Director of Engineering, Programmatic & Partner Products

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

Responsibilities include:

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

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

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

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

• Drive operational excellence and scalability.

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

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

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

• Scale the team's scope and impact, identifying new ownership areas and 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 and scale complex technical domains, particularly in data ingestion, analytics, and predictive systems.

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

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

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

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

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