Hybrid AI & Data Platform Leader

Vanguard; Malvern, Charlotte (Chester County, NC); Hybrid; CAD 249,000 - 332,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Senior Manager, AI & Data Engineering to lead teams building governed data products and AI-ready semantic intelligence for enterprise data activation and analytics. You will own strategy, roadmap, and execution of scalable data, AI, and knowledge platforms supporting marketing, sales, digital experiences, and analytics, with a focus on data quality, governance, and reliability.

The role combines hands-on delivery with strategic leadership, building organizational capability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• 10+ years in data engineering, data management, analytics, AI/ML engineering, or related tech.
• Experience leading managers and technical leaders across distributed teams.
• Proven success delivering enterprise data strategies and AI-enabled solutions.
• Expertise building cloud-native data ecosystems with AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing organization of data and AI professionals.
• Define strategy, roadmap, and delivery for enterprise data products and AI platforms.
• Build scalable, governed data products enabling analytics, personalization, and decision-making.
• Establish AI-ready data foundations with semantic intelligence and data lineage.
• Oversee scalable cloud-native data platforms and lakehouse architectures.
• Drive modernization with AWS-based platforms, DataOps, and MLOps.
• Partner with senior leaders to prioritize investments and maximize impact.
• Enforce standards for data governance, privacy, security, and compliance.
• Lead efforts to break down data silos and improve interoperability.
• Deliver AI-powered analytics and conversational intelligence for business users.
• Manage platform adoption, reliability, and value realization metrics.
• Recruit and develop top talent; foster innovation and accountability.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

data engineering

data management

analytics

AI/ML engineering

leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS S3

AWS Glue

AWS EMR

AWS Redshift

AWS Lambda

AWS Athena

Databricks

Apache Iceberg

Kafka/Confluent

SageMaker

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Senior Manager, AI & Data Engineering to lead teams building governed data products and AI-ready semantic intelligence for enterprise data activation and analytics. You will own strategy, roadmap, and execution of scalable data, AI, and knowledge platforms supporting marketing, sales, digital experiences, and analytics, with a focus on data quality, governance, and reliability.

The role combines hands-on delivery with strategic leadership, building organizational capability