VP Engineering, Media

Rakuten Advertising, headquartered in San Mateo, California provides digital marketing and advertising services with rich consumer insights that help brands reach new customers and sustain loyalty. Media solutions is an important part of the portfolio, and we are looking for a strong Engineering Leader that is innovative and has great experience in product development, quality assurance, and DevOps. Experience in engineering in an RTB environment is an advantage. This role reports to the CTO of Rakuten Advertising.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead local and remote software engineering teams

Co-manage team strategy and OKRs with Product and Product Design counterparts, while driving success against the strategy and OKRs

Be a leader in technology trends and evolving social behavior of the engineering team under you to support the successful build and delivery of world-class software

Manage and foster individual and team growth of your local and remote teams

Establish standards of performance and monitor the performance of technology systems that the team owns.

Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and operational excellence

Lead agile planning processes to achieve engineering goals by identifying and prioritizing development agile stories and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of technology builds

Recruit, hire, and manage the performance of your staff, including personal improvement, mentorship, performance reviews

Measurably improve both discovery and delivery efficiency for product development teams

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
10 years of Software Engineering experience building large scale service-backed consumer-facing web and mobile SSP / RTB solutions

7 years in a leadership role including managing Engineering leaders/managers

Successfully transitioned organizations to modern Engineering processes and tools

Demonstrated experience using real-world data and analytics to drive both product and team improvements and success

Deep understanding of mobile app and web app ecosystems and technology

Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and execute strategic initiatives to advance and drive product direction and vision

Proven track record for hiring, retaining, and developing talent

Strong ability to communicate, motivate and energize across the entire product development organization

Thorough understanding of various development methodologies to drive overall communication, efficiency, and quality

Natural desire to continuously improve

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience

Broad knowledge of industry and trends in Media, Programmatic and eCommerce

Experience with both startups and established companies

Experience driving security and privacy best practices

Experience in a B2B2C business

RAKUTEN SHUGI PRINCIPLES

Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve, always advance. Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen

Be passionately professional. Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best

Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika. Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory

Maximize Customer Satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction for workers in a service industry is to see their customers smile

Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! Always be conscious of time. Take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team

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