M6M6 — Vice President
Information Technology – Data Engineering Director+
Responsible for the strategic design, build, and management of the enterprise’s data infrastructure and pipelines.
What this level means
Owns a major function or division; accountable for organization-wide outcomes.
- Scope
- A major function or division
- Autonomy
- Accountable for division strategy and outcomes
- Complexity
- Enterprise priorities and external factors
- Impact
- Division-wide / organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org for a division
- Leadership
- Leads the leadership of a division
- Typical experience
- 15–25 yrs
What you'd do
- Define and implement the enterprise data architecture
- Lead the development of robust data pipelines
- Oversee the building and maintenance of large-scale data processing systems
- Ensure data quality and integrity across systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align data strategies with business goals
- Mentor and develop junior data engineering staff
- Drive innovation in data engineering practices
- Define enterprise data architecture
- Lead data pipeline development
- Oversee data processing system maintenance
- Ensure data quality across systems
- Collaborate with teams for data strategy alignment
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Data architecture design
- Pipeline development
- Leadership
- Strategic planning
- Problem-solving
- Collaboration
- Mentorship
- Data quality management
- Enterprise data architecture
- Data pipeline technologies
- Data processing systems
- Data quality and integrity
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Mentorship and leadership
- Innovation in data engineering
- Project management methodologies
- Leadership and Mentorship
- Strategic Vision
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Data Architecture Design
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Innovation in Data Practices
- Data Quality Assurance
- Project management
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 10+ years in data engineering roles
- Master’s degree in Data Science or related field (preferred)
- Cloudera Certified Data Engineer (preferred)
Common titles
Information Technology – Data Engineering Director+Senior Director or equivalent
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.