Director, Data Engineering
Director, Data Engineering
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$ 153920 - 253968
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.
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General Summary:
The Director of Data Platform Engineering will play a pivotal role in leading the technical data delivery at Lurie Childrens Hospital focusing on leveraging data to drive insights decision-making research platforms and improving patient outcomes. Successful candidate will have a strong background in modern data engineering best practices MPP data architecture and modelling and data security.
The Director of Data Platform Engineering will lead and mentor a team of data engineers and architects to design build and maintain an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and data marts supporting key hospital functions including clinical operational financial and administrative domains. This role requires a strategic thinker and hands-on leader to drive data infrastructure projects ensure high data quality and enable advanced analytics to improve hospital performance and patient outcomes.
Essential Job Functions:
Strategic Leadership: Execute on the data platform engineering roadmap aligned with Luries strategic objectives. Foster a data-driven culture across the organization. Interface with vendor partners in establishing a state of the art data ecosystem.
Data Architecture and Infrastructure: Design and implement scalable high performing data pipelines and workflows to support the EDW and data marts. Oversee the development and optimization of data models for efficient querying and reporting. Ensure data infrastructure aligns with best practices in data security governance and compliance.
Team Management: Lead and mentor a team of data engineers and architects fostering a collaborative and innovative environment. Establish performance goals provide feedback and promote professional development. The authority to hire separate promote and demote team members.
Operational Excellence: Ensure high availability and reliability of the data platform through robust monitoring performance tuning and disaster recovery planning. Define and enforce data engineering best practices standards and methodologies.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with peers in Product Clinical Finance and Operational teams to identify key metrics and reporting needs. Work closely with these teams to enable data ready for advanced analytics machine learning and self-service.
Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with emerging technologies and trends in data engineering cloud computing and healthcare analytics. Drive the adoption of Modern tools and techniques to enhance the scalability and efficiency of the data platform.
Other job functions as assigned.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data and Analytics Mathematics or related field. A Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant field is preferred.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Epic Cogito Fundamentals Clarity Data Model and Caboodle Data Model certifications are strongly preferred.
Years of Experience
8 years of experience in data engineering data science or related roles with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Computer Skills (i.e. Software/Hardware)
Expertise in modern data engineering data warehousing data lakes and lake house architecture and tools such as Fivetran DBT Coalesce Matillion ADF Azure or AWS DataBricks Snowflake Synapse etc...
Broad experience in multiple competency areas of data and analytics delivery including: data governance data architecture data integration data classification data analysis data visualization data quality management data security and privacy MDM data standards regulatory compliance and enterprise architecture frameworks
Other Skills (i.e. Project Management Negotiation)
Strong understanding of healthcare data and related privacy and security regulations.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Demonstrated ability to build lead and develop high-performing teams.
Excellent business acumen and interpersonal skills; able to work across business lines at a senior level to influence and effect change and drive performance improvement to achieve goals.
Demonstrated knowledge in evaluating planning and implementing various analytics technology platforms data structures information systems/tools related software and data management enterprise content management.
Familiarity with healthcare information generation information architecture algorithm development and analysis methods.
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Pay Range
$153920.00-$253968.00 SalaryAt Lurie Childrens we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity reflecting individual contributions experience and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions.In addition to base salary Lurie Childrens offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees leadership incentivesfor select roles health and retirement benefits and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation consult your recruiter or click the followinglink to learn more about our benefits.
Benefit Statement
For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:
Medical dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave
403(b) with a 5% employer match
Various voluntary benefits:
Supplemental Life AD&D and Disability
Critical Illness Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup Childcare and Eldercare
Employee Assistance Program and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
Discount on services at Lurie Childrens facilities
Discount purchasing program
Theres a Place for You with Us
At Lurie Childrens we embrace and celebrate building a team with a variety of backgrounds skills and viewpoints recognizing that different life experiences strengthen our workplace and the care we provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly appreciate differences and make meaningful connections that foster belonging. This is a place where you can be your best so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.
Lurie Childrens and its affiliatesare equal employment opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion national origin ancestry age disability marital status pregnancy protected veteran status order of protection status protected genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
