Manager-Data Engineer

About WPP Media 

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. 

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com 

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values: 

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity. 
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust. 
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise. 

Some of the things we’d like you to do:

• 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

 

A bit about yourself:

Required

• 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

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.   

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.