Associate Manager, Media Data Engineering - US
The Associate Manager, Media Data Engineering role at WPP Media involves supporting the development and maintenance of data engineering solutions tailored for Unilever. This position requires close collaboration with Unilever's data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders, as well as WPP's internal teams, to ensure reliable, scalable, and high-quality data flows for media performance reporting and insights within the client ecosystem.
Key responsibilities include maintaining and supporting data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and storing media data from multiple sources, predominantly within the Unilever environment. The role also involves assisting in the implementation of data models and semantic layers to support analytics and reporting use cases, building and maintaining dashboards and data visualization tools, and monitoring data quality to troubleshoot issues and implement improvements.
Candidates should have 3–5 years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with proficiency in SQL, Python, and cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP. Hands-on experience with dashboard development and maintenance using tools like Power BI or Tableau, as well as experience with data pipeline tools like Databricks or Airflow, is also required. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, are essential.
WPP Media offers competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days. 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.
The company fosters a culture of respect where everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. WPP Media believes the best work happens when teams are together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection, and has adopted a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week.