Directs the company's technical strategic direction, development and future growth.
Leads the strategic technology solution approach for major clients or new business opportunities.
Experience with Adobe, Acquia / Drupal, Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, Salesforce, Sitecore platforms is desired
Helps drive a culture of innovation across the agency, and in collaboration with other network offices.
Identifies emerging technology trends and establishes the agency's POV.
Works in a consultative fashion with other department heads, such as Creative, Account Management, Strategy (CX, UX, Media), and Performance as an advisor of technologies that may improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
Provides leadership to department heads in a fashion that supports the company's culture, mission and values.
Conducts research and case studies on leading-edge technologies and makes determinations on the probability of implementation.
Acts as a good steward of MRM / / McCann resources and ensures control of Technology departmental budgets.
Takes a leadership position in new digital product development, large initiative planning, and ideation and planning resources and technology needs.
Works closely with the senior leadership team to develop and execute business plans and define our technology requirements.
Develops a systematic and scalable approach for identifying and evaluating innovative and enabling technologies.
Establishes, communicates and monitors best practices for the agency to ensure delivery excellence.
Responsible for aggregating data from Operations Leads for Managerial review and evaluation.
Reviews SOW's related to Technology projects with PM's and Ops Leads to ensure they are accurate prior to submission to CFO.
JOB QUALIFICATION
BS in related field and at least 15 years of work experience in the Information Technology arena, at least 10 years management and strategic experience in this field or MBA / MS in related filed with 10 years of work experience, 7 of which must be managerial and strategic.
Digital agency experience is a requirement.
Ability to actively communicate, inspire and motivate all levels of staff.
Ability to think and act strategically and proactively.