Senior Manager, Data Engineering

About the role

The Senior Manager, Data Engineering will serve as a senior pillar lead responsible for shaping data engineering strategy, growing a book of business, leading practice development, and overseeing delivery of enterprise-scale data transformation initiatives. This role sits within FormativGroup’s Data & Analytics practice and blends consulting leadership, executive advisory, technical oversight, commercial ownership, and team development.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior pillar lead for the Data & Analytics - Data Engineering practice.
• Own and grow a book of business through client relationship leadership, business development, and strategic account expansion.
• Lead strategic data modernization discussions with executive and senior client stakeholders.
• Shape solution strategy, future-state architecture, and transformation roadmaps for enterprise clients.
• Oversee delivery of complex data engineering programs, ensuring alignment to business outcomes, architecture standards, and delivery quality.
• Develop new data engineering offerings, accelerators, products, and reusable delivery assets.
• Provide technical oversight across Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and equivalent modern data platforms.
• Guide solutioning for data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, advanced analytics enablement, and AI-ready data platforms.
• Partner with internal leadership to define practice priorities, talent strategy, delivery methodology, and growth plans.
• Manage, mentor, and develop senior managers, managers, architects, consultants, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Evaluate emerging data, analytics, and AI-enablement technologies and determine applicability to client and practice needs.
• Monitor portfolio performance, delivery health, financial outcomes, and client satisfaction.
• Represent FormativGroup as a trusted advisor in data engineering, analytics modernization, and cloud data transformation.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, data architecture, cloud data platforms, or related technology consulting roles.
• 10+ years of leadership experience within a traditional consulting firm, technology consulting firm, systems integrator, or professional services organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong technical background with the ability to solution, oversee architecture, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and develop new data products or offerings.
• Executive-level advisory experience across analytics strategy, data modernization, cloud transformation, and business value realization.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, ETL/ELT, pipeline design, data integration, governance, security, and compliance.
• Experience leading large enterprise programs, multi-year engagements, or complex consulting portfolios.
• Experience with proposal development, pursuit strategy, solution design, pricing support, and executive presentations.
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to balance client outcomes, delivery quality, and financial performance.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading account growth, business development, relationship leadership, and strategic account expansion.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or MBA.
• Deep familiarity with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, BigQuery, or related technologies.
• Demonstrated success serving as a practice, pillar, portfolio, or account leader with ownership of client growth and delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrated success managing senior teams, developing leaders, and building high-performing consulting practices.

Skills

• Practical, outcome-focused approach to architecture, solutioning, delivery oversight, portfolio performance, and client satisfaction.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence executive stakeholders, and drive enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Scalable delivery methods and technical and commercial direction.

Benefits

FormativGroup offers a competitive compensation package, including base salary, bonus potential, and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

Base salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This is a remote role with approximately 50% travel. The preferred location is the Northeast U.S. To be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the following U.S. states or Washington, DC: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, or Washington, DC. Candidates residing outside these locations are not eligible for consideration currently.