VP, Product & Engineering

About PayPal Ads 

PayPal Ads’ vision is to be the premier commerce-centric advertising platform, seamlessly connecting PayPal, Venmo, and Honey users with advertisers and merchants. We help advertisers and merchants sell more products and services effectively, enabling consumers to discover and buy what they love. Leveraging transaction data from approximately a quarter of the world’s $6 trillion in digital commerce and nearly 400 million active accounts annually, our platform empowers advertisers to engage customers through the entire marketing funnel—from awareness to purchase, loyalty, and advocacy. 

We are establishing a new PayPal Ads division to drive the growth of our advertising business. With a dedicated organization responsible for our comprehensive suite of advertising products, PayPal Ads will empower merchants and brands to reach and convert our highly engaged user base across PayPal, Venmo, and Honey platforms in multiple markets, revolutionizing global commerce.  

About the role 

PayPal Ads is looking for an experienced advertising technology leader with a track record of building and scaling ad technology organizations. You will own the ads technology strategy, infrastructure, and architecture for the PayPal Ads organization and ensure that teams and individuals work towards the shared strategy of the Ads business. You'll lead the development, implementation, and execution of PayPal Ads' technology strategy based on a deep domain experience and understanding of the ads industry. You will work closely with cross-functional partners, including sales, operations, finance, product, engineering, and marketing ensuring we are building impactful ad products built to scale, that will generate impact and enhance our value proposition. We seek a high-performing team leader who drives results rapidly while delivering profitable growth for the PayPal Ads business. In this role, you have the opportunity to significantly extend PayPal’s value proposition to our three-sided network while being instrumental in developing our new advertising business for the company.  This role will be part of the Consumer Engineering Leadership team reporting into the SVP of Consumer Engineering.

Responsibilities:  

• Will own all aspect of PayPal Ads engineering and technology strategy and build
• Lead and manage the engineering and tech teams within the PayPal Ads division. 
• Develop and execute initiatives and drive business goals. 
• Drive Integration into PayPal applications
• Oversee the design, development, implementation and deployment of all ad technologies and solutions. 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Marketing, IT, Product, Engineering) to implement technology-driven projects and campaigns. 
• Provide leadership to the PayPal Ads technology team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and cohesion

Qualifications: 

• Degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field. Master or PhD preferred
• 20+ years of experience in engineering, product and/or technology, ideally in an AdTech environment. 
• 15+ year’s experience in leading technical organizations
• Experience in scaling and developing internationally dispersed teams
• Deep understanding of the advertiser, agencies, and advertiser branding and performance needs. 
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex technology concepts effectively. 
• Successful track record building out strategies and partnerships with cross functional leaders
• Ability to navigate altitudes (shifting between strategic and tactical)
• Ability to synthesize complex information into the essential points to inform executive decision-making. 
• Outstanding communication and influencing skills. 
• Results-oriented, analytical, self-motivated, and a “hands-on” leader with a proven ability to meet objectives/targets, develop and scale a team, and cultivate superb relationships with cross-functional teams. 
• Travel required, as necessary for customer activities and leadership reviews. Consumer Engineering Leadership in New York City
• Experience and appreciation for cultural nuances when working internationally
• Executive presentation skills; including in-person, written, and verbal.