Manager, Data Engineering

The Manager, Data Engineering leads data engineering delivery and operational performance across data pipelines, data platforms, integration, data quality, and governed data products. This people-leader role translates business and product priorities into plans, establishes quality and governance expectations, manages risks and dependencies, and develops a high-performing team that delivers measurable outcomes.

Role & responsibilities

Delivery & Execution

• Lead planning, delivery, and operational performance for data engineering.
• Guide a team responsible for data pipelines, data platforms, integration, data quality, and governed data products.
• Translate priorities into roadmaps, plans, backlogs, and measurable outcomes.
• Reinforce quality, architecture, security, privacy, compliance, and operational standards.
• Manage capacity, delivery risks, dependencies, budgets, and vendors as applicable.
• Use metrics to improve quality, speed, reliability, cost, and stakeholder value.

Support & Enablement

• Lead, coach, and develop team members; support hiring, performance, and talent processes.

• Build strong partnerships across business, product, architecture, security, data, and technology teams.

• Communicate priorities, progress, risks, and decisions clearly.

• Create an inclusive, accountable, and high-performing team environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Business, or a related discipline

• 4 to 9 years of relevant experience in data engineering or a closely related discipline

• Experience with data pipelines, data platforms, integration, data quality, and governed data products

• Experience leading teams, workstreams, programs, or technology delivery in a complex organization

• Knowledge of SQL, Python or similar languages, ETL/ELT, cloud data platforms, data modeling, orchestration, and data quality

• Experience collaborating across business and technology teams

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills

• Preferred candidate profile

• Master's degree in a related technical or business field is preferred

• Advanced knowledge of SQL, Python or similar languages, ETL/ELT, cloud data platforms, data modeling, orchestration, and data quality

• Experience with enterprise-scale cloud, data, digital, retail, pharmacy, healthcare, or customer technology environments

• Experience working with global teams, managed service partners, or distributed delivery models

• Relevant industry, cloud, agile, product, architecture, data, security, design, or technology certifications are preferred