Vice President, Data Engineering & Data Products

0200 Ares Operations LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401(k) with company match

FSAs

HSAs with company contribution

Life Insurance

LTD & STD

EAP

Commuter benefits

Medical advisory team access

Mental health app

Wellbeing app

Financial wellness

New parent leave

Adoption assistance

Emergency backup care

Matching gifts

Education sponsorship

Job summary

Ares Management LLC is seeking a Vice President of Data Engineering & Data Products to lead the enterprise data platform and product development on the Databricks Lakehouse platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver trusted data products and scalable pipelines.

You will define standards, mentor engineers, and drive data governance, quality, and observability while aligning with business goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale ETL/ELT solutions with Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake.
• Proven ability to transform data into canonical, normalized models for enterprise use.
• Strong track record building reusable data products and partnerships with business teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise Data Engineering and Data Products strategy.
• Establish engineering standards, frameworks, and best practices for data transformation and product development.
• Build and lead high-performing teams of data engineers, platform engineers, and data product developers.
• Drive the transition from project-based data delivery to product-centric data management.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to prioritize strategic data products and capabilities.
• Define engineering KPIs, quality metrics, SLAs, and operational objectives.
• Lead technology investment decisions and engineering modernization initiatives.

Skills

Data modeling

Data pipelines

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Data governance

Observability

SLA management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Python

SQL

Azure Data Lake Storage

Databricks Medallion Architecture

Unity Catalog

Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Application Insights

Job description

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Vice President, Data Engineering & Data Products

Ares Management is seeking a Vice President, Data Engineering & Data Products is responsible for leading the enterprise data engineering organization responsible for transforming raw data into trusted, consumable, and business-ready data products. This role owns the design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines, transformation frameworks, data models, and curated data products built on the Databricks Lakehouse platform. The successful candidate will partner closely with Data Ingestion & Integration, Data Distribution Services, Data Governance, Master Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and business domain teams to deliver trusted and reusable enterprise data products.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to: Principal, Head of Data Platforms. Supervises: n/a.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Engineering

• Define and execute the enterprise Data Engineering and Data Products strategy.
• Establish engineering standards, frameworks, and best practices for data transformation and product development.
• Build and lead high-performing teams of data engineers, platform engineers, and data product developers.
• Drive the transition from project-based data delivery to product-centric data management.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to prioritize strategic data products and capabilities.
• Define engineering KPIs, quality metrics, SLAs, and operational objectives.
• Lead technology investment decisions and engineering modernization initiatives.

Data Platform Development

• Own enterprise ETL/ELT standards and transformation frameworks.
• Design and deliver scalable pipelines that transform raw source data into business-ready datasets.
• Lead development of reusable transformation patterns utilizing Databricks and Spark.
• Implement complex business logic, aggregations, calculations, and derived metrics.
• Enable standardized enrichment processes leveraging internal and external datasets.
• Optimize data processing performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Ensure consistency of data transformations across business domains.

Business & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner directly with stakeholders across Investment Operations, Finance, Compliance, Investor Relations, Risk, and Investment teams.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive successful delivery of strategic data initiatives and enhancements.

Data Governance & Quality

• Implement and support data quality controls, lineage, metadata, and governance capabilities.
• Contribute to data security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Establish technical standards and engineering best practices.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead technical workstreams and complex engineering initiatives.
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technology evaluations.
• Collaborate with leadership on platform roadmap and prioritization efforts.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Experience Required

• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale ETL/ELT solutions utilizing Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Python, SQL, and Azure Data Lake Storage to support high-volume analytical, operational, and regulatory workloads.
• Deep expertise implementing and governing Databricks Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) with standardized processes for data refinement, certification, promotion, and lifecycle management.
• Proven experience transforming complex source data into canonical, normalized, dimensional, and domain-oriented data models, enabling consistent enterprise-wide consumption and interoperability.
• Strong expertise building data enrichment frameworks that combine transactional, master, reference, market, and third‑party datasets to create trusted and reusable business data products.
• Extensive experience implementing bi‑temporal data models, temporal versioning, SCD patterns, effective‑dating, and historical tracking frameworks supporting audit, regulatory, and point‑in‑time reporting requirements.
• Strong experience designing enterprise‑grade data quality, reconciliation, exception handling, error management, and reprocessing frameworks, including automated validation, data certification, root‑cause analysis, and operational remediation workflows.
• Deep expertise implementing observability capabilities utilizing Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring, Delta Live Tables expectations, Unity Catalog Lineage, Databricks System Tables, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, dashboards, telemetry, alerting, and operational analytics to ensure reliability, transparency, and SLA compliance across all data products.

General Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Analytics Engineering, or Data Platform Engineering.
• 8+ years of leadership experience managing large engineering organizations.
• Proven experience building enterprise-scale data platforms and engineering capabilities.
• Deep experience designing and delivering business-facing data products.
• Strong experience within financial services, asset management, banking, insurance, or other regulated industries preferred.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role. $210,000 - $230,000

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans
• 401(k) program with company match
• Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
• Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit
• access to a world-class medical advisory team
• a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry
• a mindfulness and wellbeing app
• financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor
• new parent leave
• reproductive and adoption assistance
• emergency backup care
• matching gift programeducation sponsorship program
• much more

About Ares Management

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of June 30, 2026, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $671 billion of assets under management(1) with more than 4,400 employees operating across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.

Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, “Ares Management”) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. (1) As of June 30, 2026. AUM amounts include funds managed by Ivy Hill Asset Management, LP., a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation and registered investment adviser.