VP, Enterprise Data Platforms & APIs

Ares Management; 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

FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

EAP

Parental leave

Education sponsorship

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Ares Management is seeking a Vice President of Data Services to define and execute the enterprise data distribution strategy and build scalable data products for internal users and external ecosystems.

You will lead API platforms, event streaming, and data sharing platforms, driving governance, security, and self-service access while partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, and Investments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years building and operating enterprise-scale data distribution platforms with APIs, graphs, and microservices.
• Deep experience with Databricks Catalog Sharing, Delta Sharing, Unity Catalog, and Lakehouse architectures.
• Proven track record delivering real-time data distribution with Kafka and cloud-native tech.
• Hands-on on Azure API Management, AKS, and modern distributed data platforms.
• Experience establishing data contracts, semantic layers, and self-service consumption.
• Strong governance, security, observability, and audit controls across data channels.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise Data Distribution strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Lead engineering teams for API, streaming, and data-sharing platforms.
• Drive adoption of APIs, event streams, and data products across the business.
• Partner with domain teams to expose capabilities as consumable data services.
• Establish platform KPIs, SLAs, and operational performance standards.
• Mentor engineers, participate in architecture reviews, and shape roadmap.

Skills

API platforms

Event-driven

Databricks

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Azure

Kubernetes (AKS)

Kafka

Confluent

Job description

Ares Management is seeking a Vice President of Data Services to define and execute the enterprise data distribution strategy and build scalable data products for internal users and external ecosystems.

You will lead API platforms, event streaming, and data sharing platforms, driving governance, security, and self-service access while partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, and Investments.