Director of Tech Operations

DT (NASDAQ: APPS) is unifying the full mobile experience. Our growth platform powers the mobile ecosystem by bringing together advertisers, app developers, and device partners, to create a unique and premium value exchange, that results in a personalized and seamless mobile device experience.

At DT, we move fast, think big, and build collaboratively. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere, and we trust our teams to take ownership, challenge convention, and make an impact from day one.

Here, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to products and experiences used by millions around the world.

With us, you will enjoy competitive compensation, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to invest in your total well-being, all within a hybrid and flexible work environment.

The Role:
We are seeking a highly capable and experienced leader to provide temporary coverage (up to 12 months) for a unique and pivotal Tech Operations leadership role. This person will be leading the operating rhythm of the Tech Platform pod, and the TechOps pod, enabling cross-functional execution, and ensuring continuity across key strategic, financial, and operational priorities.

The role sits at the intersection of Technology, Finance, Product, Legal, People, and Commercial functions and requires an experience combined of technical program management, business and financial acumen, executive-level communication, and the ability to drive complex initiatives through ambiguity. This role reports to the SVP Engineering and works closely with the company’s CTO and senior leaders across all functions.

About the Director of Tech Operations Role

• Functional  Leadership: Lead the TechOps pod, including sprint planning and execution, operating cadence, cycle planning, KPI tracking, reporting, prioritization, and team management. 
• Tech Platform: Drive the operating rhythm of the broader Tech Platform, ensuring alignment and execution across engineering initiatives and teams. Own platform-level planning and reporting mechanisms, leadership updates, KPI accountability, cross-team dependencies, and retrospectives.
• Financial & Vendor Management: Oversee the technology division financial operations, including cloud hosting costs and forecasting, OPEX, CAPEX, budget governance, and cost control. Lead technology vendor and contract operations, including commercial negotiations with major cloud, software, and services providers, with a focus on cost optimization, contractual flexibility, and risk management.
• Leadership Support & Strategic Initiatives: Act as a trusted advisor and proxy for senior leadership, facilitating high-level decision-making and representing the tech organization in critical forums. Drive complex, cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams or require a single owner, with a particular focus on operational scalability, cost efficiency, organizational readiness, and execution of Tech leadership priorities.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Serve as a key interface between Technology and Finance, Legal, People, Product, and Commercial teams. Drive alignment, clarify ownership, resolve cross-functional dependencies and escalations, and ensure critical topics move from discussion to decision and execution.

About you as the Director of Tech Operations

• Proven leadership role in Technical Program Management, Tech or Business Operations, consultancy or a Chief of Staff role within a fast-paced, tech-driven organization.
• Experience in managing cross-company processes, preferably in a tech organization
• Financial & Commercial Acumen: Expert in engineering financial discipline, with deep experience managing cloud budgets, CAPEX/OPEX frameworks, and leading high-stakes vendor negotiations.
• Cross-functional Navigator: Excellent at driving alignment and resolving escalations across diverse departments (Legal, Finance, Product, Engineering, etc).
• Executive Presence & Problem Solving: Trusted cross-functional problem-solver capable of representing the Tech Org in complex initiatives. You can comfortably align leaders across different functions in the organization.
• Experience working in a global organization and with global teams
• Independent, self-learning individual with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, highly demanding, challenging work environment

DT (NASDAQ: APPS) is a mobile growth platform that powers superior experiences and outcomes for advertisers, app developers, carriers, OEMs, and publishers worldwide.

Our technology connects brands and apps with consumers across devices, apps, and mobile environments — helping partners drive awareness, acquisition, engagement, and monetization through intelligent, integrated experiences.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DT operates globally across North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

DT is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and believe teams with different points of view build better products, ideas, and experiences.