Product Engineering Lead - Core

Mars Petcare UK; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data and Analytics leader to drive transformative solutions in the Pet Nutrition division. This role is pivotal in shaping data strategies and implementing robust data pipelines to enhance analytics and machine learning initiatives. As part of a dynamic team, you will lead talented data professionals while collaborating globally to foster innovation and efficiency. If you're passionate about leveraging data to create customer-centric solutions, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data analytics and engineering leadership.
• Strong understanding of DataOps principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead data engineers in designing scalable data platforms.
• Drive DataOps adoption and improve data pipeline reliability.

Skills

Data Analytics

Data Engineering

Leadership

DataOps

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

Data Governance Tools

Data Storage Solutions

Job description

Job Description:

Are you passionate about Data and Analytics (D&A) and excited about how it can transform enterprise operations? Do you possess strategic vision, technical expertise, and leadership skills to drive data-driven solutions? If you want to work in a dynamic, fast-growing environment, you might be the ideal candidate for the Data and Analytics role at Mars in the Pet Nutrition (PN) division.

Pet Nutrition is a vibrant FMCG sector category. As part of our transformation, the Digital First program has been launched by the Mars PN leadership team. This initiative focuses on placing pet parents at the center of our operations, digitalizing business processes, and building future-ready capabilities to achieve growth, profitability, and customer-centricity. The Digital First agenda involves large-scale digitization, requiring leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to navigate complex challenges while leading a team of top-tier data and analytics professionals.

Under Digital First, PN is transitioning to a product-based model to develop business-facing digital capabilities. Your role involves developing and maintaining robust data pipelines and storage solutions to support analytics and machine learning initiatives. You will report to the Director of Data Engineering Solutions and collaborate globally with engineering teams across core products.

Responsibilities include:

1. Technical Leadership: Provide leadership to data engineers and DevOps teams, guiding the design and evolution of scalable data platforms, promoting best practices, and fostering a collaborative, innovative culture.
2. Engineering Standards: Define and maintain data engineering standards, ensuring consistency, quality, and reusability. Make architectural decisions and support product teams in execution.
3. DataOps Enablement: Drive adoption of DataOps principles, establish CI/CD pipelines, and improve operational efficiency and reliability of data pipelines.
4. Data Governance and Quality: Embed governance, security, and data quality practices, define access controls, data lineage, and compliance standards, and promote metadata management.
5. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with leadership and product owners to prioritize data initiatives that maximize value.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics. Assistance or accommodations during the application process are available upon request.