We're looking for a Head of Data Engineering to join our team in London as part of our Strategy function.
Your Role: This is an exciting opportunity to lead Data for a brand-new digital intelligence product which is currently in the build phase. You will support the design & build and manage a robust Data Architecture for the product. Ensuring published data is of the highest quality will be a key part of the role.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and take ownership of data architecture for the product including data ingestion, data pipelines, data modelling, data quality, data security and master data management
- Build, implement and manage NLP and ML algorithms and knowledge graphs
- Design data quality policies and processes and ensure they are deeply embedded throughout the end-to-end data life cycle
- Ensure the right business rules are defined for QA, put into production, maintained, and tested
- Define data archival policies and procedures and stay on top of data privacy regulations
- Review current data sources and identify additional opportunities for data acquisition
- Work with the leadership team on building a data roadmap for the product in line with the growth strategy
- Manage, mentor and train Data Engineers
- You are an advocate and ally for diversity, equity and inclusion
Your Experience
- Previously held roles leading Data Engineering teams for dynamic, growing organisations
- Hands on experience managing data through the full data lifecycle from acquisition to publication
- Worked extensively across different database solutions, technology platforms, business systems and processes
- Experience working with AWS data engineering tools (or GCP or Azure based tools)
- Demonstrable experience delivering business solutions using AI by building and implementing NLP & ML based algorithms
- Demonstrable experience designing data quality processes and setting policies and standards
- Natural enthusiasm to keep up to date on emerging technologies and methodologies to continually improve and advance data solutions where possible
- Previous experience working within a digital product team desirable but not essential
If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At Money20/20, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.
Who are we?
Money20/20 is the world’s leading premium content, sales and networking platform for the global money ecosystem.
From in depth analytics to inspirational speakers, our world-class insight and networking opportunities help our customers stay ahead – powering strategies and switching mindsets.
The future promises a faster, smoother, more connected money ecosystem. Money20/20 promises the clearest, sharpest vision of what’s next.
Money20/20 is an Ascential company. Ascential delivers specialist information, analytics and ecommerce optimisation platforms to the world's leading consumer brands and their ecosystems. We help our customers to make smart decisions that improve performance now, and in the future.
With more than 3,000 employees across five continents, we combine local expertise with a global footprint for clients in over 120 countries. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Why choose us?
At Ascential, diversity, equity and inclusion is core to us. We’re a company built around our people - and we’re committed to supporting each and every one of them to be the best they can be. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas and different strengths and perspectives to Ascential. Our employee-led groups and networks, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and EmPower: An Ascential Women's Initiative, Shalom Ascential and Latinx, help us to create a place where communities and allies can connect and share experiences. We are proud to have been recognised as a best performer in the FTSE Women Leaders Review for six consecutive years, listed in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and ranked in the top 1500 companies on Sustainalytics.
We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.
Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.
We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile-working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been - and will continue to be - actively encouraged here.
Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:
- 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
- Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme
- Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
- Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
- Great learning and development opportunities.
We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.
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