Job Description

Our NielsenIQ Technology teams are working on our new Connected platform, a unified, global, open data ecosystem powered by Microsoft Azure. Our clients around the world rely on NielsenIQ data and insights to innovate and grow. 

How you'll make a difference: 

As a Director of Technology of our Front-end Applications, you will be at the core of NielsenIQ’s future. You can expect to go broad and deep on our tech stack, and across multiple products in your business segment, all while leading a best in class team. You will be playing a key part in the delivery of critical programs that are strategically aligned to our overall business strategy and growth objectives. 

What you'll do:

• Drive delivery and end-to-end management of large-scale, business-impacting initiatives 
• Support and lead technical conversations, including architecture review, code review, and the SDLC process 
• Lead globally distributed technology teams through programs and projects to create, enhance and maintain applications, platforms, technology systems and processes 
• Engage with product and business leaders to understand business needs and translate these needs into executable solutions, while managing expectations, gathering requirements, and managing the RFP process for large-scale programs 
• Establish strong collaborative relationships with key internal Clients, CoEs and other stakeholders 
• Continuously drive process improvements, manage, coach, and foster the development of our technical talent. 

We're looking for people who have: 

• Master’s or Bachelor’s in computer science or related field 
• 15+ years experience in technology roles; including experience in Software Engineering, delivery, and architecture/design 
• 6+ years experience leading large scale, global application teams, using Cloud native technologies.
• Prior hands-on experience in front-end architectures including Angular/JavaScript/Java (or equivalent) and microservices, is a must. 
• Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance, scalability and availability
• Led cross-functional, highly distributed teams through the execution of large scale projects using Agile development 
• Designed and built global front end applications.
• Advanced understanding of user facing apps, business intelligence, and designing for performance, scalability, high availability and fault tolerance. 
• Experience driving progress towards the model of CI/CD, TDD, Containerization, Container management and orchestration. 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.