Senior Manager - Product Engagement - Data Platform

Senior Manager - Product Engagement - D&A

Job Type - Permanent

Job Duration :

Job Description :

- Data as a Platform (DAAP) program is a flagship program with Data and Analytics (D&A) org to build a cross functional data lake to help data democratization. To achieve Unilever strategic business objectives, it is important that our gold standard analytics products can effectively leverage this underlying data foundation.

Client Details :

- For Unilever to remain competitive in the future, the business needs to continue the path to become data intelligent. The Data & Insights team will persevere to make Unilever Data Intelligent; powering key decisions with data, insights, advanced analytics and AI.

- Our ambition is to enable democratization of data, information and insights as - a completely agile organization - that builds fantastic careers for our people - and is accountable for delivering great work - that maximizes impact and delivers growth.

- This Data & Analytics function endeavours to create clear accountability for all aspects of Data Strategy, Data Management, Information Management, Analytics, and Insights. We would be accountable for impact of solutions, maintaining market relevance and minimising unnecessary overlaps in analytics products, ensuring simplicity and that our solutions better meet the needs of our users.

- We would partner with the Digital and Data Legal Counsel to ensure that our Data Defence (Privacy, Governance, Quality, etc) is well structured and sufficiently robust to use data and AI correctly throughout the enterprise. We would democratize information across the business, while supporting the culture shift required for data driven decision making. Further, this team would drive capacity unlock from manual and duplicative reporting capabilities, while also refocusing a portion of the unlock on embedding predictive and prescriptive analytics capabilities into our highest potential opportunities.

We have four key operating principles :

- One team

- Connected to the business

- Deploying with pace and discipline

- Designing for experience

Our vision is to make Unilever data intelligent, partnering with the business to power key decisions with data, advanced analytics and AI to accelerate growth. Our 5 strategies to achieve this are :

- Accelerate & simplify access to relevant data, information and insights

- Build in-house, leading-edge data, information, insights & analytics capability

- Lead the data & insights culture and careers to empower employees across Unilever

-[ Rapidly embed analytics products, solutions and services to drive growth

- Advance Information Automation at Scale

Main Purpose of the job:

Data as a Platform (DAAP) program is a flagship program with Data and Analytics (D&A) org to build a cross functional data lake to help data democratization. To achieve Unilever strategic business objectives, it is important that our gold standard analytics products can effectively leverage this underlying data foundation. The purpose of this role is to act as a bridge between core data SME team and analytics product managers to ensure data roadmap is aligned to big product milestones and meets quality standards expected from the analytics products.

Description :

- Accountable for delivering data foundation for products

- Owns the data delivery timelines in the overall product build plan

- Ensures readiness of data and flags risks to product leadership team as required

- Defines the scope of data remediation activities and activates necessary resources for on time completion.

- Leads the resolution process for any data related challenges to meet product milestones. This includes working with broader data COE and solution factory teams to define a clear roles and responsibilities matrix and driving that on ground.

- Leads the data governance for product related data and activates it by working with broader data COE organization.

- Oversee product data related functional/ non-functional design and ensure Capability Teams' members of the squad develop solutions which meet the business requirements

- Builds and owns a data support model post product go live. This role acts as an escalation point for data related issues.

- Works with central data quality team in data as a platform program to ensure automated checks are built for monitoring and control.

- Bring the data strategy to life by working with the BDL & Solution Factories to ensure project deliverables are appropriately costed & scheduled in-line with project expectations

- Owns the product data model and ensures maximum standardization across similar markets.

- Own products developed in BAU and work with the D&A Market teams/ Solution Factory to ensure DevOps requests are appropriately managed, budgeted and delivered

Profile :

- M.B.A. or Post graduation in a relevant field (Business Analytics, Operations Research)

- Overall experience of 8-10 years preferred with deep knowledge on digital analytics

- Strong track record of working with senior business leadership (VPs+) to drive definition, alignment, and support for application of analytics and data to address complex business issues

- Business intimacy with the trade promotion management

- Working knowledge of Azure data lake related technologies

- Working knowledge of data modelling and architecture

- Proven experience in designing & landing digital analytics capabilities

- Ability to drive multiple internal and external stakeholder connects while holding relevant teams accountable for commitments

- Product design thinking experience to be able to translate the business requirements into a D&A product which leverages from Data & Technology to help deliver the business strategy

- Exposure to creating & landing business change management

- Ability to communicate complex quantitative insights in a precise and actionable manner

- Ability to manage multiple products at different stages of lifecycle

- Deep understanding of data landscape & data management principles Project mgmt. skills and ability to synchronize the planning & delivery of the D&A product with the delivery of the business strategy

- Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities simultaneously in a highly VUCA and competitive market Agile mindset and ability to plan the D&A product roadmap via consecutive Releases which align with key business needs.

Job Offer :

Rewards and benefits are just one part of the reason Unilever is a great place to work. We offer significant benefits, including a strong bonus, healthcare options, company share scheme, professional membership support and much more. In addition, there are a wide range of options around flexible working for the future.We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment that enables you to learn, develop and be the best you can in a role that suits you. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone working at Unilever feels able to bring their complete and authentic self to work.

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