Associate Director, Data Engineering, UK

The role

You will lead client projects and set the strategic direction for the Measure data platform, which connects, ingests, transforms and reports data using Adverity, GCP and PowerBI. You will design and deliver scalable data engineering solutions and lead a team of BI and data specialists.

What you will do

• Design, build and implement data engineering solutions and data pipelines with high standards for quality, reliability and performance.
• Act as senior technical liaison and strategic partner to planning teams, client stakeholders and cross-functional departments.
• Translate business specifications into precise technical requirements.
• Design and enforce validation and auditing processes for data integrity, consistency and reliability.
• Oversee development and maintenance of data pipelines and data models that power dashboards on the Measure platform.
• Lead initiatives to identify, evaluate and integrate new data sources and technologies.
• Mentor and guide direct reports on BI best practices, data modeling, Power BI development, data governance and client engagement.

Required qualifications

• Experience designing, architecting and implementing complex data integration strategies.
• Extensive experience with cloud data platforms, specifically Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
• High proficiency in SQL for data manipulation, transformation and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building and maintaining complex, scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT).
• Experience with data transformation tools such as dbt.
• Experience with data ingestion tools such as Adverity.
• Deep understanding and practical application of data modeling techniques.
• Extensive experience with digital marketing, media campaign data, ad serving technologies and/or web analytics data.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, project management and problem-solving abilities.

Nice to have

• Experience with dashboarding tools (PowerBI preferred).
• Proficiency in a scripting language such as Python.
• Exposure to CI/CD practices for data pipelines.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Basic understanding of data governance principles.

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance.
• Group retirement plans.
• Vision and dental insurance.
• Significant paid time off.
• Preferential partner discounts.
• Employee mental health awareness days.
• Access to the global WPP Media and WPP networks.
• Employee resource groups and in-office events.

Before you apply

• The role requires the right to work in the UK.
• Applicants may need to discuss accommodations or flexibility with the hiring team during the interview process.
• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. It works through the WPP Open platform.