Senior Data Engineering Manager

Vanguard; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking an experienced data engineering leader to own the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data products and platforms. You will build a high-performing team, define roadmaps, and ensure scalable, high-quality data solutions that deliver measurable business value.

You will partner with senior leaders to shape data strategy, drive cross-functional collaboration, and implement modern data architectures while promoting reliability and data governance across domains.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years’ business or technical experience including people management and data expertise.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Experience leading data engineering teams and delivering scalable data solutions.
• Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements and deliver data solutions.
• Experience translating business needs into data engineering solutions or products.
• Proven track record delivering data initiatives in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Experience with modern data engineering technologies, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), and contemporary data architectures, including data lakes, real-time data processing, and platforms such as Databricks.
• Hands-on or leadership experience with data modeling, data quality, and data management practices.

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 the 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 the design and development of scalable data pipelines, platforms, and frameworks, enabling efficient data integration, self-service consumption, and insight generation from large, complex datasets.
• Establishes and enforces data quality, governance, and observability practices, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and trust across the data ecosystem.
• Partners with senior leaders and cross-functional teams 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 while fostering innovation and continuous improvement.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

People management

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Databricks

Data governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

AWS

Job description

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 the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data products and platforms, including definition, development, delivery, and optimization, ensuring scalability, reuse, quality, and measurable business value.
• Directsplanning, 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 the design and development of scalable data pipelines, platforms, and frameworks, enabling efficient data integration, self-service consumption, and insight generation from large, complex datasets.
• Establishes and enforces data quality, governance, and observability practices, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and trust across the data ecosystem.
• Partners with senior leaders and cross-functional teams 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 while fostering innovation and continuous improvement.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of ten years’ business or technical experience including people management and dataexpertise.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Experience leading data engineering teams and delivering scalable data solutions.
• Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements and deliver data solutions.
• Experience translating business needs into data engineering solutions or products.
• Proventrackrecorddelivering data initiatives in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Experience with modern data engineering technologies, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), and contemporary data architectures, including data lakes, real-time data processing, and platforms such as Databricks.
• Hands-on orleadership experience with data modeling, data quality, and data management practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree preferred.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and analytics workflows.
• Experience driving change and influencing adoption across teams.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.