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*** THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION ***

ConsumerAffairs helps consumers make smart buying decisions in moments of need. Every month millions of consumers turn to our site and tools for help with their considered (often emotional) purchases.

We educate them about their options, learn about their specific needs, and connect hundreds of thousands of them directly to brands. These brands use our SaaS tools to manage their reviews and communicate directly with consumers to serve them better. Our business thrives when the consumers who trust us get matched with the right brands for them.

We’re fast-paced and our core values are the bedrock of who we are and who we want to be.

Our employees believe in raising the bar through data-driven innovation, intellectual curiosity, and grit. We have a team first mentality, and manifest wins by putting the team first. Collaboration and teamwork is in our hearts and we believe winning together is the most fun. But, above all else, we care. We have servant hearts for our consumers, customers, and colleagues. If you want to be part of a globally erse team that’s focussed on helping people, in an environment where we raise the bar, win as a team, and care above all else—then ConsumerAffairs may be just the place for you!

ABOUT THE JOB:

This is an exciting, challenging, and rewarding role for a dynamic Director or Manager of Data Engineering with a passion for delivering excellent products and services.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and manage budgets, resources and milestones.
• Manage a team of Data Engineers at varied levels of experience and career progression
• Liaise with Business Leads; translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Create business use cases.
• Responsible for the successful and timely implementation of all relevant tasks and milestones associated with projects.
• Ability to work within a remote and international team and provide clear leadership and direction to its members, including integrating with and providing oversight of deliverables owned by 3rd party resources.
• Manage projects to deliver against agreed scope, on time and within budget.
• Manage data platform infrastructure consisting of internal and external platforms
• Manage DE infrastructure inventory and budget
• Develop, track, and maintain roadmap for data and ETL infrastructure
• Develop annual budget for Data Engineering and overall data infrastructure needs
• Contribute to department-wide objectives and Key Performance Indicators.
• Working according to the internal project methodology.
• Create and maintain Project status reports to include project risks and issues and communicate to leadership with appropriate escalation as required.
• Support the Data and Analytics team by building and maintaining the CA data warehouse, ETL, and BI infrastructure
• Manage and maintain ETL pipelines for internal and external sources
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to assess and audit data security requirements
• Develop and maintain standards for data privacy and access controls in conjunction with InfoSec
• Meet with stakeholders to understand and gather business requirements
• Identify and plan resources needed to complete tasks
• Collaborate with outside teams to coordinate work
• Establish and communicate timelines and due dates to stakeholders.
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources in an effective and timely manner, and demonstrate respect for others.

(These responsibilities are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related duties as required)

Requirements

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Degree or higher education in Information Technology or equivalent work experience

Experience:

• At least 10+ years’ of combined experience as an Data Engineer and Manager for large and complex projects, preferably in the Advertising industry

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Practical experience with PMI CAPM/PMP
• Familiar with Financial Metrics and Business Processes
• Solid understanding of project management processes
• Experience working on Data/ Big Data projects
• High-level understanding of data-related technologies, i.e., databases, SQL, ETL processing, industry-standard analytics tools, etc.
• Strong MS Office or Google Docs skills
• Working knowledge of Atlassian Jira: Projects, Boards and Workflows
• Excellent communication/presentation (oral and written) and report writing skills
• Experience leading technical teams & achieving results in a project context using resources that do not report directly (e.g. from other departments, external suppliers etc.)

< class="h3">CORE VALUES

Raise The Bar

• We raise the bar through innovation, intellectual curiosity, and grit. We are not satisfied with yesterday and our hearts thirst to be better tomorrow.

Win As A Team

• We manifest wins by putting the team first. We have collaboration and teamwork in our hearts and believe winning together is the most fun.

Care Above All Else

• We care above all else. We have servant hearts for our consumers, customers, and colleagues.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

• Location: Remote
• Frequency of travel: Occasional travel may be required for meetings, training and/or conferences.
• Light physical activities and efforts required in working within an office environment.

(Reasonable accommodations will be made in accordance with existing ADA requirements for otherwise qualified iniduals with disabilities.)

ConsumerAffairs does not discriminate in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Work From Home
• Free Food & Snacks
• Stock Option Plan