Job Summary:
Who are we?
Live Nation Entertainment is the worlds leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 30,000 shows and 95+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 900 brands with the 86 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
The Role:
The Engineering Manager will play a critical role in the success of the Ticket Ad Network. This line manager role will lead the technical deployment of the Ticket Ad Network, from design through engineering development, owning the development and design of entire application and integration components. This person will work with a large variety of technologies and will be part of a dedicated Ticket Ad Network team that will integrate with the larger Ticketmaster technical organization to ensure the full end to end delivery of new functionalities, including testing and production support.
About the Project:
Be a key player in expanding Ticketmasters leadership position in ecommerce. We are looking for smart, curious, and motivated individuals to join our growing team as we build the next generation ticket merchandizing platform sitting at the intersection of live events, fan data, digital media, and performance marketing. If you relish a challenge and are solution oriented; if you thrive in a fast-paced, start-up style environment but with the support structure and funding of a large company; if you have a love for live events and technology, we look forward to meeting you.
The Ideal Candidate Will:
Be passionate about delivering strong technology as part of retail media for advertising client
Solve complex technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation
Focus on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them
Be self-motivated activator, energetic and tenacious
Be Proactive solving client problems before they arise
Be Reactive quickly address issues as they arise
Be able to work across multiple teams, manage personalities and sell ideas
Be hands on and have stellar follow-thru skills
Possess strong written & verbal communication skills
Bring managerial expertise manage off-shore engineering team (short-term) and grow to manager a larger engineering team (long-term)
Have a passion for data, advertising and be able to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Be a team player support the broader team; maintain a great attitude and a desire to learn
Responsibilities:
Use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain
Evaluate new technologies and participates in decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Live Nations technical environments, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies
In complex and unstructured situations, serve as an expert resource to create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables
Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services
Lead and conduct code review, design review, testing, and debugging activities at the application level. Lead functional design and architecture discussions with understanding of process flows and system diagrams to enable design decisions
Consistently deliver code that sets the standard for quality and maintainability
Write highly insightful, comprehensive code reviews
Participate in routine and non-routine construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements and best practices met
Provide technical oversight and coach others to resolve complex and severe technical issues
Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use
Desired Skills and Experience
5+ years of development experience, including experience in implementing and maintaining software
1+ years of experience in application and data pipeline development
1+ years experience working with volume and variety of data in a production environment
1+ years experience in developing software applications
Degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, or other related discipline
Demonstrated success in working with a cross-functional team including engineers, other product management teams, and sales/client service
COVID-19 vaccination will be required for this position subject to legally valid exemptions.
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Live Nation Entertainment strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Live Nation Entertainment recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation Entertainment may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
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About Us
Recognized three years in a row by Great Place to Work and named one of People Magazines top 50 Companies that Care, Live Nation Entertainment is the global leader in live entertainment and ticketing. Our world-class portfolio reaches all aspects of the live event and ticketing industry, from ground-breaking software in Ticketmaster, mix of legendary venues and restaurants in House of Blues, production leaders in Concerts, exceptional brand partnerships in Media & Sponsorship, and unparalleled team of artist managers in Artist Nation supported by diverse professionals in all facets of Corporate operations.
We recognize that our most important assets are our employees, the rock stars who keep the live experience going. Generous vacation, healthcare, and retirement benefits are just some of the great perks we offer to support our global workforce of more than 38,000. For any stage in your career, our many unique benefit programs are designed to help you live life to the fullest. We offer student loan repayment to support recent grads, six months of paid caregiver leave to support new parents, perks like Roadie Babies (bring your little ones & a caretaker along with you on work trips) and tuition reimbursement to fuel your ongoing professional development. Plus, working for the world's largest live event and ticketing company means you'll have access to free concerts, festivals, sports games, and more through our exclusive employee ticket concierge.
There is no bigger stage for your career. See what your future looks like at Live Nation Entertainment.
