Associate Director, Data Engineer

$75,000 - $180,000/Yr

WPP - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

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About the position

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing and building cloud-based data solutions, collaborating with team members to manage the development and maintenance of business intelligence and data quality compliance tools. This role involves acting as a subject matter expert, managing project plans, and ensuring timely delivery of tasks while reporting to the Director on project status and roadblocks.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with a team of data engineers, developers, and UX designers to create data pipelines and workflows for media performance reporting.
• Manage the design, build, and maintenance phases of client reporting projects.
• Collaborate with the offshore team on CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and document data architecture and reporting/visualization requirements with client stakeholders.
• Migrate internal teams from legacy data platforms to new data platforms, ensuring data quality and providing ongoing support.
• Deploy new client teams to cloud data solutions, offering guidance and support during onboarding.
• Define QA guidelines and automate the current QA process.
• Develop tools, processes, and best practices to achieve workflow efficiencies with support from the Director.
• Act as the subject matter expert for data quality, BI tools, and business rules, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Familiarize with the full campaign implementation workflow across all functional teams.
• Stay informed on industry changes and support POV development on data privacy laws and measurement tools.
• Facilitate communication and task progression through regular status meetings and working sessions.
• Build positive relationships with internal teams and effectively communicate roles and expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Statistics, Economics, Business, Math, Computer Science, or Sciences preferred.
• Minimum 4-5 years' experience in data governance processes in a data warehousing, ETL, and business intelligence environment.
• 3 years' experience in media, digital investment, analytics, or ad operations preferred.
• Experience with the full development life cycle of an application or reporting solution from design through test and deployment.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and deliverables.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with advertising campaign management/buying platforms such as Sizmek, GCM, Flashtalking, Moat, DV, IAS, Mediaocean, and others.
• Familiarity with project/product management tools like Jira, Confluence, Smartsheets, Azure DevOps/VSTS.
• Knowledge of data engineering platforms such as Databricks.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Significant paid time off.
• Preferential partner discounts.
• Employee mental health awareness days.