Director Data Engineering

Director Data Engineering

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in data management and engineering
• 5+ years of professional data-related experience in the financial services industry
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a technical field (e.g. Comp Sci or Engineering) and/or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team to achieve data strategy objectives and deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive critical initiatives and projects.
• Develop and deliver shared enterprise technology solutions/capabilities to accelerate data modernization journey.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members to support their professional growth and development
• Demonstrate effective leadership outside of strict reporting lines by building positive relationships with partners.
• Exhibit excellent organizational skills to bring order to uncertainty and keep all tasks on track.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Participates in the design, specification, and implementation of business and technology projects, assuring adherence to enterprise-wide solutions and feeding lessons-learned back into the enterprise architecture process.
• Promotes awareness of and reuse of existing data capabilities
• Maintains understanding of existing DTCC applications and technology solutions for demonstrating the reuse of data designs and for the consolidation of designs.
• Identifies and researches opportunities for converging diverse DTCC solutions to a common data architecture.
• Leads and enables collaboration across technology specialties – ensures that Application Development, Infrastructure, Information Security and Architecture are all working together.
• Maintains understanding of emerging data architecture concepts and methods and associated technology trends.
• Conducts presentations and education on data capabilities and solutions to appropriate areas of DTCC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategy development and execution within the financial services industry.
• Proven track record of successfully leading and managing teams.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Ability to think strategically and make data-driven decisions
• Ability to prioritize and pivot as needed
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive relationships with key partners.
• Sustained full-lifecycle technical leadership on any data-intensive development projects (e.g. Data Integration, Data Catalog, Data Quality, Data Analytics and Reporting, Data Controls, Data Warehouse)