Director, Video Monetization Products (FreeWheel)

Location: 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States; in-person interviews may be required.

Salary: USD 180,000–220,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment business operating news, business, golf, sports, and genre entertainment brands, supported by digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, and GolfPass.

What you will do

• Define and execute the long-term vision and roadmap for video monetization across linear, digital, OTT, CTV, FAST, and emerging distribution channels.
• Own the FreeWheel publisher ad server, including governance, configuration, lifecycle management, roadmap prioritization, and performance.
• Lead integrations across CRM, order management, yield, SSPs, DSPs, audience platforms, analytics, billing, and measurement systems.
• Partner with Ad Sales, Revenue Operations, and Yield teams to improve inventory value, campaign execution, revenue reconciliation, and monetization performance.
• Establish operational and monetization data strategies using FreeWheel log-level data for reporting, forecasting, reconciliation, and audience insights.
• Lead cross-functional product initiatives, vendor management, governance forums, business cases, and executive communications.

Requirements

• 7+ years of leadership experience in advertising technology, digital media, streaming, or video monetization.
• Deep experience administering and optimizing FreeWheel as a publisher ad server.
• Experience leading enterprise ad technology platforms and complex integrations involving APIs, data pipelines, CRM, order management, analytics, identity, and programmatic ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of video advertising across linear, CTV, OTT, FAST, AVOD, and digital channels, including ad decisioning, inventory management, campaign trafficking, DAI/SSAI, and revenue optimization.
• Hands-on knowledge of Programmatic Guaranteed, PMP, OpenRTB, VAST/VMAP, audience targeting, measurement and attribution, log-level advertising data, and revenue reconciliation.
• Experience with Agile delivery, cross-functional collaboration, vendor management, and strategic technology roadmaps.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with Ad Sales, Revenue Operations, Yield Management, Product, Engineering, Data & Analytics, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and external technology partners.
• Health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off may be included as part of the compensation package.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are provided throughout the recruitment process.