Head Automation in Chennai

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: WPP Media is embarking on a transformative data journey through Databridge —our internal comprehensive data strategy and framework designed to unify our fragmented global data landscape. We are moving from isolated, market-specific implementations to a standardized, scalable, cloud-agnostic, and AI-ready data platform built on a modern tech stack: dbt, Databricks, Python (dlthub), and GitHub Actions . As Data Operations Lead , you will establish and head our new Data Integration & Operations team in Chennai. This is a build-and-run role : you'll define how the team operates while leading day-to-day delivery of operational excellence across global data products. You will be the custodian of production —owning the operational layer including CI/CD automation, deployment pipelines, monitoring, data quality enforcement, incident management, and support. This role requires deep technical knowledge of Databricks and modern data platforms, alongside the ability to lead, mentor, and scale a growing team. What you'll be doin

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. This role is open to people who are currently in a product leadership role or someone in an engineering leadership role that is interested to make the switch into product. This role combines experienced product management leadership with the pivotal responsibilities of a Group Product Lead, offering an opportunity to shape the product strategy and the missions of several teams. You will oversee the product management execution working closely with the product managers for several cross-functional software engineering teams around the world. This position reports to the Head of Product for the Platform Engineering Strategic Business Unit, which is responsible for Appian Cloud offering. An excellent candidate will come with a wide range of experience in a product leadership role in the cloud infrastructure domain at a software-as-a-service firm. The product portfolio owned by this position will cover a wide range of cloud native infrastructure and services – from the highly available, resilient, scalable, and efficient infrastructure components on which all Appian Cloud services operate to the the scalable, enterprise-grade managed services that power the backend data persistence and event streams for customer sites in Appian Cloud. You will provide product management leadership for initiatives that deliver efficient and scalable infrastructure, core compute capacity, and managed data planes as multi-tenant services to accelerate the innovations of Engineering teams throughout the department. Your portfolio will include aspects that intersect with AWS accou

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The Data Analyst supports AUNZ reporting by maintaining ETL processes, validating data feeds, managing master data tables, and building foundational Power BI data models. The role works closely with the Head of Data & Analytics to refine requirements and ensure data feeding into reporting solutions is accurate, well-modelled, and fit for purpose. What you'll be doing: KRA 1 ETL & Data Management Support ETL processes for current and future AUNZ data feeds. Identify and resolve data validation concerns across data feeds. Create and manage master data tables. Filter and clean data by reviewing validation reports and performance indicators to locate and correct data process issues. KRA 2 Power BI & Data Modelling Develop and maintain data models (relationships, DAX, Power Query) to support reporting built by the Business Intelligence Developer. Contribute to silver/gold layer modelling in Databricks in line with established patterns. KRA 3 Requirements & Documentation Work with the Business Intelligence Manager to gather, refine, and document data requirements. Maintain

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The Data Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of scalable data solutions across the Azure Databricks platform supporting AUNZ. This role focuses on building and maintaining data pipelines using Databricks (Unity Catalog, DABs, DLT), PySpark, and SQL, delivering enterprise-scale data transformation, and supporting Power BI reporting through well-modelled silver/gold layer datasets. The Data Engineer works closely with the Head of Data & Analytics to execute technical scoping and delivery against business requirements. What you'll be doing: KRA 1 Data Pipeline Development • Design, build, test, and maintain data pipelines (ELT) using Databricks, Delta Live Tables, and Databricks Asset Bundles, according to business and technical requirements. • Manage data workflows and orchestration; ensure accuracy and availability of all ELT processes. • Design and deliver silver/gold layer data models within the medallion architecture to support downstream reporting. KRA 2 Platform & Governance • Implemen