Director, Technology

at Rapp Worldwide Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

RAPP Chicago is looking for a Director, Technology to join our award-winning Technology team.
WHO WE ARE:
RAPP is a global, next-generation precision marketing agency, harnessing data, creativity, technology, and empathy to drive client growth at scale. We stand up for individuality. We speak up against bland, broad-brush generalizations. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual's needs, beliefs, behaviors, and aspirations. And we commit to doing this in every aspect of our work for clients and their consumers.
We actively foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual difference are valued and leveraged to achieve the agency's vision. And most importantly we value every individual's wellbeing.
HOW WE DO IT:
At RAPP we are focused on the individual and how we can create value from every individual's experience with a brand. We do this across three capability areas: customer centric consulting, creativity that inspires action and customer experience management.
Our data analysts know who that person is. Our strategists understand what they want. And our award-winning Technologists and Creatives know how to get it to them.
RAPP is an integral part of Omnicom's Precision Marketing Group, comprising 4,000 creatives, technologists, strategists, and data and marketing scientists across 40 global markets.
YOUR ROLE:
As Director, Technology, you will interface with our clients to understand their business problems and recommend MarTech solutions that meet their needs. You will be expected to provide high level functional and technical solutions that allow implementation of interactive, data-driven marketing workflows and present these solutions to the clients and business stakeholders. You will assist with intake of new functional capability requirements while working closely with internal and client technology resources to get the associated MarTech solutions implemented.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Interface with Clients and business stakeholders to understand their marketing needs and functional requirements that they need addressed
Propose Marketing/Technical Solutions to business problems and seek alignment for Technical Delivery
Conduct analysis of Client's existing MarTech Architecture, identify gaps and propose a strategic roadmap of application/workflow/tool changes that address these gaps
Recommend Cross channel Campaign journeys, User Interfaces and Touchpoints that support client's marketing activities
Assist with analysis of marketing data and recommend data integration into Campaign and Analytics Management Systems
Recommend Automatic Campaign Decisioning based on Data Analytics/AI/ML workflows
Lead Configuration/Customization initiatives for Marketing/CRM tools like Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaigns, Pega etc.
Analyze Non-Functional requirements that the system should support and make sure that these are implemented as part of the technical solution.
Assist Product Managers and Business Leads in breaking down work into executable technical scope and help plan these for a successful production implementation.
Work closely with technology resources in guiding projects from concept to implementation.
REQUIREMENTS:
8+ years of IT experience, with 3+ years working in Marketing Technology space.
Demonstrated experience of working with Marketing/CRM tools like Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Pega etc
Experience with Configuration and Deployment of Email/SMS Marketing Campaigns and implementing Data Driven Decisioning Workflows
Strong experience in Technical/Functional design and Solutions Architecture
Strong experience with data flow mapping and creating requirements definition artifacts
Experience with management of CMS/DAM solutions
Familiarity with any Cloud Platforms from AWS, Azure or GCP
Experience with Data Analytics and mapping it to Campaigns
Fully Client facing and willing to problem solve with the Clients, and internal teams
Capable of leading and running effective technical work-sessions with Clients
Solutions-oriented, Collaborative, and with great people skills.
Functional understanding of machine learning concepts a plus
Detail oriented, organized, and with ability to meet deadlines while working several projects simultaneously

Our hybrid work model:
RAPP's current hybrid model is designed to enable in-person connections and collaboration that is core to our culture, while also supporting flexibility for all employees. As such, we have the option to work from home two days per week, if we'd like.
RAPP provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits plan. Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock... For full info follow application link.

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status.