Associate Director, Data Engineering, Measurement

Technology & Analytics | The Builders and Translators

We are a 1,000-piece puzzle. Each of us is essential, interconnected, and intentionally designed. Together, we create something powerful: media that matters, growth that lasts, and a culture we are proud to build.

As part of our Technology & Analytics team, you are one of the Builders and Translators, turning complex data, emerging technologies, and innovative ideas into practical solutions that help our entire agency work smarter. You connect human expertise with the power of technology, building the data foundations that power measurement, attribution, reporting, and more intentional decision-making.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

At Attention Arc, we believe technology should amplify human expertise, not replace it. And when it comes to media measurement, that starts with data people can trust.

As our Associate Director, Data Engineering, Measurement , you'll help shape how data is collected, connected, structured, governed, and activated across the agency. You'll bring the technical expertise and architectural judgment needed to build reliable, scalable data systems that support accurate measurement, meaningful insights, and better business decisions.

You'll work at the intersection of data engineering, measurement technology, and business strategy, partnering with Analytics, Data Science, Media, Product, Engineering, and Technology leaders to ensure our data infrastructure supports how we plan, activate, optimize, and measure media.

This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who thinks beyond individual pipelines or platforms. You'll help define the architecture, standards, and technical direction of our data ecosystem, ensuring information moves reliably between systems and can be confidently used for attribution, reporting, optimization, and decision-making.

You'll guide the development of scalable data models, oversee data integrations, strengthen governance and quality standards, and help the agency navigate the growing complexity of modern measurement. From cloud data warehouses and data pipelines to conversion APIs and evolving attribution requirements, you'll ensure our technology is built around how data is actually used.

You'll also mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and help teams balance immediate business needs with long-term platform reliability and scalability.

Your impact will be measured by the trust our people place in our data, the strength and scalability of our measurement infrastructure, and the clarity our systems bring to increasingly complex media decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Data Platform Architecture & Technical Leadership

Help define and guide the long-term architecture, technical direction, and evolution of Attention Arc's data engineering and measurement infrastructure.

Oversee the design and integration of modern data platforms, including cloud data warehouses, data lakes, ingestion tools, and transformation frameworks.

Establish and maintain technical standards for data modeling, schema design, pipeline development, access controls, and platform governance.

Guide architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, performance, cost, and maintainability.

Evaluate existing data infrastructure and identify opportunities to simplify architecture, reduce technical debt, and improve operational efficiency.

Ensure data platforms can support evolving business needs, measurement methodologies, and increasing data complexity.

Partner with Technology and Infrastructure teams to maintain appropriate security, privacy, and access management practices.

Provide hands-on technical guidance and contribute directly to complex engineering challenges when needed.

Measurement Data Engineering & Attribution Infrastructure

Guide the development and maintenance of data pipelines and integrations that support media measurement, attribution, conversion tracking, and performance reporting.

Oversee the collection, transformation, and organization of measurement data from advertising platforms, analytics tools, customer systems, and other relevant sources.

Support the design and implementation of conversion APIs (CAPI), server-side data integrations, and other measurement connectivity solutions.

Partner with Analytics, Data Science, and Media teams to understand attribution requirements and translate them into reliable data engineering solutions.

Ensure measurement data is structured and documented to support consistent reporting, analysis, and optimization.

Help address challenges related to data discrepancies, incomplete signals, platform limitations, and evolving measurement requirements.

Develop scalable approaches to integrating data from multiple advertising platforms, client systems, and third-party sources.

Support the agency's ability to connect media activity with meaningful business outcomes through accurate, accessible, and well-governed data.

Data Modeling, Quality & Governance

Oversee the design and development of scalable, well-documented data models supporting attribution, reporting, analytics, and business intelligence.

Establish standards for data quality, validation, reconciliation, and consistency across platforms and datasets.

Guide the implementation of automated data quality checks, monitoring, alerting, and observability practices.

Ensure data pipelines are reliable, resilient, and appropriately monitored.

Develop clear expectations for incident management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.

Promote consistent data definitions, documentation, and lineage to strengthen trust and reduce ambiguity.

Partner with Technology and business stakeholders to ensure data governance practices support security, privacy, compliance, and responsible use.

Balance immediate delivery requirements with long-term data integrity, maintainability, and sustainability.

Data Integration, Performance & Platform Optimization

Guide the development and optimization of data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration processes across the agency's data ecosystem.

Oversee integrations involving APIs, event streams, operational databases, advertising platforms, and external data providers.

Evaluate pipeline performance, data processing efficiency, storage strategies, and platform costs.

Identify opportunities to improve scalability, reduce latency, and optimize cloud infrastructure utilization.

Establish reusable engineering patterns and integration approaches that improve consistency across projects.

Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment processes, testing practices, and production reliability.

Support the evaluation and implementation of new data technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches.

Ensure platform improvements are aligned with measurable business and operational needs.

Cross-Functional Strategy & Business Alignment

Partner with Data Science, Analytics, Media, Product, Engineering, IT, and Infrastructure leaders to understand current and future data requirements.

Translate business objectives and measurement priorities into technical recommendations, platform enhancements, and engineering roadmaps.

Serve as a trusted technical advisor on how data should be structured, accessed, integrated, and interpreted.

Communicate technical capabilities, constraints, risks, and architectural tradeoffs clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Help prioritize engineering initiatives based on business impact, technical complexity, scalability, and available resources.

Align teams around shared data standards, definitions, and quality expectations.

Identify opportunities to improve how data moves between strategy, activation, optimization, and measurement.

Support initiatives that strengthen the agency's ability to make intentional, data-informed decisions.

Technical Mentorship & Team Development

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