Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Cushman & Wakefield; United States; Ibrido; USD 140.000 - 165.000; Tempo pieno

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Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Retirement savings plans

Life insurance

Disability insurance programs

Paid and unpaid time away from work

Descrizione del lavoro

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Data Engineering Senior Manager to blend hands-on delivery with people leadership. You will design and scale data pipelines on Databricks and Azure while growing a team of 5–8 engineers and analysts across global locations.

Reporting to the Global Head of Data Architecture & Engineering, you will shape data engineering standards, drive delivery, and mentor engineers in a collaboration‑driven, inclusive culture that emphasizes reliability, security, and cost

Competenze

• Hands-on delivery on Databricks and Azure platforms at scale.
• Proven experience managing data engineers, including hiring and performance reviews.
• Track record building production-grade data platforms with reliability and cost control.
• Ability to influence complex work through collaboration and persuasion.
• Excellent communication with global stakeholders and leadership.
• Familiarity with modern data architectures (Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, data mesh).

Mansioni

• Platform ownership: design, build, and improve scalable data pipelines and data products on Databricks and Azure.
• Hands-on contribution: continue to code and review critical pipelines and architecture.
• Quality and governance: embed data quality, observability, and security into standards.
• Team management: lead a 5–8 person data engineering team, including hiring and performance reviews.
• Delivery orchestration: plan and prioritize work to meet global data priorities with Agile discipline.
• Stakeholder collaboration: partner with business and tech teams to translate needs into data outcomes.

Conoscenze

Databricks

Azure

Data leadership

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strumenti

Azure DevOps

Databricks Automation Bundles (DABS)

GitHub Actions

CI/CD tooling for data pipelines

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Manager, Data Engineering – Job Description Summary

Job Title: Data Engineering Senior Manager

Position: Data Engineering Senior Manager – Department: TDS Technology and Data Solutions – Reports To: Global Head of Data Architecture & Engineering – Location: Hybrid/Remote depending on location, Working time zone: US/EMEA.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for property owners and occupiers with approximately 52,000 employees in nearly 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2023, the firm reported revenue of $9.5 billion across its core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, and valuation and other services. It also receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award‑winning culture and commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), sustainability and more. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.

Career Level: M6

About the Role:

We are seeking a Manager of Data Engineering who is equally comfortable engineering data platforms and developing the engineers who build on them. This is a hybrid technical and people leadership role: the successful candidate will continue to contribute hands‑on to data engineering deliverables on Databricks and Azure while also leading, mentoring, and growing a team of 5–8 data engineers and analysts. Reporting to the Global Head of Data Architecture & Engineering, the Data Engineering Manager will be a member of the Global Data Leadership team and will help shape data engineering strategy, standards, and execution across the organization. The role requires fluency with Databricks and the Azure ecosystem today, and the adaptability to evaluate and adopt additional data technologies as our platform evolves.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Platform ownership: Lead the design, build, and continuous improvement of scalable data pipelines, Lakehouse architectures, and data products on Databricks and Azure, ensuring our engineering and architectural standards for performance, reliability, and cost are consistently delivered.
• Hands‑on contribution: Remain an active practitioner by contributing to high‑impact pipelines, code reviews, architecture reviews, and complex troubleshooting.
• Quality and governance: Champion data quality, observability, security, and governance practices, embedding them into the team’s engineering lifecycle and platform standards.

People Leadership

• Team management: Directly manage a team of 5–8 data engineers, owning hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation recommendations, and retention.
• Coaching and development: Provide regular coaching, feedback, and career development planning for each team member, with clear growth paths for both individual contributor and leadership tracks.
• Culture and engagement: Foster an inclusive, high‑trust team culture grounded in psychological safety, technical curiosity, accountability, and continuous learning.

Project and Work Orchestration

• Delivery ownership: Plan, prioritize, and orchestrate the team’s portfolio of data engineering work, ensuring on‑time, on‑quality delivery aligned with global data and business priorities.
• Agile execution: Establish and refine agile delivery practices (intake, estimation, sprint planning, retrospectives) that balance discovery work, platform investment, and run‑the‑business commitments.
• Risk and dependency management: Proactively identify, communicate, and resolve risks, blockers, and cross‑team dependencies, escalating clearly and constructively when needed.
• Operational excellence: Own production health for the team’s data products, including SLAs, on‑call posture, incident response, and post‑incident learning.

Stakeholder Management and Cross Team Collaboration

• Business partnership: Build trusted relationships with business and technology stakeholders, translating their objectives into clearly scoped, prioritized data engineering outcomes.
• Global team collaboration: Partner closely with peers across the Global Data Leadership team—architecture, data engineering, AI, governance, and product—to deliver cohesive, end‑to‑end data solutions.
• Communication and storytelling: Communicate technical concepts, trade‑offs, road‑maps, and progress effectively to audiences ranging from engineers to senior executives.

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Significant data engineering experience, including hands‑on delivery on Databricks (Spark, Lakeflow, Spark Declarative Pipelines (DLT), Delta Lake, Lakebase/Postgres, Unity Catalog, etc.) and the Azure data ecosystem.
• Demonstratable experience formally managing data engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
• Track record of delivering production‑grade data platforms and pipelines at scale with strong attention to reliability, security, and cost.
• Demonstratable ability to lead complex technical work through influence, not authority.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and prioritization skills in a global, matrixed environment, with a client‑service mindset.
• Familiarity with modern data architecture patterns (Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, medallion, data mesh), DataOps practices, and metadata‑driven and configuration‑driven pipeline frameworks.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Experience leading teams through technology transitions and adopting new data tooling beyond an established core stack.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure‑as‑code tooling for data pipelines using Azure DevOps, Databricks Automation Bundles (DABS), GitHub Actions, or equivalent.
• Experience leading cross‑team initiatives and working across multiple geographies and time zones as part of a global data organization.

This job description is intended to outline the primary responsibilities and requirements of the role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change in line with organisational needs. We foster a culture of inclusion that embraces the unique strengths, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We firmly believe that our diversity enhances our team's capabilities, leading to improved decision‑making, innovation, and business outcomes.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance programs
• Paid and unpaid time away from work

Competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation for the position is: $ 140,250.00 - $165,000.00

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [e-mail]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award‑winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com