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VP, Data Engineering

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In-Office
New York, NY, USA
136K-182K Annually
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New York, NY, USA
136K-182K Annually
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Lead the vision and execution of enterprise data strategy, overseeing data governance, platform design, and modern data capabilities while managing high-performing teams.
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Job Description:

About the Role

You will lead the vision, strategy, and execution of our enterprise data ecosystem as Vice President of Data Engineering. In this role, you’ll shape how data is built, governed, and scaled across the organization—enabling advanced analytics, AI/ML, and data-driven decision-making.

You’ll partner with cross-functional leaders in product, engineering, analytics, security, and compliance to deliver a trusted, scalable, and high-performing data platform. Your work will directly impact how the organization leverages data to drive innovation and growth.

What You’ll Do

Set Strategy & Lead Teams

  • You define and evolve the enterprise data engineering strategy aligned with business goals and transformation priorities

  • You lead, coach, and grow inclusive, high-performing teams across data engineering, architecture, and governance

  • You foster a culture grounded in quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

  • You partner with senior leaders to prioritize investments and drive aligned outcomes

Build Data Governance & Trust

  • You establish and advance enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, standards, and practices

  • You ensure clear data ownership, lineage, metadata management, and stewardship

  • You guide practices that support data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance

  • You improve data quality, discoverability, and lifecycle management so teams can confidently use data

Design & Scale Data Platforms

  • You architect and oversee scalable, cloud-based data platforms (GCP, Azure, Snowflake)

  • You guide the development of data warehouses, data lakes, pipelines, and streaming solutions

  • You ensure systems are reliable, secure, high-performing, and resilient

  • You advance automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices to increase efficiency

Drive Modern Data Capabilities

  • You lead adoption of modern data technologies and frameworks

  • You enable seamless data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration across diverse data sources

  • You optimize performance and cost across platforms like Snowflake

  • You evaluate and introduce new capabilities supporting AI/ML, real-time analytics, and self-service data

What You Bring

We recognize that talent comes from many paths. If your experience aligns with most of the below, we encourage you to apply.

  • You bring significant experience leading data engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering efforts

  • You’ve led teams and initiatives at scale, with a focus on collaboration and results

  • You have strong experience building and operating cloud-based data platforms (such as GCP, Azure, or similar environments)

  • You’ve worked with modern data technologies, including data warehouses, pipelines, and distributed processing systems

  • You understand data governance, data quality, and responsible data management practices

  • You have experience driving modernization, migration, or transformation initiatives

  • You’re skilled at influencing stakeholders and communicating complex ideas clearly

Why Join Us

  • You’ll have the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide data strategy and impact critical business outcomes

  • You’ll work alongside collaborative leaders and innovative teams

  • You’ll help build inclusive, forward-thinking data practices that scale

The annual salary range for this position is $136,000 - $182,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

• Life insurance,

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

• 401k,

• Flexible paid time off,

• At least 15 paid holidays per year,

• Paid sick and safe leave, and

• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

Location:

New York

Brand:

Amplifi

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 

 

Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to [email protected] by clicking on the link to let us  know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.  

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