In recent years, Samsung has focused on creating services across its devices to complement its leading hardware business while utilizing its strong global distribution network. These services and a vast partner network and proprietary data create significant opportunities for advertising-based monetization. After operating for five years, Samsung Ads has become a highly successful and rapidly growing business. Its ongoing success relies on the products, technologies, and tools the Global Ads & Data Product & Engineering team developed. With a substantial presence in four countries, this fast-paced and complex organization encompasses hundreds of employees working across various product and strategic domains.
The ideal candidate for this position has demonstrated experience in leading a large software development organization on a global scale, including hiring, talent development, and effective team organization. They should enjoy working closely with product management to understand the significance of their teams work and be enthusiastic about collaborating to drive improvements across all sites. This individual will be able to shape a vision for a high-performing organization and effectively collaborate to bring that vision to life.
This position will report directly to the VP of Engineering and will be based in the Warsaw office, with both domestic and international travel.
responsibilities :
Lead, hire, and build an engineering team in the Samsung R&D Institute Poland (currently around 80+ people strong).
Drive the execution of the Product Solutions Roadmap.
Cultivate a world-class engineering culture and best practices.
Evolve our technology to meet the businesss needs and industry standards.
Improve organizational design, interfaces, and processes to optimize product development and quality.
Contribute to the global P&E org by leading and managing a cross-regional functional area (e.g., tech support, documentation) and partner closely with other engineering sites to ensure success.
Collaborate closely with Product Management to facilitate high-impact product delivery.
Interact effectively with architects, site reliability engineers (SREs), and adjacent engineering and R&D teams to build and sustain high-quality and impactful platforms and products.
Engage actively with partnering teams, including in Korea, in a highly complex environment to remove obstacles and pave the way toward successful outcomes.
requirements-expected :
Skills and Qualifications
Proven track record in successfully building and launching digital ad platforms and products.
Demonstrated experience in leading large-scale engineering teams with a structured and deliberate mindset.
10+ years of experience in (and passion for) hiring, leading, and developing engineering teams within the Ads space or closely related sectors.
15+ years of product development experience with a strong track record of delivering high-quality products at scale.
Computer Science/Engineering BS/MS/PhD.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail and quality; striving for continuous improvements.
Ability to work strategically and tactically (hands-on) as needed, with relative fluidity, little direction, and ambiguity.
General interest and awareness of industry trends and developments in related sectors.
Deep advertising technology domain expertise is required.
Culture fit
Operational Excellence
Systematic problem solving
Structured & considered organizational design
Perpetual & continuous improvement
Seamless collaboration
Individual Scale
Capacity to extend influence wide and deep at the same time
Intuitive ability to make tech choices while balancing short and long-term considerations
Team Leadership
Set high standards leading by example
Transparent and accountable
Humble yet confident
Ambitious yet compassionate
Core leadership competencies
Excellence: Drives action with humility, EQ, and an unwavering passion for performance and results.
Change: Embodies and encourages intelligent creativity.
Co-prosperity: Navigates highly matrixed and complex organizations successfully as part of a team.
People: Builds and develops best-in-class teams built on trust, accountability and mutual respect for each other and the organization.
Integrity: Inspires trust, confidence, and consensus across the organization by fostering relationships.
offered :
Team:
Wide range of trainings
Multidisciplinary and multicultural team
Working with the latest technologies on the market
Possibility to attend local and foreign conferences
Benefits:
Private medical care (possibility to add family members for free)
Multisport card
Life insurance
Lunch card
Car allowance
A partial reimbursement of the cost of an English language course
Possibility to learn Korean for free
Variety of discounts (Samsung products, theaters, restaurants)
Unlimited free access to Copernicus Science Center for you and your friends
Possibility to test new Samsung products
Monthly integration budget
Location:
Office in Warsaw Spire near metro station
Attractive relocation package
Working in a hybrid model – 3 days from the office per week
benefits :
sharing the costs of sports activities
private medical care
sharing the costs of foreign language classes
life insurance
corporate products and services at discounted prices
integration events
dental care
no dress code
leisure zone
pre-paid cards
baby layette
charity initiatives
unlimited free access to Copernicus Science Center
