable software and services
• Knowledge about Company platform functionality and ad products
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Company. Company is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.