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Allegis Global Solutions is recruiting for a contract position and the assignment will be at Warner Bros. Discovery
Ad Technology Manager
Warner Bros. Discovery
12 Months Initial Contract
Mon-Fri - 3 Days per week in Chiswick
Inside IR35 via PAYE / Umbrella
Role Overview
We are hiring an Ad Technology Specialist to drive the technical integration, enablement, and optimisation of our advertising technology stack across our streaming and digital platforms. This is an opportunity to contribute to the monetisation of high-profile digital sports and entertainment platforms such as TNT Sports, Eurosport, Discovery+ and HBO MAX across our international business, including the roll out of HBO MAX in the UK.
You will lead and support the delivery of scalable ad tech solutions across areas such server-side ad insertion, DAI monetisation, ad server migrations, and 3rd-party vendor integrations. Your work will be instrumental in unlocking commercial revenue, ensuring platform stability, and enabling innovation across streaming products.
We believe that success comes from collaboration and so to thrive in this role you’ll need to be a master of the matrix, working closely with the Ad Tech Lead, Legal, Ad Product, Global Ad Engineering teams and Ad Operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Ad Tech Lead, owning the technical delivery for core monetisation initiatives, including:
- DAI Monetisation (Entertainment & Sports)
- Streaming Monetisation Enablement
- New format deployment (Streaming & Web/App)
- Ad technology and Ad Server enablement and migrations
- Data platforms and partners
- Manage the integration and maintenance of 3rd-party ad technology partners (SSPs, ad servers, verification vendors, etc.)
- Build and maintain configurations for addressability features working with our central development teams
- Collaborate with internal engineering and ad product enablement teams, Commercial Ad Tech leadership and external vendors to troubleshoot, deploy, and optimise ad tech pipelines
- Support the programmatic teams with technical assessment of partner solutions
- Manage timelines and deployment of key capabilities
- Actively troubleshoot solutions ensuring optimal uptime of key platforms and partners
- Work closely with our commercial data teams to ensure full activation of solutions and products
- Support validation of technical specs for ad policies, targeting, and tracking
- Exceptional presentation and documentation writing skills and lead knowledge transfer across teams
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in technical ad tech engineering or ad operations
- Deep technical knowledge of ad platforms such as FreeWheel (preferred) and Google Ad Manager
- Strong hands-on experience with SSAI/DAI, including VAST, VPAID, SCTE-35, and ad stitching
- Familiarity with SDKs, video players, and web-based ad integrations with the ability to draft clear and detailed engineering requests
- Understanding of cross-device monetisation and video ad architecture
- Deep programmatic knowledge with the ability to troubleshoot complex solutions
- Commercially driven, with a focus on ensuring monetisation is scalable and premium
- Understanding of Streaming platforms
- Understanding of Web/App and the nuances between platforms
- Proven track record of deploying or supporting complex ad tech infrastructure in production
Desirable
- Experience supporting live or event-based content monetisation (e.g., live sports)
- Exposure to tagging and audience targeting platforms, such as Snowflake and Permutive
- Knowledge of AI deployment and product development
- Scripting or coding knowledge (e.g., Python, JavaScript) is a plus
- Familiarity with broadcast or streaming content delivery chains
Why Join Us?
This is a hands-on, technical leadership role with immediate impact on some of our highest-revenue digital projects. You'll work closely with Ad Sales leadership, Commercial Ad Tech, Ad operations, Engineering, Privacy and Legal teams and product stakeholders to build and scale future-facing ad technology solutions.
If you would like to be considered, please apply with a copy of your updated CV
