Director, Data Engineering

This is a remote role.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director Data Engineering is a critical and trusted leadership role responsible for leading and forming the enterprise data platforms that support BAYADAs mission and long-term goals. This role is responsible for formulating and implementing a comprehensive data strategy that aligns with the organizations overall business objectives enabling reliable secure and scalable data foundations for analytics decision-making and AI across the enterprise. The Director Data Engineering is responsible for ensuring data initiatives support and enhance the overall business strategy fostering growth and competitive advantage.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Exemplifies characteristics of The BAYADA Way: compassion excellence and reliability.
• Four (4) year college degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related field. Advanced Degree preferred.
• Twenty (20) years of progressive experience leading and transforming data engineering and analytics teams in a growth-oriented environment.
• Five (5) years specifically focused on enterprise data platforms Lakehouse and cloud-native data architectures and large-scale data engineering programs (individuals who has managed and built teams of 30 people).
• Demonstrated experience in implementing automation in engineering workflows. On the cutting edge of AI based engineering capabilities
• Demonstrated automations in multi cloud architecture environments
• Relevant certifications preferred not required (e.g. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Databricks Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) Project Management Professional (PMP)).
• Demonstrated record of strong interpersonal skills and building relationships.
• Demonstrated record of goal achievement and exceeding performance standards.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise data engineering projects and teams and the development of data and analytics solutions.
• Expertise software development IT infrastructure data architecture and emerging technologies.
• Exceptional organizational skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated experience in cloud data platform migration and cloud-native data engineering enterprise-scale integrations and ingestion development and modernization of legacy data warehouse and BI platforms.
• Proven track record of working with multi-functional cross-site teams in a remote complex work environment.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor/contract relationships.
• Strong understanding of secure data engineering practices agile development methodologies and healthcare industry security and privacy regulations like HIPAA HITECH and NIST framework.
• Demonstrated experience in modernizing legacy data platforms transitioning data warehouse and Business Intelligence (BI) systems to the cloud and implementing enterprise-scale data integrations connecting distributed systems.
• Proven ability to manage high-pressure situations with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong relationship-building skills to promote collaboration and drive successful outcomes.
• Proven ability to build on open-source platforms (e.g. Databricks AWS Apache Spark data build tool (DBT) Airflow SQL/Python) and the ability to swiftly learn new tools.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Understands and connects with the BAYADA culture.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate and communicate the core values of BAYADA and The BAYADA Way.
• Champion BAYADAs core values and The BAYADA Way ensuring these principles guide every initiative and decision.
• Lead the strategy development and execution of the enterprise data platform including ingestion storage transformation governance and observability in alignment with organizational growth digital transformation and modernization priorities.
• Advance adoption of modern data engineering practices including Lakehouse architectures streaming and batch ingestion DataOps Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and infrastructure as code to enable scalable resilient solutions.
• Oversee the modernization of legacy data warehouse and BI environments (e.g. SQL Server SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)) emphasizing the migration to cloud-first Lakehouse-based platforms for improved performance and agility.
• Design scale and manage BAYADAs data integration and pipeline framework with a focus on reliability resilience and sustainable growth.
• Operationalize and oversee robust data quality observability and lineage programs to ensure continuous improvement and high standards of delivery.
• Support the organizations AI and analytics strategy by delivering the trustworthy governed and well-modeled data foundation required for insight-driven decision-making and exceptional user experiences.
• Collaborate with IT infrastructure cybersecurity enterprise architecture application engineering and analytics teams to build integrated secure and future-ready data platforms.
• Partner with product management and business stakeholders to ensure the on-time delivery of data roadmaps balancing speed quality and long-term maintainability.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant healthcare industry regulations including HIPAA HITECH and NIST and maintain strong security and PHI-handling frameworks across the data lifecycle.
• Foster and sustain a culture of innovation collaboration teamwork and continuous learning across the data engineering function.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on data investments risk mitigation and innovation opportunities aligning initiatives with BAYADAs mission and business priorities.
• Identify evaluate and guide the adoption of emerging data technologies that elevate BAYADAs mission and advance care excellence.
• Streamline data engineering operations to enhance productivity and organizational effectiveness.
• Develop and implement comprehensive strategies to mitigate data and platform risks and ensure the security compliance and resilience of BAYADAs data assets.
• Lead organizational change management related to data platform adoption ensuring smooth transitions and widespread user acceptance.
• Build and maintain strong trust-based relationships with leaders and stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for data initiatives.
• Establish monitor and report on service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) to uphold the highest standards of data quality reliability and service delivery.
• Cultivate lead and develop a high-performing inclusive and collaborative data engineering team that embodies BAYADAs values and strives for excellence.
• Oversee the creation implementation and enforcement of data engineering policies standards and governance frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance and industry-leading best practices.
• Allocate resources strategically including budget and personnel to maximize the impact and value of data investments.
• Demonstrate solid performance or exceed performance standards in key job dimensions/attributes as defined on the Performance Appraisal for Office Staff.
• Perform related duties and special projects as required or requested by supervisor demonstrating flexibility and commitment to BAYADAs evolving needs.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete special projects or other assignments as requested.
• Demonstrates professional work behaviors such as professionalism and confidentiality.
• Seek learning opportunities around programs that affect professional and/or personal growth.

BAYADA believes that our employees are our greatest asset:

• Base Salary: $195000 - $220.000 / year depending on qualifications
• Bonus Opportunity
• BAYADA offers a comprehensive benefits plan that includes the following: Paid holidays vacation and sick leave vision dental and medical health plans employer paid life insurance 401k with company match direct deposit and employee assistance program
• To learn more about BAYADA Benefits click here

As an accredited regulated certified and licensed home health care provider BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion excellence and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

BAYADA Home Health Care Inc. and its associated entities and joint venture partners are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex race color age disability pregnancy or maternity sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status military status or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal state and local laws. Hence we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.