About Us 

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency that sits at the very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn 'action' into 'outcome' for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning performance marketing and data and technology. Fuelled by a deep understanding of consumer behaviour, we offer an end-to-end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at www.KINESSO.com 

Position summary  

Reporting to the Data & Reporting Solutions Director, the Manager, Data Engineering will build and maintain automated pipelines within our Data & Reporting Solutions products to provide insights and answers to business questions and challenges. This role will work closely with local users and stakeholders to support the development of custom pipelines and processes for managing large amounts of media data from a variety of sources and markets. This role is hands on and will work with other data engineers, analysts, software engineers, and other stakeholders to build integrated, high performing solutions for global clients. 

Responsibilities 

• Design, develop and implement data pipelines and data models to ingest media data, ensuring availability and quality. 

• Identify and ingest key data sources into our data platform to provide answers to business questions, working with stakeholders to ensure satisfaction. 

• Develop and automate ETL processes and scripts to ensure custom data sources are properly connected to core datasets and data QA workflows are run effectively. 

• Maintain task backlogs and ensure issues are resolved within agreed service levels. 

• Be a technical point of contact for end users, providing regular updates and ensuring training and documentation is provided and kept updated. 

• Maintain strong relationships with other Kinesso teams, including Ad Operations and marketing sciences, as well as other agency teams to ensure services are aligned. 

• Support the ongoing Data & Reporting Solutions product development, identifying market needs and innovative ideas to add to the backlog 
• Oversee QA processes to ensure data accuracy. 

About You 

• Solid experience building and automating data & analytics solutions using a variety of modern ETL and BI technologies. 

• Experience working with stakeholders to collect requirements and translate these in to technical designs 

• Strong understanding of data architecture principles including data model design and working with transactional data 

• Technical background designing and deploying automated data management systems, ideally within marketing and advertising. 

• Experience working with offshore engineering teams. 

• Strong understanding of the AdTech / Martech data landscape and the common tools used to manage marketing intelligence. 

• Good communicator, able to clearly communicate insights and strategic recommendations to business owners and leadership. 
• Experience developing solutions in Snowflake, Tableau and Python desirable. 

Employee Transparency 

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Please reach out to our Talent Inclusion Specialist Jess at [email protected] if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application. 

THE PERKS 

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits:  

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as the minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year  
• Free breakfast and free lunch  
• Early finish Fridays 
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)   
• Retail discounts 
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice car scheme 
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs 
• Interest-free season ticket loan  
• Paid time off for Volunteering  
• Group Income Protection  
• Life Assurance  
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level)  
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6%  
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay   
• Independent mortgage advice  
• Financial education  
• Employee Assistance Programme  
• Free eye tests  
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!