Technical Director, Data & Data Science

Beauty Co-Lab (BCL) is a bespoke Omnicom Media Group unit for L'Oréal USA delivering an industry-leading agency solution that drives business growth and transformation.

With deep expertise in data and technology, we deliver audience first, full-funnel and omni-channel strategies to deliver against L'Oréal's mission: Create the Beauty that moves the world.

For over a century, L'Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one vocation: Creating Beauty with a main goal of offering each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At Beauty Co-Lab, our mission is to co-create what's next and our team of beauty champions and media challengers possess modern media, commerce, and analytics skillsets to keep pace with the rapidly changing ecosystem and reflect the wonderful diversity of the consumers and communities we serve. We are passionate about beauty, media, data, and technology.

Overview

We are hiring for a Technical Director, Data & Data Science. Our Data Operations team plays a critical role in delivering high-impact reporting and analytics, working closely with planning and investment teams to consistently exceed client business objectives.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data modeling and automation of data pipelines and reporting workflows.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure).
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills, capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient in SQL for data querying, transformation, and analysis.
• Expertise in quality assurance methodologies and issue resolution.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with an ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience

• A university degree in a related field, and 7-10 years of experience in advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting
• Knowledge of agency-side execution processes

Responsibilities

External facing responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional discussions with key stakeholders to optimize media reporting frameworks.
• Champion the adoption of automated reporting solutions and drive process improvements across teams.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on data quality initiatives, offering guidance and best practices for related projects and processes.
• Collect and translate reporting requirements for both internal and client-facing dashboards and reports.
• Facilitate effective communication and task progression through regular status meetings and collaborative working sessions.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve project roadblocks and issues.
• Oversee project plans for all reporting deliverables, ensuring alignment across teams and clients.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of scheduled and ad hoc reporting requests.
• Provide ongoing technical support and expertise for data operations processes.

Internal leadership responsibilities:

• Uphold and enforce data quality standards throughout all reporting and analytics processes.
• Lead, mentor, and develop junior staff and offshore teams to foster a high-performing, collaborative culture.
• Develop, document, and maintain data standards, operational processes, and best practice guides.
• Identify and recommend solutions for data quality challenges and operational inefficiencies.
• Drive internal initiatives focused on process optimization, data modeling, and automation.

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$140,000-$165,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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