Manager, Data Governance

About the Role

We are looking for a Data Governance Manager to join our ever-growing Data Governance and Visualisation team.

We are increasingly involved in ensuring that all media activity is delivered following not only overall best practice guidelines, but also with complex and detailed processes and rules. We require an experienced candidate with a high level of understanding of the media environment to not only devise and support these processes, but to also ensure that these are being observed throughout the OMD network in EMEA and beyond.

This role would ideally be best suited to someone who has spent time in reporting or Data Governance on large scale campaigns on multiple ad-servers. There will be a focus on communication across OMD local market & partner agencies to correct any data compliance issues and on taxonomy and media spend tracking to quickly identify errors.

Comfortable with gathering requirements from internal and/or external stakeholders, develop scopes of work/wireframes through to successful delivery of final visualisation and automated reporting solutions the ideal candidate will be a proactive, problem-solver who thrives on thinking outside of the box and collaborating with our team of data experts to develop innovative governance solutions. They will use a variety of tools, practices, and processes to deliver best in class Data Governance across our client base. You should also be comfortable with ETL processes, have experience with SQL and be familiar with cloud-based backend data architecture.

Ideally, your career experience has been gained in media agency/marketing agency and you are comfortable dealing with multiple stakeholders and juggling priorities.

This is an exciting role with excellent career opportunities and benefits within a high-profile team.

Responsibilities

• Work with Global, Regional, and Local ad ops & account teams to ensure that client guidelines, processes and best practice rules are being followed and relevant taxonomies devised & implemented.
• Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships & communications.
• Devise and promote operational best practices across digital teams and to wider agency channels.
• Monitor existing processes to ensure ongoing improvements are developed and communicated.
• Collaborate with relevant parties (such as creative & web agencies) to drive operational efficiencies in ad-serving, reporting and analytics e.g., via automated processed, deployment of modern technologies.
• Deliver new and maintain existing media performance visualisation and reporting solutions
• Work with the wider Data Governance & Visualisation team to develop end-to-end solutions from scope development through delivery of the final product.
• Ensure that agreed service level agreements on trafficking, tag and campaign management are being observed throughout the OMD network across major client accounts
• Drive ongoing improvements to the data management process.
• Integrate new analytics tools and data sources into existing dashboards
• Work with account teams to translate their client briefs into tangible outputs. You will need to distil the brief down and think of an efficient way to apply what you know to get to an efficient solution to the challenge
• Educate local markets on best practice in taxonomy application, write documentation and training guides.
• Contribute to the continued learning and development of the Data Governance discipline through skill sharing and the mentoring of junior team members.

About You

• Experience in media, marketing or creative agency experience in reporting or Data Governance.
• An excellent theoretical and practical understanding of the entire media data ecosystem is necessary.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to develop relationships across markets and agencies ensuring cooperative and collaborative spirit.
• Solid problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and solve numerical and technical problems.
• Ability to provide technical solutions to multi-channel tracking with an understanding of de-duplication, cross channel reporting and attribution.
• Working knowledge of adtech platforms.
• Experience using ETL tools is desirable
• An understanding of data warehousing techniques is desirable.
• Big picture thinking, with the ability to design solutions and project manage through to delivery.
• Experience working with Datorama Experience with Power BI or Tableau highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of visual analytics’ best practices and proven ability to create engaging and user-friendly visualisations
• Ability to own a full design life cycle from specification, design wireframes, prototypes and collaborating with developers to implement changes.
• Experience in project management
• Comfortable presenting work to clients and to colleagues.
• Ability to show great attention to detail and diligence in your work.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to clients and account teams in a way that is easy to understand.
• Organisation – an ability to manage multiple projects at one time with accuracy and speed
• Curiosity – a natural and persistent inclination to explore, discover, and learn, and a general fascination with analytics
• Resourcefulness – an ability to look beyond the usual sources and insight opportunities to find a solution when data may be limited
• Creativity – an ability to think and solve problems in non-linear ways, and an ability to connect dots and craft compelling stories
• Collaboration – a desire to create a collaborative working environment where the notion of team comes before labels

About OMD EMEA

At OMD EMEA you will experience a place of work unparalleled with any other; to do the best work in your career. With half of our employees originating from outside the UK, you will join a truly connected culture which celebrates difference and embraces diversity. This is a huge organisation, albeit one with a small agency feel. You will play a key role in developing strong relationships and shared ethos, whilst at the same time benefit from a plethora of career opportunities and training. Undeniably, this is an agency with a grounded sense of belonging and community, one which is social and emotionally aware. Everything you achieve and learn at OMD EMEA will be exciting and rich in value – everyday will be a new challenge that needs solving!

At OMD, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone can thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone can bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Acquisition team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [email protected] to let us know how we can support you.

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