Senior Manager, Data Engineering

1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition but most providers dont accept insurance making therapy too expensive for most people. Headways mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing claims payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. Weve automated that.

But were going further. Over 90000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software serving over 2.6 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice reimagining the experience of finding a therapist and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale and building much of it with AI. We arent just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.

Were a Series D company with $325M in funding (a16z Accel Spark Capital etc.) looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us and help change mental healthcare for the better.

About the Role

As Senior Manager Data Engineering you will define and lead the technical strategy for Headways data infrastructure. The teams mission is to build and maintain the reliable scalable data systems that power analytics machine learning and operational decision-making across the company.

You will report into Headways Data organization a mission-critical pillar that ensures our data assets are accurate timely and accessible. Trustworthy data infrastructure is foundational to Headways growth enabling every team to build measure and improve with confidence.

You will partner closely with Data Science Analytics Product and Engineering to deeply understand and anticipate the data needs of a fast-growing healthcare company. You will define the right architectural investments proactively surface reliability and scalability risks and use engineering rigor to guide decisions from early design through launch and iteration.

You will:

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of Data Engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence ownership and craftsmanship.

• Develop quarterly roadmaps with cross-functional partners on Data Science Operations and Engineering align Data Engineering resources and oversee execution of timely high-quality work.

• Own the architecture and reliability of Headways data platform including our data warehouse ingestion pipelines transformation layer (dbt) and orchestration systems.

• Define and champion engineering standards: data modeling conventions pipeline observability SLA frameworks and data quality monitoring.

• Partner cross-functionally to design and build the data infrastructure that powers analytics experimentation ML models and operational tooling at scale.

• Stay close to the work by engaging directly with strategic technical challenges surfacing gaps in our platform capabilities before they become bottlenecks.

• Translate complex data decisions into clear actionable recommendations for executive stakeholders.

You will love this role if:

• You have 8 years of experience in data engineering or related roles

• You have 3 years of experience managing and developing teams

• You have experience building and scaling data platforms in a high-growth cloud-native environment (highly preferred)

• You have proven success partnering cross-functionally with Data Science Analytics and Product Engineering

• You have deep expertise in data warehouse design pipeline architecture and transformation frameworks with the ability to coach others through complex technical trade-offs

Compensation and Benefits:

The expected base pay range for this position is $212000 - $265000 based on a variety of factors including qualifications experience and geographic addition to base salary this role may be eligible for an equity grant depending on the position and level.

We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package including robust health and wellness benefits retirement savings and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.

• Benefits offered include:

  • Equity compensation

  • Medical Dental and Vision coverage

  • HSA / FSA

  • 401K

  • Work-from-Home Stipend

  • Therapy Reimbursement

  • 16-week parental leave for eligible employees

  • Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership

  • 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st

  • Flexible PTO

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Training and professional development

We believe a teams strength is in its people and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem across race ethnicity gender sexuality age national origin religion family status disability military status and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.

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Required Experience:

Senior Manager