--- title: 'Director, Technology - Implementation (US) at Code and Theory' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/director-technology-implementation-us-code-and-theory-austin-texas-md2zsfwcbz87' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Director, Technology - Implementation (US) at Code and Theory - **Company:** Code and Theory - **Location:** Austin Texas, United States / New York New York, United States / San Francisco California, United States - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://www.codeandtheory.com/careers/8613358002?gh_jid=8613358002 ## Job description The Machine is the agentic operating system for marketing, built by Code & Theory. It plugs into the tools marketing teams use and turns disconnected workflows into a single intelligent system, connecting brand strategy, creative production, and media performance. The Machine helps power agencies across Stagwell's network and world-leading brands. It integrates with the tools customers already use (Figma, Slack, Teams, Adobe, performance dashboards) and serves both Stagwell's internal agencies and enterprise brand customers including Qualcomm, TIME, and Stanley Black & Decker. We're looking for a Director of Implementation to own how the Machine lands inside customer and agency environments. This is the role that turns a powerful platform into working systems for real teams: scoping engagements, leading deployment, integrating with existing tooling, and driving adoption through to measurable outcomes. You'll lead a team of implementation engineers and solution architects, and you'll be the connective tissue between the platform's capabilities and what each customer needs from it. Our engineers are AI native and engage in and advance the state of the art in the practice of software development with AI. ## WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own end-to-end implementation of the Machine across customer and agency environments, from technical scoping through deployment, integration, and adoption – you will write code and lots of it – daily - Stand up and lead a team of implementation engineers and solution architects, setting delivery standards and accountable for the quality and pace of every engagement - Translate customer requirements into deployment plans, working closely with the platform engineering team to surface gaps, prioritize integrations, and feed real-world needs back into the roadmap - Design integrations against the tools customers already run, making the Machine work alongside Figma, Slack, Teams, Adobe, performance dashboards, and the rest of a customer's stack - Drive adoption past go-live, defining what success looks like for each engagement and steering teams toward it with the right enablement, instrumentation, and follow-through - Partner across engineering, account, and customer stakeholders, coordinating reporting lines and expectations so delivery holds together as one effort ## WHAT YOU'LL NEED - A track record of leading technical implementations or professional-services delivery for a software or platform product, ideally in environments with demanding enterprise customers - Strong technical fluency across cloud, integrations, and APIs — enough to architect a deployment, debug an integration, and earn the trust of the engineers you lead - Fantastic verbal communications and presentation skills, since this is a customer-facing role and you must have experience owning customer relationships through delivery, including the hard conversations about scope, timelines, and tradeoffs - People leadership experience, including in matrixed or cross-functional structures where influence matters as much as authority - A bias toward adoption and outcomes, with conviction about what separates a deployed tool from one a team actually uses - Comfort leveraging AI-enabled development tools and workflows to accelerate engineering, automation, debugging, and operational tasks - Experience orchestrating multi-step AI or agent-driven workflows, including selecting appropriate models, tools, and execution patterns for different use cases - Strong judgment reviewing and hardening AI-assisted output for security, scalability, maintainability, and architectural fit - Experience building or maintaining prompts, evaluation frameworks, documentation, or operational context systems that improve engineering velocity and reliability - Familiarity with automated evaluation and feedback loops for AI-enabled systems and workflows ## ABOUT US Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic. Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok. The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team. The compensation range for this role is $150,000 – $225,000 and spans multiple levels. We're open to hiring at the level that best matches the right candidate's experience. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, budget, and location. ## About Code and Theory ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Code and Theory is a technology-first creative network that partners with businesses to solve complex challenges in consumer behavior, emerging tech, and AI. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Stagwell Group, acquired in 2016) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2001 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - Primary industry: Digital creative agency, business consulting, technology services - Target customers: B2B, enterprise clients (e.g., Amazon, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, NBC, NFL, Yeti) - Mission: “To redefine what is possible to create lasting impact and drive long-term growth” [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) ## Products & Services - **Transformational Technology**: Building best-in-class platforms and technical infrastructure, often extending into connected physical expressions [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/). - **Integrated Marketing**: Delivering the right messages to new and existing customers across the entire ecosystem [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/). - **Data, Analytics and Research**: Data-driven approach enabling understanding of end-to-end consumer journeys, powering work from start to finish [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/). - **Business & Organizational Consulting**: Helping clients reinvent technical infrastructure and roadmap to deliver for today’s and tomorrow’s needs [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/). - **Services, Platforms & Products**: Defining and delivering products, services, and communications, as well as designing the business itself [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (subsidiary of Stagwell, a publicly traded company) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $30.5M (LinkedIn estimate, 2025) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company Stagwell Group; key clients include Amazon, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, NBC, NFL, Yeti [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) - **Growth Signals**: 540 employees (+0.3% YoY), operates in 15 countries, active job postings (10), recent AI transformation hires (Head of AI, AI Transformation Lead) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) ## Competitive Advantages - Balanced workforce: 50% creative, 50% engineers, enabling seamless integration of creativity and technology [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) - Strong client roster across industries (finance, healthcare, tech, media) - Deep expertise in publishing – embedded in 135+ newsrooms over the past decade [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory) - Part of Stagwell network, providing global footprint and resources ## Strategic Focus - AI transformation: dedicated roles like Head of AI and AI Transformation Lead [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) - Expanding data and analytics capabilities - Continued growth in integrated marketing and business consulting ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “not typical,” with emphasis on smart, interesting, forward-thinking people. Open door policy, flexible work schedule, hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site) [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory) - **Perks**: 401(K) matching, generous parental leave, family medical leave, dental/vision/disability insurance, FSA, paid holidays, generous PTO, company-sponsored happy hours [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory) - **Professional Development**: Job training & conferences, mentorship program, promote from within [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory) - **Diversity**: Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff, diversity manifesto, documented equal pay policy [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory) - **Locations**: New York (HQ), Manila, Bengaluru, plus other global offices [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/location/new-york) - **Salary Examples**: Junior Creative Strategist ~$93k, Senior Strategist ~$144k, Brand Strategist ~$112k [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) - **Active Hiring**: 10 open positions (e.g., Senior Recruiter, AI roles, Engineering, Marketing) [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/codeandtheory) ## Sources 1. [Code and Theory Website](https://www.codeandtheory.com/) 2. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory) 3. [Built In NYC Profile](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory) 4. 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