Director, Business Intelligence

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This role is within Mindshare, a leading brand within WPP Media, where you will be responsible for the strategy, development, and operations of Estée Lauder’s data infrastructure and visualisation ecosystem. This role oversees the end-to-end data flow — from ingestion and transformation within GCP to delivery through Power BI dashboards — ensuring scalable, consistent, and high-quality data solutions across markets.

The role will establish global standards, drive operational excellence, and partner with regional teams and clients to enable data-driven decisioning. Supported by a mix of FTE and project-based resources, this position is accountable for building and governing both the data operations framework and dashboarding capabilities.

Data Operations (GCP, Adverity, Data Pipelines)

• Lead the roll-out and on-going maintenance of a custom instance of WPP’s Measure “Campaign Performance” platform, which leverages Adverity, SQL via DBT, Microsoft PowerBI, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Partner with the Client Analytics team to deliver on Learning Agenda and Measurement Plan priorities in both raw and visualized data
• Manage a roadmap and backlog of features in support of ELC’s evolving BI needs
• Coordinate with local market stakeholders to support or lead the development of key-market-specific features[
• Own and manage the global GCP environment, including data ingestion, transformation, and governance
• Oversee integration of data sources via Adverity and other pipelines, ensuring reliability and scalability
• Define and implement business rules for data harmonisation and transformation
• Partner with Campaign Performance Product/Enablement and Custom Measure Consulting teams on platform evolution and requirements
• Establish and maintain operational processes, documentation, and quality controls across data workflows

Data Visualisation (Power BI / Dashboarding)

• Take an expansive view of business intelligence and data visualisation, delivering best-in-class dashboards and data exploration tools for media reporting, media plan visualisation, investment, and operations reporting
• Own the global dashboarding ecosystem, including data flow from GCP to Power BI solutions
• Define and govern filtering logic, metric definitions, and visualisation standards
• Lead the roadmap for dashboard enhancements, scalability, and performance optimisation
• Ensure consistency across global dashboards while enabling regional customisation where needed

Data Sharing & Client Partnership

• Partner with client teams to enable and manage GCP-to-GCP data sharing solutions
• Act as the primary point of contact for data infrastructure and visualisation across stakeholders
• Translate business and client requirements into scalable data and reporting solutions
• Global Governance & Regional Enablement
• Define global standards for data models, business rules (including taxonomy applicability and adherence), and dashboarding frameworks
• Coordinate with regional teams on requirements, localisation needs, and adoption
• Balance global consistency with flexibility for market-specific use cases

Team & Delivery Management

• Lead a hybrid team of FTE and project-based engineering, business intelligence/visualization, and governance resources to deliver against roadmap
• Set priorities, manage delivery, and ensure alignment across multiple workstreams
• Drive continuous improvement in processes, tools, and operating model