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WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.
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Role Summary
The Manager Data Engineer acts as the technical authority within the offshore delivery team, setting strategic direction for complex data engineering solutions and overseeing mission-critical data pipelines across large-scale media and datasets. This role is responsible for architecting, optimizing, and governing advanced data platforms, while mentoring engineers and collaborating closely with US onshore leadership to deliver enterprise-grade, scalable solutions. The position demands exceptional technical acumen in Azure Data Factory (ADF) and Azure T-SQL, with a focus on innovation, automation, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
· Design, develop, and optimize enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines utilizing Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, and advanced serverless technologies—ensuring cross-platform scalability, security, and reliability.
· Implement highly efficient, complex SQL solutions—including advanced query optimization, partitioning, and indexing—to power sophisticated analytics models and enable real-time data processing.
· Lead the development and integration of robust automation frameworks using Python, and API orchestration, introducing innovative solutions to streamline the entire data lifecycle and maximize, operational efficiency.
· Exercise full ownership of production pipeline reliability; proactively identify and resolve critical issues through deep root-cause analysis, and institute resilient, long-term stability measures for continuous uptime.
· Establish, refine, and enforce rigorous coding and architectural standards through comprehensive code reviews and technical audits, setting quality benchmarks for the offshore engineering team.
· Champion best-in-class documentation, data lineage, and automated CI/CD deployment practices, ensuring transparency, auditability, and governance across all data assets.
· Demonstrate expert-level support for analytics and media teams, translating business challenges into scalable, high-performance technical solutions, leveraging deep Azure and SQL expertise.
Senior-Level Expectations:
· Act as the organization’s subject matter expert (SME) in end-to-end pipeline architecture, orchestration frameworks, schema evolution, and advanced Azure Data Factory strategies.
· Lead modernization initiatives across the organization, championing the adoption of technologies such as Databricks, DBT and advanced DevOps practices to future-proof the data platform and enable rapid innovation.
· Ensure strict adherence to SLAs and regulatory compliance through advanced monitoring, proactive risk mitigation, and continuous improvement of operational processes.
Required Skills
• 3-4 years of progressive experience in data engineering, with expert-level mastery of Azure Data Factory, SQL, and cloud data platforms (A zure and/or GCP).
• Proven expertise in designing, optimizing, and managing large-scale, production-grade data pipelines, including deep skills in SQL performance tuning, ADF orchestration, and CI/CD automation.
• Advanced knowledge of production operations, troubleshooting, and high-availability data processing at scale.
Good to Have
• Adverity
• Dataflow
• Big Query
• Databricks
• DBT
• Terraform
• Wrike/Jira/Azure DevOps
• DP‑203 / GCP Data Engineer certifications
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Skills Required
- 3-4 years of progressive experience in data engineering
- Expert-level mastery of Azure Data Factory, SQL, and cloud data platforms using Azure and/or GCP
- Experience designing, optimizing, and managing large-scale production-grade data pipelines
- Deep expertise in SQL performance tuning, Azure Data Factory orchestration, and CI/CD automation
- Advanced knowledge of production operations, troubleshooting, and high-availability data processing at scale
- Experience with Adverity
- Experience with Dataflow
- Experience with BigQuery
- Experience with Databricks
- Experience with dbt
- Experience with Terraform
- Experience with Wrike, Jira, or Azure DevOps
- DP-203 or GCP Data Engineer certification
WPP Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WPP and has not been reviewed or approved by WPP.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support includes a global Employee Assistance Programme and company-wide initiatives, with modern multi‑agency campuses and on‑site amenities positioned as part of the experience. This indicates a holistic focus across mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings commonly include a US 401(k) with employer matching, though specifics can differ by operating company. This provides a recognizable savings framework that many candidates expect in large employers.
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Parental & Family Support — Family benefits can be above average in parts of the network, such as VML’s paid parental leave for adoptive and foster parents. These signals suggest meaningful support for certain family‑forming needs.
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