Manager Engineering-Data Engineer-Python, Chennai 

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The Data onboarding Team Leader is a key function in NIQ Activate’s with responsibility for customers’ data onboarding processes. As a Data onboarding Team Leader, you will be in charge of engineers working with customers' data teams to onboard the data integration and ETL.

• Manage and lead a team of Data Engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and training as needed to ensure the team's success.
• Monitor the team's performance and metrics, identifying areas for improvement and implementing process changes to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with other departments and peers to ensure timely resolution of customer issues.
• Manage team schedules and workload distribution to ensure adequate coverage and effective utilization of resources.

 Responsibilities

• Responsible of leading data onboarding workstreams with new customers / pilots /POC
• Work with customers’ data teams on data interfaces, specs and integration projects
• Responsible of design, develop and maintain ETL from various data streams via multiple consumption methods (e.g. Blob, Kafka, SFTP, SQL connectors, REST API).
• Perform data validation activities, normalize and explore datasets, investigate and solve data related problems
• Responsible of developing data queries and extractions for customer success managers and Customer Value teams
• Lead complex data extractions tasks for answering business questions, ad-hoc reports and customer inquiries.
• Engage with R&D teams and take an active role in the development lifecycle and design sessions.
•  Be data expert source in the customers success group, for customers and for internal teams such as Technical support and Solutions engineers and business Analysts.

• 10+ years of experience in data onboarding, big data
• Proven track record of leading and managing high-performing teams.
• BA/B.Sc. in Information Systems / Statistics / Math / Engineering / Economics or other related discipline
• Hands-on must experience in developing and maintaining ETL / ELT preferably using Talend
•  Strong SQL with experience in querying large, complex data sets.
• Experience in working with relational / non-relational data bases to turn data into meaningful insights.
• At least 5 years’ experience client facing role, projects managements capabilities, dealing with customer expectations and deadlines and excellent communication skills.
• Result-driven, pragmatic, and innovative
• Python skills, using pandas, numpy – Advantage.
• Experience around querying and managing large data sets in any Business Intelligence tools e.g. Looker, QlikView, Tableau, power BI – advantage

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™.

NIQ, is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit NIQ.com.

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