Director, Data Engineering

Position:
Director, Data Engineering

Company:
SharkNinja

Compensation:
$175,500 - $235,000 USD

Location:
United States, Needham, MA

Employment type:
Not specified

Work Arrangement:
Not specified

Short Summary:
The Digital Transformation organization at SharkNinja is seeking a Director of Data Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of the enterprise data engineering ecosystem, building a high-performing team to deliver reliable and scalable data platforms.

Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the enterprise Data Engineering strategy.
- Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing organization of Data Engineers.
- Architect, implement, and evolve modern cloud-based data platforms.
- Establish engineering standards and best practices for data architecture.
- Lead the modernization of legacy data environments into scalable architectures.
- Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic priorities into data solutions.
- Collaborate with various teams to deliver integrated, secure, and governed data products.
- Drive adoption of DataOps best practices.
- Define service level objectives and operational metrics.
- Champion enterprise data governance initiatives.
- Evaluate emerging technologies to improve the data ecosystem.
- Manage vendor relationships and departmental budgets.
- Present platform strategy and engineering progress to executive leadership.

Requirement:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering or related fields.
- Significant experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Demonstrated success in delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platform implementations.

Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts with company contribution.
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching.
- Employee stock purchase program.
- Life insurance and disability insurance.
- Generous paid time off and company holidays.
- Parental leave and product discounts.
- Additional benefits include identity theft protection and pre-paid legal insurance.