Commercial Tech Architect & Platform Lead (Hybrid London)

Bauer Media Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Bauer Academy

Enhanced parental/maternity leave

Flexible working

Job summary

Bauer Media Group in London is seeking an Architect for Commercial Technology to shape platforms powering our commercial business, including CRM, ad sales, campaign management and reporting.

You will own the architecture across core platforms, guide buy/build decisions and work with cross-market teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Hybrid working from our London office is available, with a focus on collaboration across Broadcast and Digital teams.

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundations and solutions architecture experience.
• Practical experience with commercial or marketing technology, such as CDP, CRM, ad sales or campaign management platforms.
• Experience working with data teams on data flows, structures and non-functional requirements.
• Clear communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to lead through influence, collaboration, patience and persuasion in a multi-market environment.
• Cloud experience, ideally AWS.
• Knowledge of system integration or iPaaS tooling.
• Experience in media, broadcast or advertising technology.
• Experience in matrix or multi-market organisations.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the technical architecture across CDP, CRM, ad sales, campaign management, ad serving, programmatic platforms, reporting and integrations.
• Ensure the architecture supports the full commercial journey, from audience and proposition through sales, campaign delivery, measurement and reporting.
• Partner with Commercial, Product, Data and Ad Operations teams to integrate advertising technology across Broadcast and Digital.
• Lead design reviews, surface options and trade-offs, maintain the shared technical model and drive clear Architecture Decision Records.
• Guide build, buy and integrate decisions, considering reuse, lifecycle and total cost of ownership.
• Engage Security, Legal, Finance and Infrastructure early so solutions are secure, practical and well governed.
• Provide architectural oversight of vendors and balance local market needs with shared standards and scalable capabilities.

Skills

Solutions architecture

AWS Cloud

Data integration

Stakeholder communication

Multi-market experience

Media/Advertising tech

Tools

CDP

CRM systems

Ad tech platforms

Job description

Bauer Media Group in London is seeking an Architect for Commercial Technology to shape platforms powering our commercial business, including CRM, ad sales, campaign management and reporting.

You will own the architecture across core platforms, guide buy/build decisions and work with cross-market teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Hybrid working from our London office is available, with a focus on collaboration across Broadcast and Digital teams.