Data Solutions Manager

Interpublic; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Group is seeking a Data Solutions Manager to orchestrate data governance, quality, and delivery pipelines. You will work with agency and client teams to define data requirements, build dashboards, and ensure governance and training are in place.

You will lead dashboards from conception to training and foster a data-driven culture, mentoring juniors while aligning with stakeholders across the group.

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance, data quality, and data integration across data platforms.
• Proven ability to design and implement data delivery pipelines, warehouses, or lakes.
• Strong project management with Agile/Scrum or Waterfall methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Onboard new clients and projects using standardised, quality-driven processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data requirements and documentation for dashboards and reports.
• Create documentation and training content for policy/data requirement changes.
• Work with Data SMEs to ensure governance, control, and audit of data procedures.
• Translate client challenges into scalable data solutions across agency and client teams.
• Lead dashboard development from requirements to end-user training.
• Monitor data quality and governance, ensuring issues are detected and resolved.
• Mentor junior team members and promote data culture across the business.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data integration

Data modelling

SQL

NoSQL

AWS

Azure

GCP

Power BI

BI project mgmt

Agile

Scrum

Waterfall

Microsoft Fabric

Tools

Data warehouses

Data lakes

Job description

Agency: Omd Job Function: Consulting Job Subfunction: Technology Consulting

The successful Data Solutions Manager will:

• Support onboarding of new clients and projects in a standardised way, making sure that we can deliver data solutions in the most efficient and quality-driven way possible.
• Work with appropriate stakeholders exploring data requirements and documentation for data projects (e.g. Dashboards, automated reports)
• Define/Create documentations and training content for any changes in policies, or data requirements for our client projects
• Work with Data SMEs (subject matter experts) to ensure compliance with standards and procedures, control, and audit for all Data Governance responsibilities.
• Work with agency teams and client media and data teams, understanding their challenges and needs and translating into data solutions.
• Lead dashboard development from requirement gathering to training end users
• Ensure the quality of data points are maintained and automatically governed, and monitoring is in place to highlight data quality issues
• Support development of junior team members
• Assist data culture initiatives and support in raising awareness about data best practices across the business.

The successful Data Solutions Manager will have:

• Data management Proficiency in data management concepts, including data governance, data quality, data integration, and data lifecycle management
• Experience in implementing data delivery pipelines, data warehouses, or data lakes as well as knowledge of data modelling and database design principles
• Project management Proven track record of successfully managing multiple data projects simultaneously from initiation to delivery whilst prioritize tasks effectively.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) and tools
• Technical proficiency Solid understanding of data technologies, including databases (SQL, NoSQL and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data-related services Ability to collaborate with data engineers and business users to ensure efficient data delivery and analysis.
• 3+ years’ experience developing Power BI Dashboards
• Experience managing BI projects
• Microsoft Fabric experience is a bonus

What’s in it for you

• Chance to contribute to meaningful projects and make a tangible impact.
• Opportunity to strengthen business processes and implement your innovative ideas.
• Gain a wealth of experience by dealing with a varied set of stakeholders across clients and agencies of the Group.
• Opportunity to learn and develop professional competencies, fostering your career in data.
• Exposure to a diverse and inclusive cultural environment.

The MG OMD job descriptions are not intended to be restrictive and are a guideline to the duties in this role.

To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.

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