Vice President – Lead Data Engineer (Data Cloud Platform)

About this role

Vice President Lead Data Engineer (Data Cloud Platform)

The Vice President Lead Data Engineer will drive the strategy architecture and delivery of next-generation data engineering capabilities on the enterprise Data Cloud Platform. This role is responsible for building scalable governed and event-driven data ecosystems that power investment analytics and reporting platforms with high-quality near real-time data.

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade data pipelines and domain-oriented data products.

• Champion modern data architecture patterns including event-driven and streaming frameworks.

• Establish and enforce data-as-a-product principles standardized data models and governance frameworks.

• Serve as a senior technical leader partnering across engineering product and platform organizations.

• Define and execute the data engineering strategy for batch and real-time pipelines ensuring scalability reliability and cost efficiency.

• Lead development of event-driven architectures leveraging streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka) and modern processing frameworks.

• Drive enterprise data modeling standards (conceptual logical physical) and promote reusable domain-aligned data products.

• Establish robust data governance quality lineage and observability practices across the platform.

• Oversee end-to-end data lifecycle management from ingestion through consumption and archival.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business and investment use cases.

• Promote engineering excellence through CI/CD automation and standardized development practices.

• Provide technical leadership mentorship and direction to high-performing data engineering teams.

• Influence enterprise architecture and platform strategy decisions.

• Drive adoption of scalable reusable and standardized data solutions across the organization.

• Ensure alignment between data engineering initiatives and business outcomes particularly in financial services and investment domains.

• Extensive experience in data engineering distributed systems and modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake).

• Strong expertise in SQL and programming (Python Java or Scala).

• Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade data platforms and pipelines.

• Experience with streaming and event-driven architectures.

• Deep understanding of data modeling governance and data quality frameworks.

• Prior experience in financial services or asset management preferred.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized engaged and inspired we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan tuition reimbursement comprehensive healthcare support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRocks hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

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At BlackRock AI has long been part of how we work enhancing decision-making improving operations and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn prepare and work more effectively; but during our interview process we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences thinking and judgment. To support you weve provided guidanceon when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients and the people they serve are saving for retirement paying for their childrens educations buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment the one we make in our employees. Its why were dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed valued and supported with networks benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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