M1M1 — Manager (Team Lead)
Entry Manager
Assist in leading a small data engineering team or project. Implement and maintain individual data pipelines and components under direction of senior staff.
What this level means
Front-line people manager of a single team; owns delivery, coaching, and execution.
- Scope
- A single team
- Autonomy
- Manages within established goals
- Complexity
- Day-to-day delivery and people issues
- Impact
- Team output and health
- Decision rights
- Owns team execution, hiring input, performance
- Leadership
- Direct people management of one team
- Typical experience
- 3–6 yrs
What you'd do
- Implement and maintain individual data pipelines
- Execute data integrations, perform testing and debugging
- Review code, document work, and contribute to standards
- Develop and maintain data pipelines
- Perform code reviews
- Document technical processes
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Data pipeline implementation
- Code review
- Technical documentation
- Testing and debugging
- Standards compliance
- ETL/ELT processes
- Data warehouse architecture
- Data integrity principles
- Programming languages
- Life sciences data formats
- Strong technical execution
- Good communication
- Problem-solving attitude
What good looks like
- 5–7 years in data-related roles
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related
- Advanced degree preferred
Common titles
Manager, Data Engineering ManagementData Engineering Management ManagerManager, Data Engineering ManagerData Engineering Manager ManagerEntry Manager
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.