Data Engineering Manager-2
ralphlauren
Job Description
1. Data Engineering Delivery
• Lead end to end delivery of data pipelines and curated datasets supporting enterprise data products.
• Drive predictable execution aligned to sprint and release plans in partnership with Product and Delivery leadership.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards for pipeline design, data transformations, testing, and reusability.
• Proactively manage delivery risks, technical dependencies, and production issues.
2. Platform & Architecture Alignment
• Ensure engineering solutions align with enterprise data platform standards and lakehouse design patterns.
• Partner with platform and architecture teams to implement scalable, secure, and cost effective engineering solutions.
• Guide teams on appropriate use of shared platforms, environments, and datasets.
3. Data Quality, Governance & Trust
• Embed automated data quality checks and monitoring into pipelines as standard practice.
• Ensure metadata, lineage, and documentation requirements are met to support discoverability and governance.
• Partner with data governance and security teams to ensure compliance, auditability, and responsible data usage.
4. Engineering Excellence & Operational Readiness
• Drive CI/CD practices for data pipelines, including automated testing, deployments, and controlled promotions.
• Ensure pipelines are operationally ready with monitoring, alerting, and clear ownership for incident resolution.
• Continuously improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of data workloads.
5. Stakeholder & Cross Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Data Product Managers to translate product needs into executable engineering deliverables.
• Collaborate with Analytics and BI teams to ensure data assets support governed reporting and consumption.
• Communicate delivery status, risks, and trade offs clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
6. People Leadership & Team Development
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers across experience levels.
• Set clear expectations around quality, delivery discipline, and operational ownership.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, documentation, and shared accountability.