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As part of the Enterprise Data Organization, the Director of Data Architecture & Engineering leads the design and implementation of the organization's data practices. They integrate data solutions, store, process, and analyze data while ensuring high standards of quality, security, and compliance. The lead collaborates with data architects and engineers to align technical strategies with business goals.   

What you will do here:

Data Architecture Leadership: Supervise the development and implementation of robust data architecture frameworks, ensuring scalability and performance to meet enterprise business requirements. Collaborate with key internal customers to develop the enterprise data architecture roadmap, aligning data initiatives with business strategy.

Business Value Creation: Participate in the creation and submission of business value cases to ensure data architecture considerations are aligned to strategic decisions.

Design & Integration: Participate in capacity planning efforts to assess current data infrastructure capabilities and forecast future data storage, processing, and retrieval needs. Design and manage data models and database architecture that support data ingestion, storage, and processing across various systems, ensuring seamless integration.

ETL Processes Oversight: Supervise the development and optimization of ETL processes and data pipelines, ensuring efficient data flow and transformation to support analytics and reporting needs.

Data Quality Assurance: Support ongoing performance monitoring of products and their submission for certification. Optimize data workflows and improve data accessibility, performance, and reliability. Establish and enforce data quality standards and best practices, monitoring data integrity and accuracy to support enterprise data initiatives.

Collaboration & Partner Engagement: Collaborate with data architecture team, and internal customers to gather requirements and translate business needs into effective data solutions.

Resourcing & Team Development: lead identification and resource allocation for delivery squads, as well as their role in design, development, deployment. Mentor a team of architects and engineers, fostering continuous improvement in data practices    

Skills Needed:

5 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, and team leadership.

Degree or equivalent experience in Data Science, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Data architecture design, database management, and ETL processes.

Knowledge of data quality assurance practices and data governance frameworks.

Knowledge of data processing tools such as Hadoop or Spark, as well as programming languages commonly used for data analysis (e.g., Python, SQL).

Understanding standard methodologies for data security

Effective communication skills & collaborator management

Experience in leading data-related projects and managing multi-functional teams.     

Cengage Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. You may view Cengage’s EEO/Affirmative Action Policy signed by CEO Michael Hansen and Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice by visiting their corresponding links.   

Cengage Group is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or you may call us at +1 (617) 289-7917.   

About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.    

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location.  Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.