Director, Digital AdTech Engineering
About The Position
The Director, Linear Systems leads the design, delivery, and modernization of Warner Bros. Discovery’s Linear advertising platforms within the Converged Advertising and Linear Systems organization. This role is responsible for ensuring that linear ad-tech solutions — spanning planning, forecasting, order management, trafficking, and yield optimization — are scalable, reliable, and fully integrated with converged linear and digital workflows. Acting as a senior technical and delivery leader, the Director partners closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering to translate business needs into durable system architectures. This role plays a critical part in modernizing legacy linear systems, improving operational efficiency, and enabling revenue growth across WBD’s global ad sales ecosystem.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline required; advanced certifications in cloud/architecture preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in enterprise software engineering or platform delivery, with at least 5 years in technical leadership roles.
- Strong understanding of linear advertising systems including planning, order management, trafficking, forecasting, yield, and reporting.
- Experience designing and operating large-scale, high-availability systems; cloud and API experience strongly preferred.
- Proven track record modernizing legacy systems while supporting active business operations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence outcomes across Product, Sales, Finance, and Engineering.
Nice To Haves
- advanced certifications in cloud/architecture preferred
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and technical direction of WBD’s Linear advertising systems.
- Ensure interoperability across linear planning, forecasting, trafficking, billing, and reporting platforms.
- Define system roadmaps that balance stability, performance, and modernization.
- Lead teams responsible for delivering and operating business-critical linear ad-tech systems.
- Oversee integrations between linear platforms and converged digital, identity, data, and sales systems.
- Ensure high availability, operational excellence, and predictable delivery outcomes.
- Drive the evolution of legacy linear systems toward converged, agentic-driven, and cloud-enabled architectures.
- Implement standards for observability, security, compliance, and cost management.
- Reduce technical debt while maintaining continuity for revenue-critical workflows.
- Partner with Sales, Product, Finance, and Operations to align system capabilities with revenue and market priorities.
- Serve as a senior technical advisor in leadership discussions related to linear monetization and system investment.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- an employee wellness program
- life and disability insurance
- a retirement savings plan
- paid holidays and sick time and vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
