Director - Data Engineering

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 141,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is seeking a Director of Data Engineering to lead the development, implementation, support, and modernization of our enterprise analytic data environment in Cincinnati. You will oversee data warehouses, data lakes, data quality, data products, ETL, and data fabric capabilities while guiding a team of Architects, DW Analysts, and Data Engineers.

This executive role requires strategic partnership across AI/Advanced Analytics, BI, Platforms, DB Admin,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team with a clear vision and roadmap aligned to department and organizational goals.
• Oversee hiring, mentoring, and coaching of direct and indirect reports.
• Set and communicate job requirements and goals across initiatives.
• Develop and manage long- and short-term technology goals with department leadership.
• Lead system design and strategy for enterprise data platforms.
• Manage vendor relationships and RFPs.
• Oversee budgets and salary planning in collaboration with leadership.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline

Job description

Location, Schedule & Salary

Primary Location: Offices at Vernon Place

Department: IS Digital Strategy

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40

FTE: 1

Employee Status: Regular*

Expected Starting Pay Range: $141,232.00 - $183,601.60*

Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on-call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based on FTE status.

Due to a recent internal promotion, Cincinnati Children's is seeking a Director of Data Engineering to lead the development, implementation, support, and modernization of our enterprise analytic data environment. This leader will oversee critical capabilities including data warehouses and data lakes, data quality, master and metadata management, data products, ETL, graph databases and data fabric capabilities, and the data infrastructure supporting AI and agentic workflows. The Director will lead Architects, DW Analysts, and Data Engineers while executing a multi-year roadmap for modern data management infrastructure and managing key vendor relationships. This highly collaborative role will partner across AI/Advanced Analytics, Business Intelligence, Platforms, Database Administration, research informatics, and research data teams to advance a cohesive enterprise data and analytics strategy. This is an opportunity to lead the people, platforms, and engineering capabilities that will shape how data is used across Cincinnati Children's for years to come.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• People Planning/Development - Creates a vision and roadmap for the team that provides direction and alignment of priorities with the tactical and strategic objectives of the department and organization.
• Delegate responsibilities to reporting personnel, establish clear lines of responsibility and accountability.
• Elevates team members thinking and understanding of the field by infusing best practice knowledge into the work.
• Leads the selection, development, mentoring and coaching of direct and indirect reports.
• Ensure that job requirements and goals for each position are clear to employees and that Medical Center initiatives, priorities, standards, and policies are effectively communicated and understood.
• Department Leadership - Propose, research, and manage the development, implementation and assessment of long and short term technology goals and objectives in collaboration with department leadership.
• Operationalize, implement and monitor assigned initiatives.
• Drive execution of the assigned projects and project components.
• Acts together with management as a champion for positive organizational culture and quality of work life.
• System Design and Strategy - Lead the development, design and implementation of systems and technology that meet workforce and patient care needs, are cost effective and consistent with best practice.
• Ensure development and maintenance of policies and practices in support of processes.
• Develop and deliver effective communications and training to users.
• Consult with staff and managers and provide guidance.
• Provide oversight for relevant vendor relationships, RFPs and vendor selections.
• Financial Management - In collaboration with leadership, develop, implement and evaluate the department's annual and capital budget to achieve the organizational and departmental objectives;
• Recommend a salary budget supporting the required FTE's to meet departmental needs;monitor expense;evaluate variances, determine underlying causes and identify, present, and implement proposed solutions;accountable for compliance with organizational financial policies and procedures.
• Customer focus - Provide leadership for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments and goals.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables and resource requirements.
• Develop project plans resource allocation, and timeline.
• Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Direct assigned project team ensuring effective utilization of resources.
• Monitor project deliverables and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders.
• Provide input on departmental strategy and planning with focus on areas of functional responsibility.
• Ensure functional area(s) provide outstanding end-user support, including ongoing monitoring of Service Level Attainment for incident management and collaboration with other functional areas to ensure customer-centered incident management and collaboration with other functional areas to ensure customer centered incident management and support.
• Spends at least 80% of time managing the work of 2+ others.
• Role available in centralized functions only.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline

About Us

At Cincinnati Children's, we come to work with one goal: to make children's health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children's. Cincinnati Children's is: Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as atop 10 best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH)Funding Recognized as one of America's Best Large Employers (2025), America's Best Employers for New Grads (2025) One of the nation'sAmerica's Most Innovative Companiesas noted by Fortune Consistently certified as great place to work A Leading Disability Employeras noted by theNational Organization on Disability Magnet® designated for the fourth consecutive time by theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) We Embrace Innovation-Together. We believe in empowering our teams with the tools that help us work smarter and care better. That's why we support the responsible use of artificial intelligence. By encouraging innovation, we're creating space for new ideas, better outcomes, and a stronger future-for all of us. Comprehensive job description provided upon request.

Cincinnati Children's is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability