Data Operations Lead

WPP
Chennai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Problem-solving","Team building","Mentoring"]

Lead the Data Integration & Operations team in Chennai to deliver operational excellence across global data products. Own production platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring, while shaping the team’s operating model and ensuring end-to-end data workflows on Databricks, dbt, and modern cloud data platforms.

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WPP
WPP
5 months ago

Data Operations Lead

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Job Summary

Lead the Data Integration & Operations team in Chennai to deliver operational excellence across global data products. Own production platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring, while shaping the team’s operating model and ensuring end-to-end data workflows on Databricks, dbt, and modern cloud data platforms.
Location: Chennai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the team responsible for data integration, orchestration, and platform operations across Azure and GCP environments
  • •Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Databricks Asset Bundles for data workflows
  • •Design platform-wide monitoring, logging, and alerting covering pipeline execution, data quality, SLA compliance, and cost
  • •Establish reusable deployment frameworks and project templates for consistent implementation across markets
  • •Collaborate with Data Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams globally to scale DataOps practices

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in data operations, platform engineering, or data engineering with hands-on production experience
  • •3+ years in technical leadership or team lead capacity, with proven ability to build and scale teams
  • •Deep technical knowledge of Databricks and modern data platforms
  • •Expert-level cloud platform knowledge (Azure and/or GCP)
  • •Strong SQL skills and Python proficiency (dlthub experience a plus)
Experience:7+ yearsData operationsData engineeringDatabricksCloud platformsAzureGCP
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeam buildingMentoring
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DatabricksDbtGitHub ActionsDatabricks Unity CatalogAzureGCPPythonDelta LakeADLSGCSDlthubDatabricks Jobs/WorkflowsPower BISQL

Company Brief

WPP
Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1971
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