How You’ll Make an Impact:

Epsilon is looking for a Vice President (VP) of Technology Implementations to lead a global technology team.  This role provides significant opportunity to work with worlds best brands, best minds and help our clients accomplishing their digital marketing goals.  The ideal candidate should have significant depth in the designing, building, and managing real-time multi-channel digital solutions, specifically in the domain of CRM, loyalty and rewards solutions.  The VP will be responsible for managing approximately 400+ global staff and will be accountable for career development, talent evaluation, technical leadership & best practices.  The ideal candidate will have either a management consulting background delivering large-scale technical solutions and/or outsourced application development/operations management background of global scale.

• Work together win together: The Vice President, Technology Implementations (VP) will report to the Senior Vice President, Platform Services.  The VP will lead a team of 6-8 individuals and will oversee a global team of about 40.  This is a hybrid role (2x/week) based in our Wakefield, MA office.
• Innovate with purpose:  As we continue our journey to Product, the VP will have the opportunity to help migrate dozens of custom CRM/ Loyalty platforms from on-premise or custom platforms to SaaS models.

What You’ll Achieve:

• • Provide day-to-day leadership over multiple account engagement teams comprised of both new application design/build and maintenance resources, driving the growth and stability of strategic platforms.
  • Provide thought-leadership to staff and clients related to technical architecture, solution capabilities, applied SDLC and application/database maintenance operations
  • Accountability for overall resource planning and management as well as financial performance of all engagements, and optimization of staff and delivery scope against financial targets
  • Serve as first-line of escalation from the project delivery teams for major technical and operational challenges
  • Manage and grow offshore development teams and drive the overall growth objectives with a strategic plan and direction.
  • Stay abreast of latest marketing technology trends and all of Epsilon’s product offerings to integrate into annual account planning efforts, business development efforts and overall client marketing technology roadmaps
  • Manage career growth and development of staff through coaching and mentoring. Set goals and monitor performance against those goals throughout the year.
  • Communicate effectively with direct supervisor and upper management on engagement activities and overall health of the engagement. Synthesize relevant information on key milestones, success criteria, staff and client and risks. Escalate critical issues appropriately.
  • Responsible for overseeing and implementing continual process improvement initiatives
  • May require up to 30% travel required by client and business development needs

Who You Are:

• What you’ll bring with you:
  • Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field
  • Minimum of 15 years of direct experience managing complex IT projects, preferably in the marketing technology space
  • Experience managing large global teams
  • Proven track record in architecting, designing and participating in the delivery of complex marketing technology projects involving both database and interactive technologies. Individuals should have a strong grasp of database architecture, data modeling, and system integration, as well as a solid grasp of infrastructure, particularly cloud deployments. Be an expert in the full development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Why you might stand out from other talent:
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Experience leading teams in a highly matrixed environment
  • Knowledge of marketing strategies and analytic-driven solutions
  • History of working with external clients and internal business partners at the executive level (e.g., VP, SVP, CxO),
  • Master’s degree in information systems or related field

About Epsilon

Epsilon is a global advertising and marketing technology company positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe. Epsilon accelerates clients’ ability to harness the power of their first-party data to activate campaigns across channels and devices, with an unparalleled ability to prove outcomes. The company’s industry-leading technology connects advertisers with consumers to drive performance while respecting and protecting consumer privacy. Epsilon’s people-based identity graph allows brands, agencies and publishers to reach real people, not cookies or devices, across the open web. For more information, visit epsilon.com.

When you’re one of us, you get to run with the best. For decades, we’ve been helping marketers from the world’s top brands personalize experiences for millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions and services. Epsilon’s best-in-class identity gives brands a clear, privacy-safe view of their customers, which they can use across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Positioned at the core of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon is a global company with more than 8,000 employees around the world. Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

• Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon
• Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog
• DE&I: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/diversity-equity-inclusion
• CSR: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/corporate-social-responsibility

Great People Deserve Great Benefits

We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the world, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, expect competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to advance your career.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.

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