Sr. Director, Engineering - Ads Measurement
Job Summary
The role involves leading the vision and strategy for Pinterest's ad measurement product, focusing on privacy-centric solutions and industry standards. The candidate will provide technical guidance on measurement tools, attribution models, and testing, while also managing a high-performing engineering team. Collaboration with product, sales, legal, and client teams is essential to develop and implement effective measurement solutions. The position requires extensive experience in advertising or ecommerce, technical expertise, and strong leadership and communication skills.
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About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
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As a Senior Director of Ads measurement you will lead the vision, strategy and execution of Pinterests’ ad measurement product. The role is pivotal to how advertisers assess the impact of their campaigns on Pinterest; and you will be responsible for delivering a robust, privacy centric measurement solutions that are aligned with industry standards.
What you’ll do:
- Technical Leadership and Vision - Define and execute on a global measurement strategy that aligns with our advertising objectives and market trends on privacy and compliance. Provide technical guidance and mentorship towards the development of first and third-party measurement tools, Attribution models and A/B testing.
- Hire and develop talent - Build and develop a high performing engineering organization, and foster a culture of excellence, collaboration and continuous learning.
- Cross functional collaboration - Partner with the Product, Sales and legal teams to develop and implement measurement solutions while also helping with Advertiser and client facing technical communication.
What we’re looking for:
- Leadership and Experience:
- 15+ years of experience building advertising and/or ecommerce products, preferably with experience in measurement analytics. And 7+ years in people leadership roles.
- Team Management: Proven experience in managing, hiring, and growing engineering managers and individual contributors (ICs).
- Coaching and Development: Experience in coaching engineering managers and senior ICs to improve their skills and career growth.
- Hybrid Team Management: Experience in managing remote and hybrid teams is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Technical Expertise:
- Full-Stack Engineering: Technical expertise in full-stack engineering, encompassing mobile, web, backend, and infrastructure.
- Quality Engineering: Passion for engineering quality, including testing, monitoring, and deployment processes.
- Proven track record in building scalable engineering systems, and ability to go deep on the technical implementation and innovate on engineering solutions using the latest technologies.
- Product Development:
- Experimentation and Data-Driven Development: Experience in experimentation and data-driven product development to continuously improve product performance.
- Product Strategy Participation: Ability to actively participate in product strategy and design reviews to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with business goals.
- Domain Knowledge: Ads and E-Commerce: Domain knowledge and product understanding in Ads, Shopping, or other e-Commerce products.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
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