Hiring: Director, Video Monetization Products Company: Versant Media Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:15:42 Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Data Pipeline, Linear, Vendor Management About the job Experience: •7+ years of leadership experience in advertising technology, digital media, streaming, or video monetization, with deep expertise administering and optimizing FreeWheel as a publisher ad server. Required Skills: •Define and execute the long-term vision and roadmap for the enterprise video monetization platform across linear, digital, OTT, CTV, FAST, and emerging distribution channels. •Serve as the business owner for the FreeWheel platform, overseeing governance, configuration, roadmap prioritization, lifecycle management, and platform performance. •Lead the integration strategy across FreeWheel, CRM, order management, yield, SSPs/DSPs, audience platforms, analytics, billing, measurement, and other enterprise systems. •Partner with Revenue Operations and Yield teams to maximize inventory value, improve campaign execution, reduce revenue leakage, and increase monetization performance. •Establish the strategy for operational and monetization data, including FreeWheel log-level data, to enable advanced reporting, forecasting, reconciliation, and audience insights. •Direct cross-functional product initiatives from strategy through implementation, including roadmap development, requirements, KPIs, Agile execution, and vendor management. •Define standards, best practices, and operating models that ensure platform stability, scalability, compliance, and operational excellence. •Identify and implement new technologies, AI-driven capabilities, and workflow automation to improve operational efficiency and enhance monetization. Qualifications: •Proven experience leading enterprise ad tech platforms and complex system integrations, including APIs, data pipelines, CRM, order management, analytics, identity, and programmatic ecosystems. •Strong knowledge of video advertising and monetization across linear, CTV, OTT, FAST, AVOD, and digital channels, including ad decisioning, inventory management, campaign trafficking, DAI/SSAI, and revenue optimization. •Hands-on expertise with industry standards and technologies, including Programmatic Guaranteed, PMP, OpenRTB, VAST/VMAP, audience targeting, measurement and attribution, log-level advertising data, and revenue reconciliation. •Demonstrated product and program leadership, with experience driving Agile delivery, cross-functional collaboration, vendor management, and strategic technology roadmaps. •If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!