Director, Technical Program Management, Ad Tech

Role overview

Lead delivery across a complex advertising technology portfolio, turning strategic priorities into coordinated plans and reliable launches. This is a hands-on leadership position: you’ll develop the technical program managers supporting the portfolio while stepping into critical delivery challenges and connecting technical work to operational and commercial outcomes.

Responsibilities

- Own integrated plans and delivery health across advertising technology programs, platforms, infrastructure, and vendor implementations. - Maintain visibility into priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and launch readiness. - Establish planning and delivery routines, and guide complex programs across product, engineering, data, operations, commercial teams, and external partners. - Identify and resolve risks early; bring leaders together to make timely decisions and escalate issues with clear recommendations. - Ensure major launches have accountable owners, readiness criteria, success measures, and contingency plans. - Coach and develop technical program managers, strengthening accountability and consistent program practices.

Requirements

- At least 10 years of technical program, portfolio, or technology delivery leadership experience. - Track record leading complex, multi-team technology programs or portfolios and developing program leaders. - Strong technical understanding and credibility with product and engineering leaders. - Deep experience in integrated planning, dependency and risk management, delivery health, and launch readiness. - Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and systems thinking. - Ability to create structure in ambiguity and work at both portfolio and delivery levels.

Nice to have

- Experience with complex platforms, vendor implementations, technology transformations, or migrations. - Advertising technology, digital media, or programmatic advertising experience, including familiarity with ad serving, supply- and demand-side platforms, measurement, or advertising data.

Benefits and work setup

- Remote role with less than 15% travel. - Published base salary range: $162,900–$228,500; actual compensation may vary by location, skills, qualifications, and experience. - Benefits for full-time employees include flexible time off, hybrid work options, wellness resources, and a 401(k) plan.