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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Engineering & Operations Manager to lead a multidisciplinary Data Management team responsible for integrations, applications, databases, reporting, automation, and operational support. This leadership role combines people management, technical strategy, project governance, and cross-functional collaboration to drive scalable, business-critical technology solutions.
The ideal candidate has a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership experience, and operational excellence, with the ability to guide teams through modernization initiatives while ensuring reliable delivery and support of enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop teams across Data Management, including Integration & Applications, Database & Reporting, and Support & Operations.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development for team members.
- Translate business objectives into actionable technical priorities and measurable outcomes.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
- Serve as a technical mentor and advisor for complex problem-solving and solution design.
Technical Strategy & Architecture
- Drive technology modernization initiatives that improve scalability, efficiency, transparency, and operational effectiveness.
- Establish standards for architecture, coding practices, testing, documentation, security, monitoring, and support.
- Guide technical decisions involving automation, APIs, integrations, data pipelines, databases, reporting, and business intelligence solutions.
- Continuously improve development tools, processes, and software delivery practices.
- Oversee quality assurance, monitoring, internal controls, and risk mitigation processes.
Project Delivery & Governance
- Oversee project intake, planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery across the department.
- Ensure clear requirements, ownership, timelines, milestones, and success criteria are established for initiatives.
- Monitor project health, resource allocation, risks, and competing priorities.
- Enforce best practices for code reviews, testing, deployments, documentation, and change management.
- Ensure smooth transition of solutions into production with established support processes and ownership.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner with business leaders, vendors, and technical teams to define requirements and align solutions with organizational goals.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Coordinate closely between engineering and operations functions to improve support, troubleshooting, and ongoing innovation.
- Remove obstacles and facilitate successful cross-functional collaboration.
Required Qualifications
- Experience leading technical teams within software development, data management, DevOps, engineering, or support organizations.
- Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Relational databases
- Python
- APIs and system integrations
- Reporting and business intelligence solutions
- Enterprise applications and automation platforms
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, or comparable project management tools.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), architecture, testing, governance, and operational support.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, source control, workflow orchestration, observability, and event-driven systems.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with production support, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.