Contract Solutions Architect, Ads

What You Will Do:

• Technical oversight of our end-to-end ads system by providing recommendations to improve performance and reliability of our ads stack across Mobile, Web, and Consumer Electronic devices
• Translate complex business and product needs into technical requirements and documentation for our Engineering and Ad Operations teams
• As Ad SME you will keep current on best practices, and work closely with our external partners (e.g. Google), along with input from internal stakeholders, such as Engineering and AdOps teams, to determine any gaps or improvement opportunities in our ad server structure, set-up and integrations for both Programmatic and Direct delivery. TuneIn has an ambitious product roadmap, with exciting upcoming content launches, and you’ll have a key role in helping us realize our revenue and continued growth goals. More specifically, some of our key responsibilities include:
• Work with Ad Operations and Engineering to help uncover, document manual processes in our ad operations teams and make recommendations for automation optimizations
• Play the role of triage engineer who helps troubleshoot and diagnose ad delivery and technical issues (looking at network traffic, floor pricing, blocklists, delivery formats, inventory targeting, tag set up, and more)
• Lead certification, testing, and troubleshooting third-party ad tech, ensuring that vendor products function correctly and perform as expected across all platforms before they are opened up to Sales
• Lead technical partnerships with ad measurement services, identity services, DMPs, SSPs and DSPs, ad quality and fraud management
• Work closely with our Engineering and Ad Operations teams on scoping technical and operational solutions for in-house ad integrations that includes both a client and server side ad-insertion architecture
• Consult on requirements and insights with our Analytics team to ensure that we have measurement for every aspect of our ads ecosystem, which includes discrepancy checks, app health, forecasts, email, and slack notifications to leadership teams on key metrics for ongoing success
• Serve as a key liaison between our internal Engineering, Product, and Ad Operations teams as well as external ad partners like Google, Adswizz and AppLovin(MAX).

What We Are Looking For:

• 8+ years of experience working with digital Ad technologies (audio/video and display) on web, mobile and/or consumer electronics.
• Subject matter expert on yield and campaign management that includes both programmatic and direct delivery
• Strong understanding of complex digital advertising concepts and challenges, especially around auction dynamics and programmatic marketplaces/PMP
• 4+ years in an architect or equivalent role, with exposure in a multitude of ad tech user interfaces (ie ad servers, SSP platforms, DSP platforms, etc)
• Bachelor of Science in related technical field. Master of Science preferred
• Strong Interpersonal and communication skills to efficiently resolve and lead complex issues cross-functionally
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform in a fluid, fast-paced work environment, with a demonstrated history of driving projects forward and identifying areas for improvements, both internally and externally
• Strong experience of industry best practices and trends, including emerging new ad technologies and the track record showing stakeholder pitch to company adoption
• Ability to translate business and product needs into technical specifications that can be immediately executed upon by engineering teams
• Strong expertise with hands-on troubleshooting end-to-end ad delivery pipelines from client side request all the way through to confirmed/certified ad impression
• Knowledge of SQL, web technologies, and APIs are strongly preferred.
• Advanced expertise with Google Ad Manager (GAM) is required and experience with Adswizz and AppLovin(MAX) is a plus