Saatchi & Saatchi

Director, Data Engineering

Saatchi & Saatchi$135K — $216K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science, mathematics, or equivalent education/professional experience required.
  • 10+ years in the data industry with 7+ years in leadership roles.
  • Experience creating project estimations and budgets with various stakeholders.
  • Client-facing experience supporting business development pitches and presentations.
  • Proven experience in managing engineers and providing career guidance.
  • Strong knowledge of ETL, data warehousing, and Big Data technologies.
  • Expertise in cloud solution architecture, particularly in GCP and familiarity with Azure or AWS.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership and guidance to senior data engineers and managers.
  • Lead team meetings to gain a comprehensive understanding of client projects.
  • Mentor senior resources on broader project landscapes beyond assigned tasks.
  • Deliver high-quality work independently, adhering to coding standards.
  • Architect solutions to address business needs through detailed requirements analysis.
  • Regularly communicate project status and escalate issues when necessary.
  • Engage directly in business development efforts for pitches and proposals.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more.
  • Monetary assistance for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility support.
  • Wellness reimbursements and Employee Assistance Programs.
  • Tuition Assistance for continued education.
  • Flexible time-off policies including vacation and volunteer days.
  • Matching Gifts programs to support charitable contributions.
  • Flexible working arrangements with a remote work program for up to 6 weeks.
Full Job Description
Overview

This role will be a leadership role and overseeing our data engineering practice reporting to the VP of Data Engineering. This position is a mixture of hands-on architecting and developing data engineering components and providing support in career management, business development, and maturing data engineering in the region.

Responsibilities

Core Craft Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership and guidance to senior data engineers and managers.


  • Lead internal team meetings and gain a broad understand of all client work.


  • Mentor senior resources on seeing the big picture across clients and not just the task given to them. Additionally, help senior resources see beyond client work such as scoping and allocations.


  • Deliver quality work on defined tasks with little oversight and direction.


  • Ensure all deliverables are of high quality throughout the project by adhering to coding standards and best practices and participating in code reviews.


  • Serve as an architect and provide guidance during software development life cycle to solve business issues through the process of identifying and analyzing detailed requirements that translate into data integration and database system designs.


  • Solve business issues through the process of identifying and analyzing detailed requirements that translate business requirements into technical system designs.


  • Use information gained through prior experience, knowledge sharing with other Technology Associates, education and training to resolve issues and remove project barriers.


  • Provide status updates to team members on a regular basis and clearly escalate issues and risks to project management as needed.


  • Play a more primary role in BD pitches, RFP responses, and estimating data engineering components of projects.

    Client Exposure

    • Serves as client team lead on medium media account managing $20+ million in total media spend.


    • Conceives, negotiates and presents cross platform or large scale media proposals to clients.


    Business Development

    • Responsible for upselling services.


    • Key participant in business development for media pitches.


    Team Leadership

    • Leads multiple direct reports.


    • Lead and supervise client team, including hiring, training, staffing, coaching and evaluating performance.


    Agency Leadership

    • Attends and represents clients at industry events.


    • Present in team meetings and represents the Data Engineering Teams across the organization.


    • Helps with POV writing, responsible for client-specific POVs.


Qualifications

Core Craft Skills

  • BS in Computer Science, mathematics, or equivalent education/professional experience is required.


  • 10+ years within the data industry and 7+ years in leadership roles.


  • Experience creating project estimations, budgets, and working with various stakeholders to understand and drive business requirements.


  • Experience and ability to be client-facing and supporting BD pitches and presentations.


  • Experience managing other engineers and providing career management guidance, reviews, etc.


  • Experience in various data technologies with strong experience in ETL, data warehousing, and Big Data space.


  • Experience architecting solutions in the cloud. Must have deep knowledge in data technologies in GCP with Azure, AWS, or Databricks also desired.


  • Experience building, testing, and deploying data models using dbt desired.


  • Experience with ML and/or AI services (i.e. Spark, AWS ML, Tensorflow, etc.) a plus.


  • Experience with data modeling, warehouse design, and fact/dimension concepts.


  • Experience architecting and building data marts, warehouses, etc.


  • Experience working with different query languages (i.e. PL-SQL, T-SQL).


  • Understanding of development and project methodologies.


  • Able to work in a fast-paced, technical environment.


  • Good verbal and written communication skills.


Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  • Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  • Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  • Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  • Matching Gifts programs
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • 'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
  • Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Compensation Range: $135,375.00 - $216,684.00. 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 7/15/2026.

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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