Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 4,400+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with additional offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network.

Drive design and development for omni-channel decisioning solutions using Decisioning Platforms like Pega Marketing and HCL Unica Interact, including leading and providing support to every member of the development team, ensuring delivered work meets technical, functional, performance and business requirements, and utilizing best practices and technical experience to deliver optimized solutions; Provide thought-leadership to clients across business and technical project teams solving complex business requirements; Work in conjunction with the Project Manager to size requirements, manage scope and risk; Serve as a member of the account leadership team, provide timely status updates; Lead tier 3 troubleshooting solutions; and People management of team members.

Must have experience with the following in order to complete the above-mentioned tasks:

• Development experience with Pega Marketing and Pega Customer Decision Hub (CDH) applications and the integration into complex technical architecture;
• Experience with Data Flow, Data Set, Strategy and Proposition Filter rules;
• Experience with adaptive modeling; Understanding of Java, SQL, XML, and real time decisioning;
• Understanding of the principles behind Object-Oriented programming languages;
• Experience in design and implementation of Pega solutions, including leadership role in design to develop shared/reusable enterprise rules and workflow components within Pega;
• Experience in designing enterprise class structure and foundational components;
• Experience with n-tier, database and client server design/development;
• Experience in omni-channel marketing/marketing technology project and/or implementation work;
• Experience with the Software Development Life Cycle and Project Delivery Process, including both waterfall and agile approaches; and
• Experience scoping, planning and delivering projects using iterative software development lifecycles over multiple release cycles.
• Requires a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science or related field and at least one (1) year of experience as Technical Architect or related occupation.

Domestic travel required (Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA)(10%). Itinerant employment - employee may be required to work at various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.

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The anticipated salary range for this position is $102,648-180,000. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

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Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.