Lead Data Engineer
About The Position
Colgate-Palmolive is hiring a Lead Data Engineer for its Global Digital Applications Team, based in Piscataway, New Jersey. The role partners with Digital Marketing, CRM, and Product teams to deliver technology solutions that support business objectives and scale digital engagement programs. It focuses on improving audience targeting, engagement, and conversion among professionals, customers, and consumers using cloud-based marketing technologies. The Lead Data Engineer serves as the expert Data Cloud architect for end-to-end customer experience and marketing solutions. The role owns implementation and ongoing development of global consumer and professional data models, establishes standards and governance across markets, and leverages platforms such as Salesforce, GCP, SAP CDC, and Adobe Experience Manager. It also develops marketing automation capabilities, defines KPIs, analyzes and models data, and ingests first-party data to identify new audience targets. Work visa sponsorship is not available.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- At least 6 years of IT experience.
- At least 4 years of implementation and support experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud or marketing automation, and Salesforce Data Cloud/Data 360.
- At least 4 years of data integration development experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, including BigQuery, Apache Airflow, Cloud Functions, Apigee/API gateway, and middleware development.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce Data Cloud and/or other CDP ecosystem platforms.
- Experience implementing additional marketing technology, including Google Analytics 4 and SAP Customer Data Cloud (Gigya).
- Experience leading large, full-lifecycle implementations and/or implementing integrated solutions involving SFMC ecosystem technologies, cloud-based marketing solutions, integration services, and data modeling.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and customer relationship-building skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to navigate complex projects with many stakeholders.
- Ability to apply agile methodology and sprint development to manage project implementations and backlogs.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the expert, lead Data Cloud architect for end-to-end customer experience and marketing solutions.
- Define best practices and ensure technical and business teams adhere to them.
- Own the technical implementation, expansion, and ongoing changes of global consumer and professional data models.
- Partner with the Global Digital team to define standards and secure approvals, ensuring consistency, scalability, and governance across markets.
- Drive business outcomes using Salesforce, GCP, SAP CDC, and Adobe Experience Manager across consumer and professional environments.
- Develop linked marketing automation capabilities to support user adoption, engagement, and success; drive adoption and define KPIs.
- Perform data analysis and data modeling, and ingest relevant first-party data to develop and identify new audience targets.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Disability coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions, subject to eligibility requirements
- Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days for salaried employees
- 13 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave in accordance with local laws and role
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
