Executive Director, Data Products

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Job description

JOB DETAILS:

Title: Executive Director, Data Products

Location: Can work remotely (the team is based out in Los Angeles, CA and NYC, NY)

Type: Direct Hire / Full Time Employee

Job Description:

These position can be in LA or NY. The business team is in NY
Responsibilities

• Define the future state vision and prioritization of opportunity areas that deliver value across the Ad Sales business and drive more productivity/revenue
• Work closely with leadership to align on priorities and define, drive, and launch strategic and operational initiatives
• Evaluate high-impact strategic projects, identify a realistic and executable strategy, and develop roadmaps
• Help build the foundation to incorporate research-driven qualitative input to drive revenue insights and pricing direction
• Identify new opportunities and services to enhance existing systems and platforms
• Liaison between the technology organization and the Ad Sales business. Maintain a strong relationship with user base, including senior executives, ensuring customer satisfaction during all interactions
• Work intimately with cross functional areas of business (Planning/Marketing/Sales/Strategy/ Research/Operations) to ensure seamless execution of initiatives and smooth operation of business-as-usual processes
• Provide thought leadership relating to Ad Sales products and needs and be a trusted partner
• Design business solutions and collaborate with business users to prioritize requirements and define the delivery roadmap
• Execute initiatives, oversee all stages of the design and implementation process from requirements gathering to wireframes and high-resolution designs
• Collaborate with engineering teams on project development and delivery
• Work with your team to develop work plans, gather and synthesize relevant data, lead analyses and user testing
• Define processes for your team to adhere to (i.e., requirements documentation, systems configuration, test documentation and execution, issue identification and resolution)
• Spearhead efforts to evaluate new ad products and suppliers: perform analysis, manage pilot tests with business partners, evaluate performance and make recommendations to management
• Conceive new feature ideas and pitch them
• Work across verticals to identify and share best-in-class practices and products to leverage across the portfolio
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with internal teams by proactively raising your hand, rolling up your sleeves and getting the job done
• Work with management to drive adoption and manage change
• Create comprehensive executive ready presentations and communicate initiatives and status to senior management and to the broader organization
• Provide consistent and frequent updates about initiatives, issues, defects, and enhancements, etc.
• Understand and execute escalations for critical and non-critical instances
• Support and troubleshoot issues (process and system), identify root cause, and proactively implement sustainable corrective actions

Qualifications

• Ad Sales background with a deep understanding of the Ad Sales business, both linear and digital preferred
• Demonstrated success in creating innovative and user-friendly software applications
• Excellent customer experience intuition
• Strong storyteller with excellent data visualization skills who can bring research findings to life in a creative way
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality products
• Proven ability to make features versus time-to-market trade-offs; experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions and assertions of business value
• Experience growing a team from the ground up and comfortable being a strong leader, but also being hands-on
• Self-motivated and accountable, with a high level of commitment to responsibility
• Ability to execute multiple projects simultaneously and communicate effectively with all stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. High-energy, team-first, positive attitude. Motivated to work hard in a fast-paced & entrepreneurial environment
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong bias towards data-based decision making; ability to create structured quantitative / qualitative analyses & solve complex problems
• Strong technical background or a familiarity with software engineering
• Strong visual design skills and passion for interaction design
• Ability to think at a high level about product strategy
• 10+ years of technical product management experience (e.g., creating strategic product roadmap(s) from conception to launch and working with cross-functional teams).
• 4-6 years of experience in a similar highly analytical environment (e.g. top management consulting firm, corporate strategy, or media/tech company analytical role)

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thanks & Regards

Lokesh (Luke) | Talent Acquisition Specialist

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