VP of Product & Engineering

Kochava provides a unified platform with solutions for advertisers and publishers across the omni-channel advertising ecosystem to link media investments to outcomes.  

Kochava is an industry leader in the advertising ecosystem, providing tools and technologies for leading brands, agencies, and premium publishers for measurement and attribution, media mix modeling (MMM), and search ads optimization.

We enable the visibility into and management of trillions of data points, hundreds of millions of users, and billions of dollars in lifetime value (LTV) and paid ad spend. Our suite of solutions are used as a growth stack for leading brands and publishers - empowering them to see and manage their data and unleash the power of their connected audiences.

Who You Are

Cultivating a Product Led Growth and Engineering culture of innovation, collaboration, connection, and purpose is what the VP of Product & Engineering will do while creating strong bonds and alignment with each business unit's General Managers, Customer Success, Product Marketing, and Sales Teams. 

Kochava is built as a cross-matrix organization of distinct business units led by general managers, and several shared services support those business units.  As the leader of Product & Engineering, you will be part of the executive management team, reporting to the CEO and working closely with the GMs and CTO to establish and plan direction and deliver results.

• General Team Leadership: Mentor, grow, hold accountable, and retain team members Invest in people development and career growth. Recruit and manage engineering leadership that oversees domestic and off-shore teams
• Product Leadership: Work with CTO and GM’s to manage short-, medium-, and long-term strategy Leadership to drive results and maximize margin across a portfolio of products. Competitive and market analysis. Engage with strategic partners and customers regularly to understand their priorities Drive product and feature definition to build precise product specifications for the engineering teams. Drive user research and user experience design to deliver engaging products and features to customers consistently. Drive product and feature GTM activities in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Infrastructure Management: Manage infrastructure costs and vendors to improve margin continuously. Implement mechanisms to meet customer SLAs and consistently improve operational excellence. On-call capable.  Successful candidates will be able to mentor and lead the on-call teams by understanding the implications of keeping real-time latency and availability SLAs
• Engineering Leadership: Define and execute the architecture and platform strategies Deliver products and features  incrementally and regularly towards a north star, Define and implement mechanisms to reduce time-to-market and improve efficiency. Build high-throughput, low-latency systems that scale to process hundreds of millions of transactions per day. Research and adopt the latest technologies to evolve the engineering organization processes and system efficiency.

• Engineering degree or equivalent with 10+ years of experience in the software product industry with at least 5+ in a Senior Leadership role.
• Experience managing global and remote teams of 50+ engineers, including engineering leadership.
• AdTech engineering experience within a SaaS software environment is strongly preferred.
• Ability to balance short-term deliverables with long-term strategic investments.
• Experience building exceptional engineering organizations with a track record of teams delivering high-quality and on-time complex software products to production.
• Management of Cloud relationships and renegotiation cycles to maximize margin with scaled delivery.
• Collaborative with a “one team” mindset; focus on building trust and respect with a positive attitude and growth mindset intra-org and cross-functionally across company leaders.
• Well-versed in modern engineering best practices and Agile development methodologies.
• Passion for delighting customers and stakeholders with unique solutions and timely delivery.
• Ability to deliver more with less. Strong written and verbal communication skills; Ability to influence, educate, and inspire others.
• Comfortable with managing many work streams, coordinating resources, and prioritizing work across teams  - in service of different constituents.
• Ability to review code to determine quality and areas for improvement.
• Ability and willingness to drive the day-to-day operations of an engineering organization.
• Experience fostering an environment of innovation and promoting healthy habits across teams with a high bar for engineering and development efforts and behavior.
• Ability to engage in architectural discussions, determine tradeoffs, and drive the discussion towards decisions and deliverable schedules.

• Flexible/Open Paid Time Off
• 401k
• Medical & Dental coverage 100% paid premiums for employee
• Paid Parental Leave
• Long Term Disability

Kochava began in 2011 when a team of mobile and gaming professionals saw the need to better understand the feedback loop of user acquisition, engagement, and LTV for mobile applications. Through the process of creating apps for customers from a wide range of industries, we were repeatedly asked if we could shed some light on what media advertising efforts were converting and the effectiveness of their mobile ad spend by partner. Realizing a solution to these questions wasn’t readily available, we started designing and building a mobile measurement platform that would become Kochava.   

Kochava is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.