Associate Director, Data Engineering, UK

As Associate Director, Engineering you will be joining the BI & Data Management division of WPP Media's Data, Technology and Analytics team. This role involves leading client projects and overseeing the strategic development of solutions that aggregate diverse data sources into a single, unified view. You will act as a subject matter expert and strategic lead for the Measure data platform, a unified system for data connection, ingestion, transformation, and reporting, built on a technology stack including Adverity, GCP, and PowerBI.

Responsibilities

In partnership with others in the BI & DM team, design, build, and implement robust data engineering solutions and data pipelines; Serve as senior technical liaison and strategic partner to planning teams, client stakeholders, and cross-functional departments; Design and enforce robust validation and auditing processes to ensure data integrity, consistency, and reliability; Oversee the development and maintenance of data pipelines and data models to power dashboarding solutions delivered via the Measure platform; Lead initiatives to identify, evaluate, and integrate new data sources and technologies; Mentor and guide direct reports on BI best practices, advanced data modeling, Power BI development, data governance, and effective client engagement

Requirements

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 and scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT); Experience with data transformation tools like dbt; Experience working with data ingestion tools like Adverity; Deep understanding and practical application of data modeling techniques; Extensive experience working with digital marketing, media campaign data, ad serving technologies, and/or web analytics data, with the ability to guide a team in this domain; Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills; Strong strategic thinking, project management, and problem-solving abilities

Nice to have

Experience working with dashboarding tools (PowerBI preferred); Proficiency in a scripting language like 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 insurance; Dental insurance; Significant paid time off; Preferential partner discounts; Employee mental health awareness days