Manager, Media Data Engineering - US Hoboken, New Jersey

JOB PURPOSE

Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of data engineering solutions that power media measurement, analytics, and reporting. Partner with commercial, analytics, and technology teams to deliver scalable, high-quality data products that enable data-driven decision-making across media and marketing. You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design and operation of media data pipelines, data lakes, and integration with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Translate business and analytics requirements into robust, automated data solutions for media performance, campaign reporting, and advanced analytics.
• Oversee the design, buildout, and ongoing maintenance of dashboards and data visualization tools to ensure stakeholders have timely, actionable insights.
• Establish and maintain the semantic layer and data modeling framework for media data, ensuring consistency and self-service analytics.
• Build and operationalize advanced analytic models (e.g., media mix modeling, attribution, audience segmentation) in partnership with analytics teams.
• Oversee data quality, governance, and security for all media data assets.
• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Stay current on emerging technologies, tools, and best practices in media data engineering.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to expand data capabilities and support business growth.
• Works with Performance Analytics (for dashboard requirements and data delivery) and Advanced Analytics (for model integration). Does not own insight generation or business recommendations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Advanced proficiency with cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), Databricks, SQL, Python, PySpark, and data pipeline orchestration.
• Experience designing and managing large-scale data lakes and ETL/ELT processes.
• Proven experience in dashboard development and maintenance (Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
• Demonstrated leadership of technical teams and cross-functional projects.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with media or marketing data sources (e.g., ad servers, DSPs, social platforms).
• Experience integrating media data with analytics/reporting tools.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in consumer goods or media/advertising industry.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $115,680 to $173,520. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI) : This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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