VP, Data Platforms & 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

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.