
Global Director – Media Taxonomy, Data Connectivity
Assembly Global
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California • Maryland • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the global media taxonomy framework, including campaign structure, naming conventions, channel hierarchies, audience/segment vocabularies, creative metadata, markets/brands, test indicators, and compliance rules
- Create and maintain a global taxonomy playbook for all practitioners
- Standardize global QA processes to ensure complete, accurate, reliable media data
- Partner with DTBC and Activation teams to design how media data maps into standardized schemas
- Define how data flows between systems (APIs, ETL/ELT, cloud connectors, data pipelines) to ensure media and business data land cleanly in analytics environments
- Ensure taxonomy rules and data structures are consistently implemented across all media tools including ad servers, DSPs, platforms, tag managers and measurement systems
- Select and manage taxonomy, enforcement, and QA tools
- Build automated validation to identify violations and quarantine non‑compliant data
- Support platform migrations, new technology onboarding, and global process alignment
- Develop and deliver training and certification programs for global teams
- Ensure taxonomy and data capture align with privacy, consent, and ID requirements
- Maintain governance standards for brand safety, quality assurance, and system integrity
- Lead ongoing audits, diagnostics, and remediation plans
- Define compliance KPIs and develop dashboards to monitor taxonomy adherence and data quality
- Lead post‑mortems and maintain a backlog of taxonomy and tooling improvements
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in media operations, ad tech, marketing data governance, or digital analytics
- Deep experience in designing and enforcing media taxonomy and naming conventions across major platforms
- Strong understanding of data architecture, schemas, IDs, lineage, validation, and data quality frameworks
- Experience leading global governance processes and partnering with cross‑functional teams
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear operational guidance
- Familiarity with Mediaocean/Prisma, clean rooms, modeling environments, and BI tools
- Experience building or contributing to a Center of Excellence for taxonomy, tagging, or marketing data governance
Benefits
- We care about your growth – we offer competitive salaries and annual compensation review
- We recognize and celebrate your success…all the time!
- Flexible Time Off policy that puts you in control of your work-life balance
- Market-leading primary and secondary caregiver and parental leave policies
- Hybrid in-office/remote working policy
- Social and environmental Impact initiatives
- Employee Resource Groups committed to inclusivity and diversity
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Generous PTO plan
- 401k program
- Comprehensive family planning benefits (including paid parental leave)
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
media taxonomydata architecturedata quality frameworksAPIsETLELTdata pipelinescompliance KPIsautomated validationdata governance
Soft Skills
strong communication skillsleadershipcross-functional collaborationoperational guidancetraining developmentaudit and diagnosticsremediation planning