Executive Director, Data & Tech Solutions

Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

$150K/yr – $230K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the strategic leadership and delivery of a media tech platform that ingests data, resolves identity, and activates first‑party audiences.

  • Must-have: Deep 1st‑party data strategy expertise with LiveRamp/Acxiom experience.
  • Standout: Broad cross‑functional ownership from data pipelines to activation workflows and agile delivery.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the strategic lead for the client’s media technology ecosystem, including data ingestion pipelines, audience platforms, tagging infrastructure, and activation workflows.
  • Own and evolve the product roadmap across media tech capabilities, aligning platform enhancements with enterprise priorities and marketing objectives.
  • Translate business needs into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria, ensuring successful delivery through agile development practices.
  • Manage end‑to‑end delivery of features related to first‑party data ingestion, identity resolution, metadata structures, tagging accuracy, and media activation workflows.
  • Deep expertise in 1st‑party data strategy, including experience with platforms such as LiveRamp, Acxiom and other identity-based activation frameworks.
  • Partner with the client, IT, privacy, marketing teams, operations, external agencies and other product owners to ensure seamless path to production (P2P) media workflows and prioritization.
  • Lead sprint ceremonies—including backlog refinement, planning, demos, and retrospectives—to ensure continuous alignment across technology and marketing squads.
  • Act as the connective tissue between business stakeholders and engineering teams, ensuring clarity on priorities, blockers, and dependencies.
  • Coordinate across product squads to ensure cohesion between media tech, broader MarTech platforms, and enterprise data capabilities.
  • Engage regularly with internal stakeholders, Product Sponsors, agency teams, and development partners to communicate progress, gather feedback, and ensure product alignment to business outcomes.

Requirements

  • Experience in media operations, audience strategy, or media technology.
  • Experience in marketing technology and ownership of a capability product.
  • Ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements and user stories.
  • Ability to communicate strategy with purpose and persuasion, shaping understanding and alignment across diverse stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of media tagging, identity resolution, ad operations, and analytics instrumentation.
  • Working knowledge of 1st‑party data ecosystems and platforms such as LiveRamp, CDPs, and audience activation tools.
  • Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and effective at managing multiple workstreams in a dynamic environment.
  • Data‑driven problem solver with strong analytical and decision‑making skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams and external partners.
  • Action‑oriented with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Preferred

  • Hands‑on experience with tag management systems (Ensighten, Adobe Launch) ad‑serving platforms (Flashtalking/Innovid), and identity-based resolution/activation platforms (LiveRamp, Acxiom)
  • Experience with media reporting, performance diagnostics, and understanding of KPIs such as ROAS, conversion rate, and incrementality.
  • Familiarity with agile frameworks and backlog management tools.
  • Prior experience working with or within agencies across programmatic, paid social, or digital analytics functions.
  • Experience in airline, travel, or customer loyalty environments a strong plus.
  • Proficiency in data visualization or analysis tools (Excel, Tableau, Power BI).

Benefits

  • benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.
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