[Hiring] Program Director, Media Innovation, Data & Emerging Platforms @Indeed

Role Description

The future of marketing depends on connecting data, technology, AI, media platforms, and audience intelligence into a unified growth system. This role will help Indeed modernize media globally by translating advances in platform technology, data architecture, AI optimization, and audience strategy into scalable capabilities.

• Drive innovation across media platforms, AI-enabled marketing, creator ecosystems, streaming, gaming, social platforms, and emerging technologies.
• Develop scalable innovation roadmaps, testing frameworks, and learning agendas across AI media, addressable audiences, creators, gaming, CTV, and emerging channels.
• Partner with engineering, data science, analytics, and marketing technology teams to advance the infrastructure supporting media activation, measurement, and optimization.
• Improve the flow and quality of marketing data across platforms through APIs, first-party data integrations, server-side tracking, audience creation, clean rooms, tagging, conversion events, and identity resolution.
• Identify opportunities to improve signal quality, reduce data loss, and enhance platform connectivity.
• Shape Indeed’s long-term strategy for addressable audiences, identity, audience infrastructure, and marketing data architecture.
• Serve as a senior strategic partner to agencies, platforms, technology vendors, and measurement partners.

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of 14 years of related experience; or a minimum of 12 years with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience.
• Deep understanding of marketing data architecture, including first-party data ecosystems, APIs, server-side tracking, clean rooms, audience onboarding, identity resolution, tagging, event architecture, and marketing technology integrations.
• Experience partnering with engineering, data science, analytics, and marketing technology teams to improve marketing infrastructure and platform connectivity.
• Advanced understanding of how marketing signals influence AI-driven optimization, attribution, audience activation, and measurement across major advertising platforms.
• Experience improving data quality, signal integrity, and technical integrations that enable better marketing performance.
• Experience building innovation roadmaps, evaluating emerging technologies, and turning experimentation into measurable business outcomes.
• Able to influence across complex global organizations, simplify technical concepts for senior audiences, and operate effectively in fast-changing, ambiguous environments.

Benefits

• Quarterly bonuses
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Paid Time Off policy
• Region-specific benefits

Company Description

As the world’s number 1 job site, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves.