Global PartnersPosted 1 month ago

Senior Director, Data Engineering

Global PartnersPosted 1 month ago

$182,300–$291,500 year

On-siteNewton, Massachusetts, United States

Newton, Massachusetts, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$182,300–$291,500 yearSenior LevelLarge

Full TimeSenior LevelLarge

Job Summary

Define and execute a forward-thinking enterprise data and platform strategy aligned with Global Partners' long-term objectives, ensuring scalable, reliable, governed, and cost-aware data solutions. Set the multi-year roadmap for the core data platform using Snowflake, dbt, Dagster, and DataHub, including a path to streaming, real-time activation, and AI/ML enablement. Champion agentic development as the default way the team builds by standardizing conventions, MCP-based integrations, and AI-driven code review across Data Engineering and embedded teams. Own the integrity of the dbt layer, data contracts, and Single Source of Truth discipline while leading data governance, security, and compliance as automated, shift-left checks. Lead and grow the central Data Engineering function within the federated DAI organization, fostering a culture of innovation and mentoring senior engineers. Establish cross-functional alliances with Data Science, Product Management, and business units to translate complex needs into data products with clear ROI.

Required Qualifications

12+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Data Platform leadership
Minimum of 7 years in senior management roles
At least 6 years leading, mentoring, and developing technical staff in a dynamic, innovative environment, including managing managers
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or Economics
Demonstrated experience operating in a federated (hub-and-spoke) data organization, supporting both centrally-owned platforms and embedded business-unit analytics teams
Expert-level technical knowledge of the modern data stack, with deep proficiency in Snowflake, dbt, Dagster (or Airflow), and a cloud lakehouse pattern
Working knowledge of Databricks/SageMaker, Fivetran, Hightouch/Census, DataHub (or comparable catalog/observability), Tableau, and Git-based workflows
Strong fluency with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), infrastructure-as-code, containerization, and modern CI/CD
Proven track record of designing and operating production data systems with formal data contracts, SLAs, lineage, and observability
Hands-on understanding of streaming and near-real-time architectures (e.g., Kafka, Snowflake Dynamic Tables, change data capture) and when to apply them
Demonstrated ability to manage cloud data platform cost (FinOps): attribution, governance, and continuous optimization of Snowflake and adjacent compute spend
Demonstrated experience integrating AI-assisted and agentic development tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, MCP servers, shared skills/tools repositories) into the day-to-day workflow of engineering and analytics teams
Practical understanding of how to design, evaluate, and govern LLM- and agent-based features in production — including evals, human-in-the-loop patterns, prompt/skill versioning, and observability
Familiarity with the data infrastructure that supports AI/ML products: feature stores, vector databases, RAG retrieval pipelines, embeddings management, and model/agent monitoring
Comfortable setting standards for safe and effective use of AI in regulated, operationally critical environments
Extensive experience with software engineering best practices and agile delivery (sprint planning, code review, testing, CI/CD, on-call, postmortems)
Substantial experience partnering with product management — stakeholder management, roadmap negotiation, ROI reasoning, and synthesizing diverse viewpoints into a coherent plan
Proficiency in Python and SQL; comfortable reading and reviewing code across the team's primary languages
Familiarity with data analysis and BI tooling (Tableau, Looker, or equivalent) sufficient to partner credibly with analytics consumers
Working understanding of statistical methods and ML fundamentals; able to engage substantively with data science partners
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills; capable of building and maintaining trusted relationships across departments and fostering a collaborative, empowering management style
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to articulate complex technical and AI strategies to executive and Board-level audiences
Comfort operating with ambiguity and leading through change, including standing up new teams, capabilities, and ways of working

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Databricks/SageMaker
Experience with Fivetran
Experience with Hightouch/Census
Experience with DataHub (or comparable catalog/observability)
Experience with Tableau (in addition to working knowledge)
Experience with Git-based workflows (in addition to working knowledge)
Experience with Kafka
Experience with Snowflake Dynamic Tables
Experience with change data capture
Experience with AWS (preferred over other clouds)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code
Experience with containerization
Experience with modern CI/CD
Experience with feature stores
Experience with vector databases
Experience with RAG retrieval pipelines
Experience with embeddings management
Experience with model/agent monitoring
Experience with evals
Experience with human-in-the-loop patterns
Experience with prompt/skill versioning
Experience with observability
Experience with Tableau, Looker, or equivalent
Experience with Looker
Experience with statistical methods
Experience with ML fundamentals
Experience with data analysis
Experience with BI tooling
Experience with sprint planning
Experience with code review
Experience with testing
Experience with on-call
Experience with postmortems
Experience with stakeholder management
Experience with roadmap negotiation
Experience with ROI reasoning
Experience with synthesizing diverse viewpoints into a coherent plan
Experience with Python
Experience with SQL
Experience with reading and reviewing code
Experience with software engineering best practices
Experience with agile delivery
Experience with CI/CD
Experience with containerization
Experience with modern CI/CD
Experience with production data systems
Experience with formal data contracts
Experience with SLAs
Experience with lineage
Experience with observability
Experience with streaming architectures
Experience with near-real-time architectures
Experience with cloud data platform cost management
Experience with FinOps
Experience with attribution
Experience with governance
Experience with continuous optimization
Experience with Snowflake compute spend
Experience with adjacent compute spend
Experience with AI-assisted development tooling
Experience with agentic development tooling
Experience with Claude Code
Experience with Cursor
Experience with MCP servers
Experience with shared skills/tools repositories
Experience with integrating AI tooling into workflows
Experience with designing LLM features
Experience with evaluating LLM features
Experience with governing LLM features
Experience with agent-based features
Experience with safe and effective use of AI
Experience with regulated environments
Experience with operationally critical environments
Experience with setting standards
Experience with trusted relationships
Experience with collaborative management
Experience with empowering management
Experience with written communication
Experience with verbal communication
Experience with articulating complex technical strategies
Experience with articulating AI strategies
Experience with executive audiences
Experience with Board-level audiences
Experience with operating with ambiguity
Experience with leading through change
Experience with standing up new teams
Experience with standing up capabilities
Experience with standing up ways of working
Experience with data quality
Experience with systems design
Experience with developer experience
Experience with curiosity about how teams succeed
Experience with curiosity about how systems grow
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Experience with curiosity about how teams and systems succeed and grow
Experience with passion for data quality
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Experience with passion for developer experience
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Experience with curiosity about how teams and systems succeed and grow and move and thrive and help us grow, move and thrive and ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and foster a company culture where ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and embrace the diversity of all applicants and do not discriminate against race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited...
Experience with curiosity about how teams and systems succeed and grow and move and thrive and help us grow, move and thrive and ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and foster a company culture where ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and embrace the diversity of all applicants and do not discriminate against race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited...
Experience with curiosity about how teams and systems succeed and grow and move and thrive and help us grow, move and thrive and ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and foster a company culture where ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and embrace the diversity of all applicants and do not discriminate against race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited...
Experience with curiosity about how teams and systems succeed and grow and move and thrive and help us grow, move and thrive and ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and foster a company culture where ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive and embrace the diversity of all applicants and do not discriminate against race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited...
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