Manager-Data Engineer

Responsibilities

Lead the maintenance and expansion of WPP’s Measure reporting platform to suit the needs of the client’s reporting and needs; Leverage Google Cloud Platform applications and features to transfer data into client environments (Azure, GCP, others), improving performance, and ensuring high quality of data and service in support of this initiative; Deploy and troubleshoot data collectors in Adverity to gather data from media, agency system, and other sources; Develop and expand on existing data “recipes” and transformations in SQL via DBT run on Google Cloud Platform, borrowing and lending scripts from/to a central repository; Development and maintain data quality checks and procedures, helping stakeholders overcome data issues before they impact the quality of the reporting solution; Work with the program lead to maintaining a development roadmap of new ad platforms, reports, and provisioning destinations; Lead a team of two junior engineers to handle support tickets, address and troubleshoot issues, and help them grow their career; Be a proficient user of Google Cloud Platform and associated technologies, ensuring your work incorporates industry best practice; Monitor automated jobs, troubleshooting data issues as-and-when they arise; Support other members of the team responsible for “last mile” transformation and visualization of data within Google Data Studio reports and dashboards; Serve as a technical and professional leader for junior staff; Provide hands-on support to users of reporting solutions, helping the wider team triage and respond to user queries in a timely manner; Attending internal stakeholder meetings, presenting your solutions, and providing updates on your work; Support the development of strong working relationships with third-party data providers that we rely on for access to necessary data

Requirements

Bachelor degree in Science or Engineering; 5+ years experience in data engineering, preferably handling advertising media or marketing data; Professional experience with SQL, preferably deployed via DBT; Analytically minded, enabling you to understand and overcome technically complex challenges, and to tell compelling stories with data; Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to manage multiple tasks in an autonomous way; Strong spoken and written communication skills, ensuring your thoughts and needs are heard and understood; An ability to demonstrate a passion for the digital marketing ecosystem, and an understanding of the role that data plays within it; Delivers best results when working in a team environment, and an ability to partner effectively with people of varying degrees of technical capability

Benefits

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