Media Sales Specialist Platform & Performance Enablement( CPT)

Designation: Media Sales Specialist Platform & Performance Enablement( CPT)

Category: MultiChoice Group

Level: Executive

Closing date: 14-Aug-2026

Position Type: Permanent

Location: MultiChoice Cape Town N1 City

Job Description:

The Organisation

MultiChoice Group (MCG), a subsidiary of Groupe CANAL+, is a leading provider of entertainment and related consumer services. The company has an expanding ecosystem, underpinned by scalable technologies, and track record now spans almost 40 years. MCG provides video entertainment products and services through its linear and streaming platforms to millions of households across 50 countries on the African continent. Continues to grow by producing and acquiring the best local, sport and international content, offering tiered subscription packages and aggregated streaming services to its customer base. MCG’s superior technology capabilities enable it to continue innovating around distribution, digital, payment solutions and content security to offer the best customer experience across the continent. Reaching up to 100million individuals daily, the MultiChoice Group is using its scale and distribution to expand its platform to include sports betting and interactive entertainment, fin-tech services, household services (focused on internet connectivity with emergency response services) and ed-tech. Irdeto which is MCG’s technology business, provides platform cybersecurity services which protect over 6 billion devices and applications globally for some of the world’s best media and technology brands, as well as clients in the connected industries.

Purpose of the Position:

The Media Sales Specialist: Platform & Performance Enablement is responsible for evaluating, enabling and optimising advertising technology capabilities that support the growth and evolution of the DStv Media Sales digital advertising ecosystem. Acting as the technical subject matter expert, the role bridges the gap between commercial opportunities and technical feasibility by assessing platform capabilities, supporting product innovation, enabling technology integrations and providing technical recommendations that align with current and future business objectives. Working across Direct CTV, Programmatic CTV, Audience Solutions, Data Partnerships and emerging digital advertising products, the role supports decision-making and platform enablement to ensure technology capabilities are scalable, commercially viable and operationally sustainable.

Key Performance Objectives Tasks

Ad Tech Capability Management

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive view of the DStv Media Sales Advertising technology ecosystem.
• Document and manage platform capabilities across ad serving, programmatic, audience activation, measurement and reporting technologies.
• Assess current platform utilisation and identify opportunities to expand capabilities and improve efficiency.
• Support the evaluation of emerging advertising technologies and industry innovations.
• Support the maintenance of the capability roadmap aligned to business priorities and product requirements.
• Provide technical recommendations on technology enhancements that support commercial growth and product innovation.

Product & Technology Enablement

• Assess technical feasibility of new products, audience solutions and commercial opportunities.
• Translate business requirements into technical requirements and platform specifications.
• Support product development initiatives by identifying platform capabilities, limitations and dependencies.
• Collaborate with Product Portfolio & Commercialisation to ensure product concepts can be operationalised effectively.
• Ensure technical requirements are clearly defined before product development and launch activities commence.
• Support go-to-market readiness through technical validation and enablement.

Integration Support & Technical Readiness

• Support integration planning and implementation activities alongside the Team Lead: Partnerships & Integration.
• Coordinate technical requirements gathering for platform onboarding and partner integrations.
• Facilitate technical workshops with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Validate integration readiness prior to deployment.
• Support user acceptance testing and technical sign-off processes.
• Identify integration risks and recommend mitigation strategies.

Platform Governance & Optimisation

• Support the development and maintenance of platform governance standards and technical documentation.
• Monitor platform utilisation and identify optimisation opportunities.
• Support operational teams in understanding platform capabilities and technical best practices.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, capability maps and solution documentation.
• Support consistency and scalability across technology deployments through the application of agreed standards and best practices.
• Support ongoing platform health reviews and enhancement initiatives.

Industry Innovation & Future Readiness

• Monitor developments across CTV, Programmatic, Identity, Audience Activation and Measurement ecosystems.
• Evaluate new technologies and vendor solutions against business requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve targeting, monetisation, automation and measurement capabilities.
• Support technology assessments and proof-of-concept initiatives to evaluate alignment with business requirements.
• Provide technical input and recommendations to support long-term product strategy discussions and decision-making.
• Maintain awareness of industry standards, compliance requirements and emerging market trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Digital Media Technology, Business Information Systems or related field.
• Relevant Ad Tech, Programmatic or Platform certifications advantageous.
• Technical project coordination, solution design or architecture-related certifications advantageous.

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience within digital advertising, advertising technology, media technology or related environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with advertising platforms, programmatic ecosystems or media technology solutions.
• Demonstrated experience working with digital advertising infrastructure and platform integrations.
• Experience supporting product launches, technology onboarding or technical enablement initiatives.
• Experience applying programmatic advertising workflows, audience activation practices and measurement frameworks within digital advertising environments.
• Experience working across technical, operational and commercial teams.
• Experience or exposure within Pan-African digital advertising environments would be advantageous.