Software Engineering Manager - AdTech

$110,100 - $157,300/Yr

Dish - Denver, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Denver, CO

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The position involves leading a technical team responsible for developing and executing the product vision for DISH Media, focusing on enhancing partnerships and streamlining processes to maximize brand and audience impact in the converging TV and digital marketplaces. The role requires a strategic mindset, technical guidance, and a customer-focused approach to drive product development and improve customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead a technical team of developers, testing & quality assurance, and product owners on improving partnerships, streamlining intake and enhancing reusability of solutions.
• Be responsible for the IT vision and execution of the platforms to support the DISH Media Sales team for Customer/Partner acquisition, ad inventory, campaign management and fulfillment, billing and campaign performance.
• Translate product vision into specific deliverables, ensuring rigor in execution and attention to detail by effectively managing the product feature backlog.
• Support iterative testing and ongoing improvement of the customer experience.
• Identify and partner on process improvements.
• Outline the vision for future use-cases as leverage for scalability across unique journeys.
• Focus on business impact and come up with actionable recommendations informed by high quality data analysis and metrics.
• Evolve the way we work across teams and the company by incorporating design thinking, a multi-channel approach, and end to end collaboration.
• Partner with the Media Sales Data team to identify and deliver new opportunities to sell our data as a product.
• Communicate & negotiate directly with software vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• At least 6+ years of experience supporting high-volume/large-scale environments.
• Media industry experience (broadcast or production) preferred.
• Extensive experience with CRM systems like Salesforce.
• Proficient in Ad Sales order management systems such as MediaOcean, Decentrix, and WideOrbit.
• Hands-on experience with ad servers, particularly Freewheel.
• Familiarity with programmatic buying tools like The Trade Desk.
• Strong understanding of analytics and reporting tools such as Nielsen and Comscore.
• Knowledge of addressable TV solutions like Invidi.
• Experience with any one of the public cloud service offerings (AWS, Azure, Google).
• Experience with any script language development (Python, Node.js, Perl).
• Coaching & support for skills for employee development/enhancement.
• Impeccable written and verbal communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Self-starter with outstanding organizational skills and the ability to track multiple initiatives going on all at once.

Benefits

• Versatile health perks including flexible spending accounts and HSA.
• 401(k) Plan with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Career opportunities.
• Flexible time away plan.