AddressJob Description
Position:Manager - Ad Technology, Digital Business
Purpose: The incumbent will drive the ad tech development and support activities across the suite of products including video, mobile, OTT, and Display.
Education: Degree in Computers/Electronics/Electricals
Experience: 7+ years' experience in Ad Tech / Video engineering on digital platforms
Location:Mumbai
Reporting Relationship:Associate Vice President - Video Engineering, Digital Business
Business/Channel/Function: Digital
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the ad tech development and support activities across the suite of products including video, mobile, OTT, and Display.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining Ad Tech best practices, improve ad delivery methods, execute ad architecture rollouts, and assist with cross organizational platform ad tech support for monitoring the quality of experience and view ability metrics.
- Assist in perfecting the operational excellence across the entire ad tech suite.
- Successful candidate should be passionate about advertising, media and technology and should have great hands-on technical, problem-solving and communication skills.
Critical Competencies:
- Behavioural
- Excellent organisational, technical, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to think strategically and critically.
- Should be a good team player & able to work independently under pressure.
- Experience handling the remote and inhouse teams is must.
- Strategic thinker balanced with a grasp of details. Must possess the ability to switch between execution and strategy mode most effortlessly.
- Ability to prioritize and cope with competing demands. Must possess a sense of urgency and excellent execution and project management skills.
- Must be able to get the job done by working collaboratively with others.
- Inquisitive and analytical mind out-of-the-box thinking bring a creative perspective to business problems applying functional expertise, business understanding and common sense.
- Technical
- Working knowledge of video distribution in OTT providers
- End to end system design, integration and testing of digital video ad tech delivery systems
- Handling of Ad metrics such as Render rate, Fill rate and Ad creative encoding profiles configuration and delivery.
- Experience in one or more ad servers including GAM Ad Serve
- Deep understanding of IAB standard and implementation experience in SSAI, CSAI, Header bidding, VAST/VPAID, VMAP.
- Deep understanding of compression and streaming video technologies - HLS FMP4 and live HLS, DASH, CMAF
- Implementation experience in delivering targeted ads across OTT and Display
- HTTP traffic and protocols for video delivery and troubleshooting HTTP communication
- Understanding of Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Understanding of Cookie less, first party data and privacy compliance in AdTech
Why join us
Sony Pictures Networks is home to some of India's leading entertainment channels such asSET, SAB, MAX, PAL, PIX, Sony BBC Earth, Yay!, Sony Marathi, Sony SIX, Sony TEN, SONY TEN1, SONY Ten2, SONY TEN3, SONY TEN4, to name a few!
Our foray into the OTT space with one of the most promising streaming platforms, Sony LIV brings us one step closer to being a progressive digitally-led content powerhouse.
Our independent production venture- Studio Next has already made its mark with original content and IPs for TV and Digital Media.
But our quest to Go Beyond doesn't end there. Neither does our search to find people who can take us there.
We focus on creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where we celebrate diversity with our Bring Your Own Self Philosophy. We strive to remain an 'Employer of Choice' and have been recognized as:
- India's Best Companies to Work For 2021 by the Great Place to Work® Institute
- 100 Best Companies for Women in India by AVTAR & Seramount for 6 years in a row - UN Women Empowerment Principles Award 2022 for Gender Responsive Marketplace and Community Engagement & Partnership
- ET Human Capital Awards 2023 for Excellence in HR Business Partnership & Team Building Engagement
- ET Future Skills Awards 2022 for Best Learning Culture in an Organization and Best D&I Learning Initiative.
The biggest award of course is the thrill our employees feel when they can Tell Stories Beyond the Ordinary!
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