Senior Adtech Publisher and Signal Lead

** Overview*
* Welcome to one of the most dynamic and high-impact areas at Microsoft
- ** Global Media Team.
** This business is not just growing fast-it's redefining the future. The  
** Microsoft Global Media Team
** is responsible for planning, activating, governing, and fiscally managing media investments across Microsoft. The team partners with stakeholders across marketing, analytics, finance, media platforms, and advertising technology to deliver business outcomes while maintaining operational excellence, compliance, and scale.

Microsoft's Global Media Team is a diverse, collaborative, and solutions-oriented organization committed to innovation, continuous learning, and creating an inclusive culture where all employees can thrive. We are building a modern marketing organization that connects strategy, activation, operations, measurement, and technology. As Microsoft's in-house media capabilities expand, operational rigor and platform governance are increasingly important to delivering efficient, compliant, and scalable media programs.

To support this evolution, we are seeking a  
** Senior Adtech Publisher and Signal Lead
** to join Microsoft's in-house paid social activation team and operations. The  
** Senior Adtech Publisher and Signal Lead** , is responsible for implementing and operationalizing publisher and signal capabilities across Microsoft's paid media ecosystem. This role partners with AdTech engineering, media, measurement, privacy, audience, and publisher teams to translate business needs into technical requirements and coordinate integrations from implementation through deployment. The role supports multiple stakeholders to enable audience activation, conversion signals, and measurement capabilities across platforms including Meta, Google, Linked In, Microsoft Advertising, Amazon, and emerging channels.

The successful candidate combines proficient technical program management skills with an understanding of digital advertising platforms, APIs, audience activation, and signal integrations.

** What will our team do for you?*
* + Provide a supportive environment to bring your authentic self to work and amplify your strengths.

+ Offer opportunities to gain new experiences, stretch your skills, and grow your career. Successes will be celebrated at every level of leadership.

+ Prioritize your development - with mentorship, training (in both media and emerging areas like AI), and a culture of continuous learning.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their highly qualified contributions each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.

** Let's build the future-together** .

** Responsibilities*
* The  
** Senior Adtech Publisher and Signal Lead
** is responsible for the following:

** Publisher & Signal Integration:*
* + Support technical integration and onboarding of advertising and publisher platforms.

+ Translate business and media needs into technical requirements for audience, conversion, identity, signal, and measurement integrations.

+ Partner with engineering and publisher teams to implement APIs, server-side integrations, pixels, audience-sharing capabilities, and other signal technologies.

+ Support first-party, modeled, and account-based audience activation across paid media platforms.

+ Troubleshoot integration issues and assess publisher/platform changes that may impact existing capabilities.

+ Capability Implementation & Deployment Coordinate implementation and deployment of new publisher, audience, signal, and measurement capabilities.

+ Manage requirements, dependencies, timelines, testing, validation, and production readiness across technical and business teams.

+ Partner with engineering teams to validate capabilities and resolve issues prior to production release.

+ Coordinate issue resolution and ensure blockers are addressed throughout implementation.

+ Support rollout and adoption of new capabilities across media teams, agencies, and business groups.

+ Documentation & Operational Support Develop and maintain technical requirements, integration guides, publisher playbooks, and troubleshooting documentation.

+ Document publisher-specific configurations, dependencies, technical requirements, and activation processes.

+ Support repeatable onboarding and deployment processes across…