Senior Data Engineering Leader - Cloud & Data Platform

BOK Financial; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

BOK Financial is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Engineering to lead cross‑functional data teams in a cloud‑native, data‑driven transformation. You will shape pipelines, data products, and governance, partnering with architecture, platforms, analytics, and business leaders to deliver scalable, reliable data solutions that power risk management and client service.

The role emphasizes leadership, delivery excellence, and cost efficiency, with a strong focus on modern data ecosystems and enterprise

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise data engineering, data integration, or cloud data ecosystems.
• 7+ years of leadership experience at Manager or Senior Manager level.
• Deep knowledge of data ingestion, transformation, ETL/ELT architectures, data modeling, and scalable analytical data structures.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to communicate technical concepts to executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple data engineering teams aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Build and develop high-performing engineering organizations.
• Define and execute enterprise data engineering strategy.
• Establish engineering standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Oversee scalable data pipelines and platform capabilities.
• Ensure data solutions are reliable, efficient, and cost-effective.
• Drive enterprise data modernization and transformation efforts.
• Partner across teams to advance data governance and innovation.

Skills

15+ years data engineering

Leadership experience

Modern data engineering

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Snowflake

Databricks

Fivetran

Confluent

dbt

Job description

BOK Financial is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Engineering to lead cross‑functional data teams in a cloud‑native, data‑driven transformation. You will shape pipelines, data products, and governance, partnering with architecture, platforms, analytics, and business leaders to deliver scalable, reliable data solutions that power risk management and client service.

The role emphasizes leadership, delivery excellence, and cost efficiency, with a strong focus on modern data ecosystems and enterprise