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Director, Platform & Developer Services
AOL
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Company Description
Verizon Digital Media Services brings together world-class technology to prepare, deliver and display content — so users can watch and enjoy on their terms. The purpose of our platform is simple. It delivers next-generation digital experiences for today’s demanding users, whether it be their favorite TV shows, catching up with friends via social media or shopping for the latest gadgets. Built on top of one of the world’s largest networks, our platform easily handles your users’ appetite for instant, secure and always-on media, anytime, anywhere.
Job Description
Verizon Digital Media Services is driving a strategic evolution of the way we develop and deliver our platforms and services; with a desire to create a rich developer and partner ecosystem around robust APIs and tools. This position will report to the Chief Product Officer and will be responsible for helping to define and drive the execution of this transformation by leading the following:
• Working with Product Managers and Engineering leadership to define a comprehensive modularization approach to existing platforms and services.
• Defining standard interfaces, API structure/syntax, and other enabling standards to create consistency and interoperability across products and platforms in our portfolio with with other teams and technology across the broader Verizon/AOL organizations.
• Developing appropriate frameworks, tools, reference applications, documentation and other supporting materials to enable the creation of a developer-oriented ecosystem and evangelism program.
• Working across product/development teams, help teams identify opportunities to improve alignment.
• Conduct internal and external evangelism of the program and platform.
• Serve as a thought leader and change agent in the organization.
• Work with Partner Program leaders to enrich our Partner ecosystem by helping drive improved integration opportunities with partner technologies and platforms.
Qualifications:
• 7-10+ years in an Engineering or Product Management leadership role or some combination of these roles.
• Experience working with existing cloud platforms and technologies from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or equivalent open-source technology stacks.
• Deep familiarity with API development and integration, either as an architect, product manager, developer/consumer of cloud RESTful API services.
• Ability to develop/author technical documents, articles, blogs, presentations and other collateral, working in concert with technical writers, marketing and other supporting resources.
• Thought leadership, evangelism, and outbound promotion.
• Ability to inspire and lead technical teams through change.
• Ability to lead by example and establish credibility with technical teams and developers.
• Public speaking and presentation skills via video and in person speaking engagements. Comfortable with large, technically focused audiences. Presentation history at conferences, meetups, or other industry forums.
• Experience with enabling technologies such as authentication, identity/access management, SSO, role & permission models, etc.
• Ability to read/write various scripting languages sufficiently to demonstrate APIs, automation, and other integrations with the defined platform interfaces.
Additional Information
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