Tracking Specialist / Tech Lead: Join Our Talent Pool

SouthWatts; Montpellier; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five paid weeks of holidays

Health & life insurance

Performance bonuses

Financial aid for coworking space

End-of-the-year gifts

Teambuilding activities once or twice

Solidarity day off and paid

Job summary

SouthWatts, headquartered in Montpellier, France, is a fast-growing digital analytics consulting firm. We are building a talent pipeline for a Tracking Specialist/Tech Lead to join us in the future, blending hands-on tracking architecture with mentorship and client advisory.

You will act as the technical referent for tracking, design end-to-end architectures (client-side and server-side), mentor teammates, and advise clients on data strategy, aiming for robust, scalable measurement across

Qualifications

• Strong tracking and web analytics expertise with client/server-side tracking.
• Experience with SQL, Python and data warehouses (BigQuery).
• GA4 knowledge and ability to query GA4 data model.
• Remote work experience and excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical referent for tracking questions and set best practices.
• Mentor team members to raise technical proficiency.
• Design and manage client-side and server-side tracking architectures across complex environments.
• Advise clients on data strategy and proactively propose solutions.

Skills

Google Tag Manager

Google Analytics 4

SQL

Python

Data engineering fundamentals

BigQuery

Contentsquare

Heap

Tools

Contentsquare

Heap

BigQuery

Job description

Important! This position is not for immediate hire. We are currently building the talent pool for future opportunities.

Who we are

SouthWatts is a fast-growing, high-performance business that supports multinational companies operating in complex environments. Our specialisation is digital analytics consulting: we collect and analyse complex data from multiple sources to help clients make data-driven decisions.

Our international team is driven by a desire to grow with our clients and deliver high-standard services. We are looking for people who share the same ambition.

While our headquarters are in Montpellier, France, our team is truly international.

To accompany the growth of the company, we are actively building a strong pipeline of talented professionals for the Tracking Specialist/Tech Lead role to join us in the future. Our continuous recruitment initiative means that as new opportunities arise, we want to be ready to connect quickly with the best candidates.

If you are interested in working in a dynamic team, dealing with exciting tracking & analytics challenges, and creating an impact, we’d like to get to know you.

Role

We are looking for a Tracking Specialist / Technical Lead to drive our tracking strategy and elevate the team's technical capabilities. In this role, you will be the team’s technical referent - balancing hands-on tracking architecture with technical mentorship and client advisory. You’ll combine deep tracking/web analytics expertise with a solid engineering mindset to design reliable setups, solve complex challenges, and proactively guide our team and clients.

The key responsibilities of this role will include (but not limited to) :

Technical leadership

• Act as the team referent for all technical tracking questions, establishing best practices and technical standards across the Delivery team.
• Mentor and upskill other team members to raise overall technical proficiency.
• Structure technical workflows to anticipate pipeline issues, prevent delivery risks, and ensure high-quality execution.

Advanced tracking implementation

• Design, deploy, and manage comprehensive tracking architectures (client-side and server-side) across complex digital environments.
• Perform high-level debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis on complex configurations.
• Audit existing data collection architectures (dataLayer, tag management systems, analytics setups) to ensure data accuracy and coherence.

Client’s advisor

• Actively challenge client requests, proposing proactive solutions rather than simply executing briefs.
• Provide support to clients on tracking and data strategy.

You will be in touch with a variety of teams, including (but not limited to):

• Client Business teams
• Client Digital teams
• Client Data teams
• Third-party media agency

Skills

• Deep expertise in Google Tag Manager (client & server-side) and web analytics.
• Strong expertise in Google Analytics 4 and in querying and using Google Analytics 4 data model
• Solid understanding of “whole digital ecosystem” measurement, going beyond the website, including CRM, email marketing, and social platforms…
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data engineering fundamentals applied to data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery), ensuring seamless ingestion, transformation, and querying of raw digital analytics datasets.
• Experience with other tools (Contentsquare, Heap) is appreciated.

About you

• A keen sense of service and communication, being responsive and available
• Taking client satisfaction to heart, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard
• Natural ability to mentor peers
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work autonomously, organising time and prioritising workload
• Excellent attention to detail and a clear and concise writing style
• A structured mindset and way of working
• Ability to present findings to varying audiences and to cater presentation style appropriately
• Previous experience working remotely

Salary & benefits

Salary range 50-55K euros gross / year (depending on skills and experience).

As an employee based in France, the social package includes:

• Five paid weeks of holidays
• Health & life insurance

Additional perks are :

• Performance bonuses
• Financial aid for coworking space
• End-of-the-year gifts
• Teambuilding activities once or twice a year
• Solidarity day off and paid

The recruitment process

As part of our continuous recruitment initiative, we want to make sure we find the right fit for both you and our team. Here’s what you can expect :

• First HR Interview: if your application is preselected, you’ll have a first conversation with our HR to discuss your experience, motivation and fit for the role.
• Technical Test: we’ll ask you to complete a test designed to evaluate your hard skills related to tracking and data analysis.

As soon as the position opens, you’ll be contacted to proceed with us in the recruitment process.