Chief Creator Technologies & Innovation Lead

Audible

Cambridge (MA)

On-site

USD 264,000 - 350,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Audible is seeking a Head of Creator Technologies to drive strategy and the full product lifecycle of emerging creator technologies. You will lead a high‑performing product engineering team focused on AI capabilities for creators worldwide, with Cambridge as the hub to ensure cultural continuity and localize Activate Caring mission.

This senior role reports to the CTO and oversees delivery, partnerships, and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or above in computer science or equivalent.
15+ years of industry experience in software development.
5+ years building, managing and developing software engineering teams and 3+ years of managing multiple managers
Prior experience as a software engineer including experience designing and coding highly scalable, available and low latency services
Experience in driving new feature prioritization, development, and delivery
Experience collaborating with and influencing technical leaders
Experience in creating communication strategies that engage and impact internal and external stakeholders
Professional experience in setting up end-to-end marketing technology stacks, marketing automation programs, and data flows
Experience working with customer data platforms, tag management platforms, web analytics tools and marketing automation tools

Responsibilities

Define the strategy and lead the full product and delivery life cycle of emerging creator technologies
Work at both the strategic and tactical level to champion bold, innovative creator solutions
Have ownership over creator stack tool decisions, technical implementation, resource & roadmap planning and issue remediation
Manage the complete software development lifecycle: defining, prioritizing, designing, and leading implementation and testing of new features within an Agile environment
Partner effectively with all levels of leadership and with key stakeholders in Marketing, Content, Legal, and Amazon partner teams
Influence through data-driven business cases to drive decisions
Represent, verbally and in writing, complex decisions, trade-offs, and potential strategies clearly to executives to help them understand the decisions they have to make
Constantly strive to raise the bar on delivery, operational excellence, performance, and quality in a fast‑paced agile environment
Define, manage, and improve the software and product development processes by working closely with high-performance builders
Coach and mentor our high-performing architects and engineers to help them grow their skills, enhance their knowledge of our systems and their ability to get things done, while enabling them to be future leaders who are focused on building a high growth and inclusive culture
Architect and develop the innovative technical design and implementation approach with the overall product line goals and objectives in mind
Own team’s operational excellence, including creation of and monitoring of metrics and alarms in a continuous process improvement environment
Be a passionate builder of talent and teams: hire, coach, and mentor builders on the team