Data Engineering, Management & Governance Manager

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Data Engineering, Management & Governance Manager to own the technical integrity and delivery of AI insights platforms. You will design and maintain data platforms across distributed environments, connecting to systems like Salesforce and Palantir Foundry to drive measurable business value.

You will lead architecture, governance, and engineering efforts across data quality, ontology design, and platform integrity to deliver durable, scalable insights for sales and operations

Qualifications

• Experience delivering enterprise data and AI platforms from architecture to production.
• Hands-on expertise with data fabric design and cloud data platforms.
• Ability to connect data, tool, and business value for AI insights.
• Proven ability to work with client architects and leaders to shape reference architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver enterprise data fabric solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud.
• Integrate data virtualization, metadata, knowledge graphs, and automated data integration.
• Define reference architectures and governance frameworks scalable enterprise-wide.
• Apply data mesh and data product models for self-service data.
• Own the AI insights platforms' build, versioning, and maintenance.
• Ingest new data sources and expand platform coverage.
• Connect AI insights to Salesforce, Palantir Foundry and other systems.
• Design API and streaming architectures for real-time data delivery.
• Build ETL/ELT pipelines and data lineage solutions.
• Govern data quality, security and access controls.

Skills

Data fabric design

Cloud data platforms

AI platform engineering

API & streaming architectures

Governance & data quality

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure Synapse

BigQuery

Job description

We Are

The beginning of a new Data & AI decade that will reshape work and society has begun. Accenture is stepping boldly into this future with a clear strategy and purpose: to help clients optimize and reinvent their business with data & AI - backed by a $3B investment and commitment to our people to do industry-defining work. With over 45,000 professionals dedicated to Data & AI, Accenture's Data & AI organization brings together our Experienced Innovation, Strategic Investment, Exceptional Talent, and Power Ecosystem automation.

The Work

We are seeking a Data Engineering, Management & Governance Manager to own the technical integrity and delivery of strategic AI insights platforms that translate enterprise data into measurable business value. This role sits at the intersection of data architecture, AI platform engineering, and business value realization. It combines the rigor of a data fabric architect with the commercial instincts of a strategic AI platform builder.

You will design and maintain intelligent data platforms that ingest, model, and govern enterprise data across distributed environments - integrating AI capabilities, connecting to systems like Salesforce and Palantir Foundry, and enabling coverage and conversion metrics that drive sales and operational decisions. You will serve as the technical authority on data quality, ontology design, platform versioning, and integration engineering and ensure the platforms your team builds remain trustworthy, scalable, and impactful over time.

You Are

An Enterprise AI Value Engineer who combines data architecture depth with AI platform engineering capability. You bring:

Credentials - a proven track record of delivering enterprise data and AI platforms - from strategic architecture through production deployment - in complex client or enterprise environments.

Capability - hands-on proficiency across data fabric design, cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, BigQuery), pipeline engineering, and AI-integrated analytics solutions.

Commercial Acumen - the ability to connect the tool, the data, and the business - designing platforms that power whitespace identification, KPI measurement, and revenue growth insights.

Connections - trusted advisor presence with client architects and leaders - able to shape reference architectures, facilitate design sessions, and communicate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders.

Content - a systems-builder mindset - able to instrument, version, govern, and maintain platforms so they deliver durable value without accumulating technical debt.

In This Role You Will:

• Architect & Deliver Enterprise Data Fabric Solutions Design enterprise data fabric solutions that deliver unified, intelligent, automated access to distributed data across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
• Integrate data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, cataloging, and automated data integration into a connected data layer that powers analytics and AI.
• Define reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance frameworks that scale across the enterprise and remain maintainable over time.
• Apply data mesh and data product operating models to support self-service consumption, real-time data delivery, and decentralized data ownership.
• Build & Maintain Strategic AI Insights Platforms Own the technical build, versioning, and ongoing maintenance of strategic AI insights platforms, managing releases, schema evolution, and platform integrity over time.
• Find, ingest, and clean new data sources, expanding platform coverage as new whitespace opportunities, accounts, or market segments are identified.
• Design data models and ontologies that structure whitespace and pipeline data so it is queryable, consistent, and ready to feed downstream AI and analytics workflows.
• Instrument platforms to enable automated coverage and conversion metric extraction, moving from manual survey-based measurement to reliable, system-generated KPIs.
• Integrate AI & Enterprise Systems Connect AI insights platforms to enterprise systems including Salesforce CRM, Palantir Foundry, and other source systems - enabling automated cohort tagging, pipeline tracking, and KPI measurement to flow end-to-end.
• Integrate cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, BigQuery) with AI/ML pipelines and analytics workflows to power intelligent automation and decision support.
• Design and implement API and streaming architectures that support real-time data delivery and event-driven AI platform workflows.
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and metadata lineage solutions that keep data flowing reliably and traceably across the enterprise data estate.
• Govern Data Quality, Security & Access Own data quality governance and establish data validation, monitoring, and remediation practices that keep platform inputs trustworthy over time.
• Handle account and client data responsibly, implementing security, access controls, and data governance pr