VP - Data Engineering

Vice President – Data Engineering

Hybrid - Boston, MA

Overview:

Grand Circle Corporation is an award-winning, global travel company that is the world leader in travel for those aged 50 and above. Our core asset is our people, and we have a strong culture in place where individuals are encouraged to grow both professionally and personally. The core of our unique work environment rests on two essential elements: culture and values. Our values shape our decisions, give direction to our growth, and allow us to measure success. If you are looking for the potential for unlimited career growth, aren’t satisfied with the status quo, are excited to transform your environment, and would love to enrich your life by seeing the world, Grand Circle Corporation is the place for you!

Position Summary:

GCC’s Data Engineering team is in search for a leader in data discipline whose primarily responsibilities will focus on leading a team of Data Engineers, Data Quality Assurance testers & Data Operations personnel to deliver projects on time with high data accuracy. The person in this role will be responsible for continued development of Enterprise Data Warehouse, data integration & database marketing solutions. Working closely with the ETL Development, Business Intelligence, Digital Marketing, and other internal teams. It requires hands on knowledge in Data Architecture, ETL, Data Modelling & Reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively lead a team of data engineers, data quality testers & data operations personnel
• Architecture & design guidance & review for data integration solutions
• Identify data quality issues raise it with clear materiality and actions to resolve
• Effectively build & manage a framework of data accuracy monitoring rules
• Work with project managers & business analyst to draft sprint requirements
• Product ownership for data warehouse functional area to support agile ceremonies
• Contract management for all software related to data engineering area
• Budget & Finance management for the data engineering team
• Effective performance management of direct & indirect reports
• Mentoring & development of high performers with drafting appropriate development plans

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Computer Science or Information Technology
• 15+ years of experience data engineering, data warehousing , reporting and or analysis
• 8+ years of hands on experience in Data Architecture, Data Modelling, ETL, Data Quality & Reporting
• 8+ years of experience in designing data marts and datawarehouse related databases
• 5+ years of experience in building & leading a medium to large technology teams
• 5+ years of relational & dimensional data modelling techniques (Erwin preferred)
• 5+ years in Informatica Power Center or similar, Oracle, Shell Scripting & BI Tools
• 5+ years working in Agile environment (Scrum master experience preferred)
• Strong upward communication & stakeholder management skills
• Preferred - Exposure to next generation data platforms, big data solutions & data science (Hadoop, R, Python)
• Preferred - Exposure to cloud data warehouse technologies (Snowflake, AWS- Redshift, S3, Azure Data Lake, Athena)

Benefits

• Travel Discounts to 80+ Countries on all 7 continents
• Exceptional Vacation Benefits
• Paid Sabbatical every 5 years
• Education Reimbursement
• Personal Growth Reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401K benefits
• Significant personal travel discounts MBTA T pass subsidy of 100% or Parking subsidy of 45%
• Wellness program with on-site Health Coach, fitness center & complimentary fitness classes