Senior Manager, Data Engineering

srsdistribution; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SRS Distribution is seeking a Sr Data Engineering Manager to define and execute an enterprise data strategy, build scalable data platforms, and lead data architecture, governance, and engineering operations. This senior role partners with executive leadership and stakeholders to deliver modern data capabilities across the organization.

You will drive cloud migration, real-time analytics, AI/ML enablement, and self-service data initiatives while managing budgets, platforms, and teams to ensure

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap: Define and execute the multi-year enterprise data engineering roadmap aligned with business strategy.
• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap : Establish standards, frameworks, and governance practices for data architecture, engineering, and platform operations, particularly Snowflake and SQL Server, to enhance data infrastructure scalability and efficiency.
• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap : Own data engineering budgets, cloud spend optimization, vendor relationships, and technology investment planning.
• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap : Drive modernization initiatives including cloud migration, real-time analytics, AI/ML enablement, and self-service data capabilities.
• Organizational Leadership : Lead multiple engineering team members while developing succession plans and leadership pipelines. Establish engineering operating models, performance metrics, career development frameworks, and workforce planning strategies. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Architecture Governance : Establish architectural standards for cloud data platforms, data products, integration frameworks, metadata management, and data quality. Lead architecture reviews and ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, enterprise teams, and technical teams to standardize and govern data products across the ecosystem, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and data governance policies.
• Project and Resource Management: Oversee the allocation of team resources and financial assets to ensure successful completion of data engineering projects, aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Solution Development and Integration: Develop and integrate cutting‑edge data environments with emerging technologies, streamline processes, and facilitate seamless integration with organizational systems.
• Quality Assurance and Code Optimization: Conduct rigorous unit testing and peer reviews to ensure high-quality, efficient, and scalable code, maximizing performance and minimizing risk.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver cloud-based, customer-focused solutions that enhance user experiences and meet business needs.
• Risk and Issue Management: Identify process improvement opportunities within the data engineering function, implement risk control measures, and manage escalations to foster continuous improvement and innovation.
• Agile Process Facilitation: Manage agile ceremonies, including daily scrums, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives, to maintain team alignment, productivity, and agile best practices.

Job description

Position Purpose:

The Sr Data Engineering Manager is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise data engineering strategy, ensuring scalable, secure, and business-aligned data platforms that enable advanced analytics, AI, and digital transformation initiatives. This role provides strategic leadership across data architecture, platform engineering, data governance, and engineering operations while building and developing high-performing teams. As a senior leader, this position partners closely with executive leadership, product organizations, business stakeholders, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and analytics teams to establish a modern data ecosystem that accelerates business outcomes. The Sr Data Engineering Manager drives technology roadmaps, investment decisions, operational excellence, and organizational capability development while ensuring data platforms remain scalable, reliable, and future-ready.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap: Define and execute the multi-year enterprise data engineering roadmap aligned with business strategy.
• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap : Establish standards, frameworks, and governance practices for data architecture, engineering, and platform operations, particularly Snowflake and SQL Server, to enhance data infrastructure scalability and efficiency.
• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap : Own data engineering budgets, cloud spend optimization, vendor relationships, and technology investment planning.
• Enterprise Data Strategy & Roadmap : Drive modernization initiatives including cloud migration, real-time analytics, AI/ML enablement, and self-service data capabilities.
• Organizational Leadership : Lead multiple engineering team members while developing succession plans and leadership pipelines. Establish engineering operating models, performance metrics, career development frameworks, and workforce planning strategies. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Architecture Governance : Establish architectural standards for cloud data platforms, data products, integration frameworks, metadata management, and data quality. Lead architecture reviews and ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, enterprise teams, and technical teams to standardize and govern data products across the ecosystem, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and data governance policies.
• Project and Resource Management: Oversee the allocation of team resources and financial assets to ensure successful completion of data engineering projects, aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Solution Development and Integration: Develop and integrate cutting‑edge data environments with emerging technologies, streamline processes, and facilitate seamless integration with organizational systems.
• Quality Assurance and Code Optimization: Conduct rigorous unit testing and peer reviews to ensure high-quality, efficient, and scalable code, maximizing performance and minimizing risk.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver cloud-based, customer-focused solutions that enhance user experiences and meet business needs.
• Risk and Issue Management: Identify process improvement opportunities within the data engineering function, implement risk control measures, and manage escalations to foster continuous improvement and innovation.
• Agile Process Facilitation: Manage agile ceremonies, including daily scrums, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives, to maintain team alignment, productivity, and agile best practices.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

The Sr Data Engineering Manager will report directly to the Sr Director of Data Engineering. This position includes supervisory responsibility, with a direct reporting line of data engineers and technical staff. The role necessitates strong leadership and management skills to effectively guide and support the team in achieving strategic objectives. The Sr Data Engineering Manager will be accountable for ensuring the team delivers high-quality, cloud-based data solutions aligned with business goals.

Travel Requirements:

The Sr Data Engineering Manager in the Company is required to travel occasionally for stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment on strategic objectives and effective implementation of data engineering solutions.

Physical Requirements

The Sr Data Engineering Manager will primarily work in a standard office environment, which encompasses necessary physical activities like sitting, standing, and computer use for extended periods. Effective performance in this role relies on the ability to handle regular communication through verbal and written forms. This position requires occasional movement within the office to collaborate with team members and attend meetings. I