Sr. Director, Product Analytics - AI Products

About DoubleVerify

DoubleVerify is the pioneering force in the digital media landscape, renowned for its groundbreaking technology that ensures the authenticity and performance of digital media for the world’s leading brands. Our mission is to enhance transparency and accountability in digital advertising, ensuring high-quality impressions that drive optimal performance. Since our inception in 2008, we have been committed to elevating media spend efficiency for numerous Fortune 500 companies, offering superior solutions that foster a healthier digital ecosystem. Discover more at doubleverify.com.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Director of Product Analytics to lead our dynamic AI Product Analytics team at the heart of DoubleVerify’s Classification group. This pivotal role encompasses comprehensive management and strategic oversight of our analytics function, aligning with our mission to secure the digital advertising ecosystem against inappropriate content monetization and ensuring brand safety across platforms.

As the Senior Director of Product Analytics, you will spearhead the end-to-end management of our brand safety and suitability product analytics team, overseeing a large team of analysts to deliver cutting-edge classification products. Your leadership will bridge our data science endeavors with operational excellence, guiding the development of ML/AI technologies that power our classification systems. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the ad-tech industry, advancing our commitment to a transparent, safe, and sustainable online advertising environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and expand a highly skilled team of product and data analysts, fostering professional growth and technical proficiency.
• Strategize with senior management across Product, Engineering, and Data Science to define and prioritize analytics projects, ensuring alignment with our product roadmap and business goals.
• Enhance cross-functional collaboration, establishing a cohesive analytics framework across the organization to standardize measurement and impact assessment.
• Drive innovation within the analytics function, identifying and implementing process enhancements to bolster our analytics capabilities and product offerings.
• Champion data governance and quality, spearheading initiatives to address data integrity and usability across our platforms and products.
• Provide strategic insights and recommendations to inform decision-making on key product initiatives, leveraging comprehensive data analysis.
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in analytics, with a proven track record in product and engineering support roles.
• At least 5 years experience in a leadership role managing and developing high-performing analytics teams.
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing product initiatives powered by data science methodologies, such as computer vision (CV) or natural language processing (NLP).
• Advanced degree in statistics, mathematics, information science, or a related technical field is highly desirable.
• Mastery of SQL & Python, with hands-on experience in Looker, BigQuery, and SQL warehouses.
• Exceptional ability to cultivate strong, positive relationships across diverse cultural environments and global teams.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, with a track record of successful cross-functional collaboration.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on a number of non-discriminating factors, including qualifications for the role, level, skills, experience, location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at DV.
The estimated salary range for this role based on the qualifications set forth in the job description is between [$230,000- $280,000]. This role will also be eligible for bonus/commission (as applicable), equity, and benefits.
The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description; however, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be more or less experienced than this job description as posted.

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