Director of Enterprise Data Engineering

About the Opportunity

Thrively has partnered with an established and highly respected financial technology company to identify a Director of Enterprise Data Engineering to lead one of the organization's most critical technology functions.

***This is a 3-days/week minimum in-office hybrid role. Office located in the Santa Monica/Playa Vista area***

This is a highly visible leadership opportunity responsible for the engineering, quality, governance, and modernization of the company's enterprise data platform. The successful candidate will oversee a large team of engineers responsible for delivering trusted, high-quality data that powers finance, operations, marketing, product, risk, compliance, and executive decision making across the organization.

This isn't simply a data warehouse leadership role. We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex enterprise data challenges, building high-performing engineering organizations, and driving strategy around data quality, governance, architecture, and modernization.

What You'll Own

You'll lead the engineering organization responsible for the company's enterprise data platform, including:

• Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
• Operational Data Store (ODS)
• Enterprise data integration and ETL/ELT pipelines
• Data quality, observability, lineage, and governance
• Cloud-based data architecture and modernization
• Data platform scalability, resiliency, and performance
• AI-enabled data capabilities and intelligent automation
• Regulatory-grade data integrity across the enterprise

This leader partners closely with Technology, Product, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and executive leadership to ensure trusted, high-quality data is available across the business.

Leadership Responsibilities

You'll lead a large organization of Data Engineers, QA Engineers, and consulting partners while serving as one of the senior technical leaders within the technology organization.

Success in this role requires balancing strategic planning with technical credibility. While this is not a day-to-day coding position, you'll be expected to confidently guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, review technical approaches, and occasionally develop proof-of-concepts when needed.

We're specifically looking for someone who enjoys coaching teams, developing future leaders, and creating an environment built around ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What Makes Someone Successful Here

The ideal candidate has likely spent much of their career building and scaling enterprise data platforms rather than focusing primarily on reporting or business intelligence.

You'll likely bring experience leading initiatives involving:

• Enterprise Data Warehousing
• Data Integration
• ETL / ELT Architecture
• Enterprise Data Modeling
• Data Quality & Observability
• Metadata & Lineage
• Cloud Data Platforms
• Data Governance
• Enterprise Data Modernization

You understand that delivering trusted enterprise data is just as important as delivering data quickly.

Technical Environment

Current technologies include many of the following:

• Informatica IDMC
• AWS Redshift
• Enterprise ETL / ELT Platforms
• Cloud Data Architecture
• SQL Optimization
• Data Governance Frameworks
• Data Quality & Lineage
• Metadata Management
• Python
• Jenkins / GitHub CI/CD

Experience with adjacent technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Databricks, or other modern enterprise integration platforms is also highly valued.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in leaders who bring:

• 10+ years building enterprise data platforms
• Experience leading enterprise Data Engineering organizations
• Strong background in enterprise ETL / ELT and data integration
• Experience implementing Data Governance and Data Quality initiatives
• Deep understanding of enterprise data architecture
• Proven success leading large technical teams
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in regulated industries such as Financial Services, FinTech, Healthcare, Insurance, or other highly governed environments

Beyond Technical Skills

We're looking for more than a technical expert.

The successful leader will demonstrate:

• Strategic thinking
• Strong technical judgment
• High ownership and personal drive
• Excellent communication
• Ability to influence executives and regulators
• A coaching leadership style
• Passion for mentoring engineers
• Curiosity around emerging technologies, including AI

Most importantly, you'll be someone who naturally identifies opportunities, drives improvement, and helps build the long-term vision for an enterprise data organization.

Why This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to shape the future of enterprise data inside a well-established technology company undergoing significant modernization.

You'll own one of the organization's most strategic platforms, influence enterprise technology direction, lead a high-performing engineering organization, and help define how trusted data enables the next generation of products and services.

If you're energized by solving large-scale enterprise data challenges and building teams that deliver world-class engineering solutions, we'd love to connect.