Job Description

The Chief Technology Officer will have direct responsibility for the development of PeopleCloud with a team of over 100+ engineers and data scientists in NYC, Boston, Chicago and India that develop PeopleCloud. This is a rare opening in a new division at the intersection of disrupting how data-driven marketing drives business results for some of the largest client companies in the world.

You will apply your technical knowledge and experience across full-stack development, form statistical modeling, machine learning, and distributed data processing to cloud-based application architecture, front-end frameworks and agile software development across staffed 8+ squads. You will also work closely with the heads of Product, Partnerships, Client Services and Markets to drive the product delivery, ecosystem integrations, customer value and fiscal performance of PeopleCloud. You’ll report into the President of PeopleCloud and drive a technology vision with high visibility to senior executives of Publicis Spine and Publicis Groupe, including the CEO and board.

The ideal candidate will have current, hands-on engineering experience developing at-scale, service-oriented software using the best cloud offerings from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. You will also have deep knowledge of the Ad Tech and Marketing Tech landscape, and experience in evaluating build / partner / buy opportunities.  Finally, you will be passionate about engineering culture, and have significant experience energizing and coordinating large engineering organizations across multiple locations.

Technical Leadership

• Drive strategy and vision for platform architecture.  Define cross-cloud approach (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and direct technology selection, including use of container strategies (Kubernetes, EC2, Docker) and big data architectures (Hadoop, Hive, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch)
• Champion use of latest Machine Learning frameworks (Spark, Storm, BigQuery, Theanos, Tensorflow, Keras) in real-world applications (collaborative filtering, neural nets, NLP, Computer Vision, Image Recognition)
• Lead by example with production-quality coding skills in several programming languages and frameworks (Python, R, Scala, C++, Java, Ruby, Angular, React)
• Drive agile software development practices (Scrum, Kanban, XP, test-driven development, DevOps)

Organizational Leadership

• Directly lead engineering and data science teams in NYC, Chicago, Boston through your team of Data Science, Data Engineering, Product Engineering executives and senior managers, and partner with leaders in India and across the company
• Partner with the head of Product to set the cultural tone for the engineering and product organization, ensuring that talent is focused on delivery of the roadmap, and inspired and motivated to build world-class software
• Actively represent PeopleCloud and Publicis Spine in client and partner meetings, and lead key technical engagements with Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Acxiom, Snapchat and others

Qualifications

• A Bachelors degree, an Advanced degree preferred in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics
• 10-15 years software development, data science or data engineering experience
• Management of large (50+) engineering teams, organized in agile squads, across multiple locations
• Technical experience running an at-scale enterprise product, utilizing best-in-class cloud, big data and database architectures
• Current, working knowledge of several programming languages and frameworks
• Willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis for internal, partner and client meetings
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to lead projects independently from start to finish, working with internal and external teams to make decisions and maintain forward momentum
• In-depth understanding of digital advertising landscape from either agency, sales, or product management perspective
• Excellent time management/project management skills, with ability to manage detail work and communicate project status effectively to all levels

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.