Associate Principal Ad Tech Specialist Forensic Services practice
Charles River AssociatesLocation not specified
Full Time
Posted December 18, 2025
$140k - $170k
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Job Description
The role involves leading projects at the intersection of advertising technology, privacy compliance, and litigation risk, providing strategic and technical advice to clients on AdTech systems, data privacy, and regulatory issues, while supporting litigation and investigations related to digital advertising practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze advertising technologies such as pixels, SDKs, tag managers, and server-side tracking.
- Advise clients on privacy-compliant AdTech strategy, platform implementation, and data collection practices.
- Support litigation, regulatory responses, and internal investigations by analyzing AdTech systems, data flows, and tracking technologies.
- Design privacy-compliant media and data activation strategies, including consent management and signal architecture.
- Evaluate AdTech stacks and data sharing practices for legal risk and technical effectiveness.
- Lead project delivery, ensuring high-quality execution and timely completion.
- Assess personal data flows across web, mobile, and media platforms.
- Draft reports and develop materials for testimony or similar legal contexts.
- Provide insights to legal counsel, marketing, and technical stakeholders to inform strategic decisions.
- Partner with marketing and product teams to translate privacy and AdTech findings into practical guidance to reduce regulatory and litigation risks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Marketing Technology, or related field.
- 7-10 years of experience in AdTech, MarTech, or digital media strategy, preferably within a consulting firm, agency, or platform development.
- Deep understanding of programmatic advertising, data management platforms, tracking methods client server-side, Real-Time Bidding, and ID resolution methods.
- Familiarity with key regulations and litigation trends affecting AdTech and data privacy.
- Experience with tools such as Google Ads CM360, Trade Desk, LiveRamp, Adobe Launch, and clean rooms.
- Strong client-facing skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into strategic recommendations.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects under deadline pressure.
- Ability to analyze advertising technologies such as pixels, SDKs, tag managers, and server-side tracking.
- Ability to advise upon technical engineering and industry data sharing standards impacting upstream and downstream participants in the digital advertising lifecycle.
- Experience in leading project delivery across client engagements, ensuring high-quality execution and on-time delivery.
- Ability to advise clients on privacy compliant AdTech strategy, platform implementation, and data collection.
- Experience supporting litigation, regulatory response, and internal investigations by analyzing AdTech systems, data flows, and tracking technologies.
- Ability to design privacy-compliant media and data activation strategies, including clean room use, consent management, and signal architecture.
- Experience evaluating AdTech stacks and data sharing practices for legal risk and technical effectiveness.
- Ability to provide input and requirements for internal and client-facing tool development.
- Experience leading assessments to map and analyze personal data flows across web, mobile, and media platforms.
- Ability to draft reports and develop material to be used in testimony or similar contexts.
- Capability to deliver clear, actionable insights to legal counsel, marketing executives, and technical stakeholders.
- Experience assessing development of advertising technologies in support of privacy implications, data integrity issues, and potential compliance gaps.
- Partnering with marketing and product teams to translate complex privacy and AdTech findings into practical guidance that informs digital roadmap decisions and reduces exposure to regulatory and litigation risk.
- Developing bespoke analytics and investigatory tools to support client and counsel in AdTech litigation, regulatory compliance, and investigations.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of $140,000 - $170,000 with potential bonus incentive compensation
Work location flexibility with at least 3 to 4 days in the office per week
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Life and disability insurance
Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, holidays, and paid parental leave
Wellness programs and employee assistance resources
In-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers
Skills development programs with 100 hours of annual training
Leadership and collaboration opportunities through internal development activities
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