Head of Enterprise Data Platforms & AI Insights

Vanguard; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Senior Data Engineering Manager to lead a team of managers, technical leads, and engineers in building and scaling enterprise-grade data products and platforms. You will own end-to-end data product lifecycles, drive roadmaps, and ensure data quality, governance, and observability across the data ecosystem.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to define strategy, guide cross-functional initiatives, and deliver scalable data solutions that enable self-service analytics

Qualifications

• Ten years’ business or technical experience including people management.
• Undergraduate degree; graduate degree preferred.
• Experience leading data engineering teams delivering scalable data solutions.
• Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements and deliver data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Leads and develops a team of managers, technical leads, and engineers, building a strong leadership bench and high-performing engineering culture while setting performance standards, coaching, and supporting career development.
• Owns end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data products and platforms, including definition, development, delivery, and optimization, ensuring scalability, reuse, quality, and measurable business value.
• Directs planning, prioritization, and execution of data product roadmaps and engineering initiatives aligned to business outcomes and enterprise strategy, while driving adoption and reliability across domains.
• Leads design and development of scalable data pipelines, platforms, and frameworks for self-service consumption and insight generation from large datasets.
• Establishes and enforces data quality, governance, and observability practices ensuring data integrity and trust.
• Partners with senior leaders to shape data strategy, influence operating models, and deliver high-impact, outcome-based solutions.
• Evaluates and implements modern data technologies and architecture patterns to improve scalability, performance, and developer experience.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

AWS

Databricks

Data lakes

Real-time data processing

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

AWS

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Senior Data Engineering Manager to lead a team of managers, technical leads, and engineers in building and scaling enterprise-grade data products and platforms. You will own end-to-end data product lifecycles, drive roadmaps, and ensure data quality, governance, and observability across the data ecosystem.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to define strategy, guide cross-functional initiatives, and deliver scalable data solutions that enable self-service analytics