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Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.
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Job Title:  Senior Manager, Data Engineering & Data Science
Travel Required:  Travel - up to 10% of time
Posting Start Date:  2/9/21
Temporarily Remote

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 97808 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

As a Senior Manager, Data Engineering & Data Science Manager, you will lead a diverse world-class engineering organization that designs, builds, and maintains data pipelines as well as uses data science to advance the company's analytics strategy. We are looking for a leader that is passionate about implementing new technologies while driving best practices to build the future data engineering and data science practice in a global, fast moving, and market leading company! Your knowledge will prove invaluable as you partner with other technology and analytics teams to chart and implement the analytics strategy for Colgate.
Responsibilities:

  • Provide direct and ongoing leadership for a team of individual contributors designing, building & maintaining highly scalable, predictable, and modern data pipeline and data science solutions.
  • Manage a team of engineers to ensure deliverables are met and align the team to deliver on multiple ongoing projects, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated and that goals, objectives and timelines are met in accordance with program and organizational roadmaps.
  • Communicate project status and raise issues to direct managers, program managers, and internal and external development partners.
  • Proactively find opportunities for improving and keeping our Data Engineering and Data Science tech stacks modern.
  • Find opportunities and develop science strategies
  • Centralizing data and standardizing it for use by business, data science or other analytics teams
  • Enable democratization and drive awareness of data across the company

Education and Experience Required:

  • Bachelor's degree required. Advanced university degree in computer science, statistics or related field a plus
  • 10+ years of related work experience, including people management experience.
  • 5 years of experience with Python, R, Java, SQL, Spark, Airflow required
  • At least 3 years of experience in architecting and building highly performant data engineering solutions that include acquisition, processing, and ingestion of data from external sources required
  • 3 years of experience with DataOps, MLOps, and Model Life Cycle Management required
  • Proficient in Data Architecture, ELT/ETL tools & concepts, Data Integration, Data Catalog, Data Wrangling, Data Quality, Data Governance, Data Lineage, and tools in order to implement these concepts.
  • Proficient in Cloud Data Warehouses like SnowFlake/Big Query.
  • Proficient knowledge of machine learning methodologies and techniques.
  • Proficient in Modern cloud native development technologies like Kubernetes and containerized applications

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Strong leadership skills, including coaching, team-building, and conflict resolution.
  • History of leading autonomously and executing and implementing complex projects; Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Advanced project management skills including time and risk management, resource prioritization, and project structuring.
  • Ability to lead human capital across geographies to drive workforce development and achieve desired results.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence skills.
  • Advanced business acumen, technical knowledge, and extensive knowledge in applications and technologies.
  • Strong multi-tasking and prioritization skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Are you interested in working for Colgate-Palmolive? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Elta MD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet. 

For more information about Colgate’s global business, visit the Company’s web site at http://www.colgatepalmolive.com. To learn more about Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® oral health education program, please visit http://www.colgatebsbf.com. To learn more about Hill's and the Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love program please visit http://www.hillspet.com. To learn more about Tom’s of Maine  please visit  http://www.tomsofmaine.com.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.
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