Strategic Leadership & Vision: Define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for the data engineering organization, ensuring alignment with the company's overall business objectives. Drive the roadmap for our data platforms and infrastructure.
Executive Management & Team Development: Lead, mentor, and scale a world-class data engineering organization. Oversee departmental budgeting, resource planning, hiring, and professional development to build a culture of excellence and innovation.
Architectural Oversight & Governance: Provide executive oversight for the design and implementation of robust, scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes. Establish and enforce enterprise-wide data governance, quality, and security standards.
Technology Innovation & Modernization: Drive the evaluation, adoption, and integration of cutting-edge technologies, including Big Data, PySpark, AI/ML, and cloud-native solutions, to modernize our data stack. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and forward-thinking.
Technical Stewardship: Leverage deep expertise in foundational data technologies (including Abinitio, PySpark, Oracle, and ETL frameworks) to guide architectural decisions and solve complex technical challenges.
Operational Excellence: Ensure the reliability, performance, and efficiency of all data engineering systems. Oversee the management of critical data workflows and scheduling systems (e.g., Autosys, Control Centre).
Senior Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a key partner to the executive team and other business leaders (Analytics, Product, Technology). Translate business needs into a clear technical strategy and communicate the value and impact of data engineering initiatives.
Agile & Execution-Focused Leadership: Champion Agile practices at a strategic level to ensure the timely and effective delivery of high-impact data projects and products.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience.
12+ years of experience in the data engineering and technology space, with a clear progression of responsibility.
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8+ years of experience in Banking or Financial Services experience.
Deep, foundational knowledge of data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, and data architecture principles, with significant experience in Abinitio.
Strong understanding of modern data ecosystems, including Big Data technologies (e.g., PySpark, Hadoop ecosystem) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Should have basic knowledge on Bigdata Cluster and operations
Support system migration programs — including legacy-to-cloud transitions — by conducting data mapping, reconciliation, and parallel run analysis
Expertise with Oracle databases and workflow scheduling systems (Autosys, Control Centre).
Demonstrated experience in driving projects and teams using Agile methodologies.
Exceptional business acumen with the ability to connect data initiatives to business value, ROI, and strategic growth.
Data Integration, Migration & Large Scale ETL experience (Common ETL platforms such as PySpark/AbInitio).
ETL design & build, handling, reconciliation and normalization
Experienced in working on medium to large enterprise projects, preferably in financial services
Willingness to experiment and learn new approaches and technology applications
Outstanding communication, presentation, and influencing skills, capable of engaging with executives and technical teams alike.
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