VP, Product Services - D&T Reporting Product - United States

Business Overview 

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency that sits at the very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn 'action' into 'outcome' for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, P3, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology. Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end-to-end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at www.KINESSO.com.

Position Summary

We are looking for a VP, Product Services to join our Data Management & Reporting Product Team at Kinesso. A successful candidate should be a product minded, hands-on individual with a strong understanding of technical buildouts, client management, digital media measurement & reporting and have a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

You will be critical in managing the build & deployment of data automation and reporting products for some of our major clients, as well as working alongside stakeholders across Mediabrands agencies to define requirements and ensure adoption of the reporting automation products. Curiosity and passion for product management, digital data and media technologies is a must!

The role will be directly reporting to the SVP, Product Services, with ongoing interaction with Reporting Product team leadership, as well as account leads and key stakeholders across the Mediabrands agencies.

Primary day to day tasks will include partnering with Mediabrands agency teams to understand and define custom automation build requirements and final output/client needs, building product blueprints and working with Engineering on actual buildouts. Additional responsibilities include working alongside the Product Management team to build new tools, inform product roadmaps, and define best practices that can then be deployed via your partnerships with the agency teams.

A successful candidate will have a wide variety of skills in media, technology, data, and client management.

Responsibilities

• Gather design and functional requirements to implement data tools for a variety of clients and internal teams; build pipelines and scalable analytic tools using leading technologies.
• Collaborate closely with teams on proper architectural and strategic decisions; communicate team priorities, system improvements, and changes to stakeholders, vendors, and partners to support and deliver solutions for the business.
• Evangelize Product Services. Lead efforts with new product development and data solutions within the Reporting product vertical. Partner with agency leaders to guide conversations and best practices in product/tools development and data solutions. Advocate for data automation, performance, and security.
• Coach, Mentor, and Empower the Reporting product team.Provide leadership while solving tactical issues. Develop best practices across teams and contribute to improvement and delivery of services. Lead data requirements reviews and retrospectives.
• Understand the business and guide data solutions to deliver results, through collaboration and coordination across business units to determine requirements and deliverables for products and platforms. Define roadmaps and priorities for growing and scaling our data management and product practices.
• Stay relevant and ahead of the curve on industry needs and technology trends by growing and participating in cross-disciplinary communities.

Required Skills & Experience

• Technology leadership: Proven record of success in leading multidisciplinary teams to build and deliver products and services at scale. Lead by example, care for your team. Able to align technology decisions with business goals; client oriented and dedicated to excellence - attentive to both internal and external customer experience.
• Strong knowledge and experience with key elements of media data management (e.g. taxonomy, data governance, data blending techniques, data structure managem