Director, Technical Program Management, Ad Tech

PatientPoint

3d•$162,900 - $228,500•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Technical Program Management, Ad Tech will lead delivery across PatientPoint’s Ad Tech portfolio, partnering with Product, Engineering, Data, Ad Operations, Yield, Sales, and other business teams to translate strategy into coordinated, predictable execution. The role owns the delivery operating model across a complex portfolio that includes Precision Ad Tech, Programmatic, Ad Server, GAM, Yield, infrastructure and platform initiatives, vendor implementations, and cross-functional dependencies. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for leading and developing the TPMs supporting Ad Tech while remaining close to delivery work and stepping into complex challenges when needed. The director creates clear visibility into portfolio health, risks, dependencies, decisions, and launch readiness while helping mature planning and delivery practices. The role establishes integrated portfolio planning and delivery health, effective operating cadences, and clear launch ownership, readiness criteria, success measures, and contingency plans. It serves as the delivery counterpart to senior Product and Engineering leaders, connects technical delivery to operational and commercial outcomes, and leads cross-functional issue resolution and timely decisions. The director also develops TPM capability and partners with the broader Tech PMO to promote consistent program and portfolio practices, including common planning, delivery visibility, and AI-assisted delivery practices.

Requirements

10+ years of technical program, portfolio, or technology delivery leadership experience.
Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-team technology portfolios or programs.
Experience leading and developing Technical Program Managers or similar delivery leaders.
Strong technical literacy and credibility with Product and Engineering leaders.
Deep experience in integrated planning, dependency management, risk management, delivery health, and launch readiness.
Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to create structure and accountability in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Ability to operate at both portfolio and hands-on delivery levels.
Strong systems thinking and ability to connect technology execution to business outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Experience with complex platforms, vendor implementations, technology transformations, or platform migrations.
Ad Tech, digital media, or programmatic advertising experience.
Familiarity with ad serving, programmatic platforms, yield management, SSP/DSP ecosystems, measurement, or advertising data.
Experience working across Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and commercial teams.

Responsibilities

Own integrated planning and delivery health across the Ad Tech portfolio.
Establish portfolio visibility across priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, and decisions.
Create operating cadences for planning, RAID, delivery health, and launch readiness.
Lead complex cross-functional programs spanning Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and external partners.
Anticipate delivery risks and dependencies and drive resolution before they materially affect outcomes.
Step into high-priority delivery or operational challenges when additional leadership is needed.
Ensure major launches have clear ownership, readiness criteria, success measures, and contingency plans.
Serve as the delivery counterpart to senior Product and Engineering leaders across Ad Tech.
Build relationships across Product, Engineering, Data, Ad Operations, Yield, Sales, and Revenue.
Constructively challenge assumptions, commitments, and delivery plans when risks or dependencies are not sufficiently understood.
Bring appropriate leaders together to resolve cross-functional issues and drive timely decisions.
Escalate material risks or unresolved decisions with clear context and a recommendation.
Connect technical delivery to operational and commercial outcomes.
Lead, coach, and develop the TPMs supporting the Ad Tech portfolio.
Set expectations for program leadership, stakeholder management, technical depth, and accountability.
Help TPMs develop proactive program leadership beyond coordination and reporting.
Partner with the broader Tech PMO team to establish consistent program and portfolio practices.
Help drive adoption of common planning, delivery, portfolio visibility, and AI-assisted delivery practices across the organization.