Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Director, Data Engineering

Saatchi & Saatchi$112K — $161K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • 5+ years in designing and developing BI solutions
  • Solid understanding of database structures and practices
  • Experience in ETL and data warehouse principles
  • Minimum 5 years SQL and 3 years ETL experience
  • Python-based data wrangling experience preferred
  • Good communication and user documentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-performance data products using BI solutions and ETL technologies
  • Collaborate with teams across client, sales, IT, and media planning
  • Design and produce data pipelines using MPP and cloud technologies
  • Manage ETL/data feeds, metadata, and database objects
  • Optimize data pipelines and maintain data handling procedures
  • Utilize tools such as Apache Spark, Python, and various modern databases
  • Work with cloud data engineering stacks across multiple platforms

Benefits

  • Medical coverage including dental and vision
  • Disability insurance
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
  • Inclusive benefit programs to support diverse needs
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsible for developing and supporting data products, this resource plays a critical role in the design, development and management of modern, cloud-based data engineering and data warehouse solutions applied by internal and external collaborators.

Responsibilities

  • Create high performance data products by monetizing BI solutions, warehouse and ETL technologies
  • Work closely with different teams such as client, sales, IT, media planning and buying
  • Design, develop and productionize data engineering pipelines on a massively parallel processing (MPP) and cloud-based tech stack, applying solution aspects from hybrid-clouds (Azure, AWS), data lakes and multiple data warehouses.
  • Data management functions including:
    • ETL/data feed management
    • Metadata management
    • Create database objects as needed (e.g. Stored procedures, Stages, Indexes)
    • Optimization of data pipelines
  • Maintain procedures for handling, storing and using data
  • Tools:
    • Apache Spark (Pyspark), Pandas, Python
    • Any modern database (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres)
    • Good to have exposure to data visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI
    • Data engineering stack on public clouds - AWS, Azure, Google

Qualifications

  • BS Degree in one of the following subject areas; Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred
  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience designing and developing BI solutions
  • Solid understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices
  • Solid understanding of ETL and data warehouse principles
  • Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
  • User documentation skills
  • Ability to present complex ideas in user-friendly language
  • Self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
  • Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a team-oriented, high-pressure environment
  • Minimum 5 years SQL experience, 3 years of ETL experience
  • Python based data wrangling experience highly desired.
  • Strong data warehouse knowledge
  • Experience with large data sets
  • Experience with Web and Digital marketing data a plus

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $112,290.00 - USD $161,280.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 7/20/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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