Lead - Solution Architecture

DIRECTV is hiring for the position of Enterprise Solution Architecture, exclusively in support of our Ad Sales business. The position is responsible for defining leading-edge solutions and technology roadmaps for the DIRECTV Ad Sales platform. The media and advertising landscape and the industry you will support is unique and operates at a dynamic and aggressive pace.
The role centers around driving the fundamental Advertising technology and the core data framework and data platform for our Ad Tech Stack as the business embarks on a digital and programmatic transformation. With the emphasis on data, the position will be responsible for setting high-level designs for the advertising data platform and data infrastructure. This is a hands-on role that ultimately results in the delivery of an application or service, which occurs through design and development of solutions that maximize reuse of target-state data components such as API, CDO, data mesh, data fabric, and overall enterprise source-to-target data flows for the advertising business.
In this individual contributor role, you will work and collaborate with critical stakeholders to understand business needs, priority, and the quality of services to be created or enhanced. Some examples include:

• Working closely with various advertising groups (sales, product management, operations, etc.) and other engineering organizations across DIRECTV, particularly the CDO team.
• Understand and identify the business need (i.e., what is being requested) and then drive the technical solution definition (i.e., how to solve the business need).
• Define functional, performance, and reliability requirements to ensure the solution can support the size and scale of the business.
• Assess (proof of concept) and recommend solutions (algorithms and products) to improve current systems and business processes.
• Collaborate with other enterprise solution architects on the team - and share thoughts and possible solution knowledge.

What you'll need to be successful:
Industry Knowledge

• Media/Advertising/Ad tech experience: 5 years +, Data Analytics: 10 years +
• Audience targeting and activation
• Campaign impression and measurement
• Privacy, consent, legal and regulatory as it relates to media advertising
• Knowledge of 3rd party products such as Freewheel, Invidi, Operative, ComScore, Nielsen
• Knowledge of data clean room solutions and data safe havens

Skills / Disciplines

• Being able to see the "big picture", as well as detailed analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (at the product and technical levels)
• High level requirements engineering
• Solution architecture
• Data Science and Generative AI
• Diagramming: user flow, data flow, solution flow
• Data sourcing / delivery mechanics
• Data modeling
• 3rd party product evaluation
• Safe agile methodology

This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States. #LI-Remote
This position requires the candidate to work on Eastern Standard Time hours.
This position requires, but is not limited to, 10% travel.
A career with us comes with big rewards:
DIRECTV's compensation structure is designed to be market-competitive and fully supports efforts to attract and retain employees. It is the company's policy to offer pay that is competitive with other employers in the local market. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
The Base Salary range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for each of DIRECTV's 4 (four) US Labor Market Zones. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
DIRECTV WAGE ZONES $154,850 - $281,060
Low (N1): $154,850 - $232,180
Mid (N2): $163,000 - $244,400
High (N3): $179,300 - $268,840
Top (N4): $187,450 - $281,060
Click HERE to review information on some of the largest Designated Market Areas (DMAs). Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.
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