Director of Data Engineering

2 weeks ago

Houston, Texas, United States Nielsen Consumer LLC Full time

Company Description

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We are seeking an experienced Director, Data Engineering to lead our technology decisions related to infrastructure and vendor functions for our commercial products. The director will manage the product's technology operations and implement new IT systems/policies and oversee a team of seasoned data engineers, data scientists, machine learning and big data experts. The ideal candidate will have a solid technical background, particularly in cloud systems, clean rooms, LLMs, and machine learning, and will excel in managing and motivating engineering teams. The ideal candidate will be experienced in creating and implementing data governance policies and systems that meet objectives.

Job Description

As the Director, Data Engineering, you will have following key accountabilities:

  • Define and enforce IT policies related to cloud security, software development and DevOps best practices to ensure scalable and secure systems

    • Provide strategic support and challenge decisions through thought-provoking questions.

      • Understand data governance; create and maintain policies and procedures while implementing data management systems and ensuring compliance with regulations.

        • Simplify complex problems to make them manageable for the organization

          • Drive organizational change effectively

            • Foster strong cross-functional communication and collaboration

              • Lead software engineering teams in cloud-native environments, particularly Microsoft Azure

                • Drive the adoption of cloud best practices, microservices, and scalable architecture

                  • Establish coding standards, best practices, and governance policies to ensure maintainable, scalable, and secure software solutions.

                    • Cloud Optimization - Ensure efficient use of Azure services while optimizing performance, scalability, and cost.

                      • Effectively manage remote engineers

                        • Provide technical and organizational leadership across the engineering team

                          • Coach/mentor team members to encourage professional and career growth

                          Qualifications

                          • Strong experience leading/managing a team of software engineers to develop applications

                            • Ability to work closely with other leaders to scale our technology and the Engineering organization

                              • Ability to work closely with key internal stakeholders to develop and manage the engineering roadmap

                                • Ability to drive technical projects and planning

                                  • Strong communication skills; able to disseminate information across the organization and have strategic influence

                                    • Experience with Microsoft Power Platform or Dynamics 365 (nice to have)

                                      • Familiarity with Azure Databricks or and PySpark (nice to have)

                                        • A minimum of 7 years' experience developing production-grade systems

                                          • A minimum of 5 years' experience managing developers and DevOps teams

                                          Additional Information

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $92.000 -$180.000 Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a Sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include a flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support, and more.

This role is EST/ CST based

Our Benefits

  • Flexible working environment
  • Volunteer time off
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world's leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world's population.

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NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. 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. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center:https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion

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