*Must be comfortable working in a start-up, fast-paced environment, where responsibilities can change*

- Remote/Work from Home -

THE COMPANY:

POSITION OVERVIEW:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop technical aspects of the company's strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals
• Discover and implement new technologies that yield a competitive advantage
• Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality, security and efficiency
• Build quality assurance, data protection, and regulatory compliance processes
• Involved in piloting, designing, and building new digital business platforms
• Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance
• Use stakeholders' feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology
• Balance infrastructure investments with business needs. Know when to advocate for infra investments and when to advocate for pushing forward on business needs.
• Communicate technology strategy to partners - develop and maintain relationships with industry partners, customers, stakeholders, and peers.
• Supporting growth strategy by expanding existing customer relationships, anticipating current and future needs, developing new business opportunities, and cultivating partner relationships.
• Serve as chief solution/system architect for FKLs platforms, products and solutions, performing market and competition assessments to identify, influence and shape solution roadmaps, coordinating/collaborating with Product Leadership and the Senior Management team.
• The successful Engineer will also provide inputs/ideas/innovations on business and technical strategies, goals and objectives. Build agility into the organization to go after opportunities / shift priorities as needed.
• Guide security engineering - delivering tools, technology and security processes that allow us to meet all security needs that our customers have for our products and services.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS/BA/MA/MS in Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus
• 10+ years experience in Technology leadership role - preferably within Marketing/Consumer Ad Tech
• 8+ years in organizational management, process improvement successes, strong financial acumen, successes leading complex contractual relationships, excellent understanding of customer behavior, and keen insights regarding technology and marketing trends.
• Executive leadership roles demonstrating a track record of technology innovation, design, development, and implementation in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated success delivering customer-centric tools adding value to the end uses while also anticipating internal operational needs and delivering tools that result in value-added services to the organization.
• Deep understanding of cloud-based hosting technologies such as AWS/Google Cloud/Azure.
• Experience managing a team of Software Developers, DevOps, and QA engineers
• Experience at a growth stage private company / experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment a plus
• Strong understanding of technological trends to build strategy - within e-commerce and advertising a plus
• Ability to think in "big picture" terms, with serious intellectual horsepower
• Understanding of budgets and business-planning - deep understanding of IT costs and financial implications of decisions and recommendations.
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research - ability to spot technology trends and plan accordingly.
• Accountable for success of all technically oriented project and program initiatives.
• Experience managing a remote / distributed team
• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership and organizational abilities
• Strategic thinking
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Positive attitude and team player mindset