Senior Manager - Data Analytics and Governance

MiniMed • Johns Creek, GA

10d • $136,000 - $230,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Data Platforms & Governance leads the tactical execution and day-to-day operations of data solutions that support analytics, AI, and product innovation. Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Platforms & Governance, the role manages engineering teams responsible for maintaining a trusted, FDA-compliant data foundation. It also oversees architecture modernization, including end-to-end solution design, Medallion Lakehouse implementation, and migration of enterprise reporting from Snowflake to Databricks. The position is hybrid and requires at least three days per week on-site.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience, including 5 or more years of managerial experience; or an advanced degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, including 5 or more years of managerial experience.
• Progressive experience in data engineering, data hub architecture, and data governance.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake and cloud infrastructure on AWS or Azure, including ADLS, ADF, S3, or Glue.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise data hubs or lakehouse architectures that integrate multiple sources such as ERP/SAP, IoT/device, CRM, and third-party feeds.
• Proficiency in Python, PySpark, Scala, or SQL for technical fluency and architecture review.
• Experience migrating large-scale enterprise data from Snowflake to Databricks without reporting downtime.
• Advanced expertise in Medallion architecture, data modeling, and automated pipeline orchestration.
• Operational proficiency in SQL, Python, or PySpark for code review and complex system architecture review.
• Familiarity with data governance and quality tools, such as data catalogs, lineage tools, MDM platforms, and data quality engines.
• Business acumen to frame data platform strategy in terms of business value, quantify outcomes, and influence executive-level decisions.
• Experience in medical devices, digital health, life sciences, or a HIPAA-covered environment.
• Experience applying continuous improvement frameworks to data operations, including MTTR reduction, SLA improvement, or cost optimization.
• Ability to work on-site at least three days per week in a hybrid arrangement.

Nice To Haves

• At least 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Cloud data technology platform certifications such as Data Engineer Professional, Lakehouse Fundamentals, or equivalent.
• CDMP, DAMA, or equivalent data management certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Power BI reporting migration from Snowflake to Databricks while ensuring business continuity for analytical dashboards.
• Manage end-to-end solution design for data integration pipelines, backend engineering, and enterprise reporting.
• Own the implementation of Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medallion Architecture layers in Databricks.
• Design complex data workflows and highly available distributed systems integrating clinical telemetry, ERP, and CRM data.
• Apply data modeling principles, optimizing schemas, aggregate tables, and semantic layers for analytical performance.
• Optimize workloads and compute performance to reduce cloud consumption costs and query latency.
• Manage and mentor data engineers, platform engineers, and data architects delivering end-to-end data pipelines.
• Establish reliability standards, track operational SLAs and data quality metrics, and drive MTTR reduction.
• Operationalize policies and standards established by the enterprise data governance framework.
• Supervise data stewards to ensure consistency, lineage, and completeness across patient, product, and device domains.
• Enforce HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11, and FDA data integrity requirements across managed pipelines.
• Prepare technical data lineage documentation and quality compliance logs to support regulatory audits.
• Deploy data pipelines optimized for Gen AI adoption, including curated feature stores and vector-store repositories.
• Track model lineage and maintain data traceability to help prevent bias in a regulated medical context.
• Coach team members, conduct performance reviews, and support technical skill development.
• Monitor operational spending and identify efficiencies within the platform infrastructure budget.
• Provide technical updates to the Senior Director to support roadmap planning and risk assessment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account access.
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
• Life insurance.
• Long-term disability leave.
• Dependent daycare spending account.
• Incentive plans, including short-term incentive eligibility.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Short-term disability coverage.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation.
• Employee Assistance Program access.
• Potential eligibility for a Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior