Data Engineering Manager, Audience Lifecycle

duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

Minimum

Qualifications - 3+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, or leading data engineers within an agile organization. - Prior experience as an individual contributor in engineering, testing, and shipping robust code for at least one large-scale data application or service. - Demonstrated experience collaborating within cross-functional Agile/Scrum product teams. - Experience with GCP, AWS or other similar cloud computing platforms. - Experience managing high availability, distributed and fault tolerant applications, services and APIs. - Proficiency in SQL and at least one other general purpose programming language such as Python. - Hands-on experience working with modern version control systems (primarily Git).

Preferred

Qualifications - Professional experience managing both internal employees and external agency vendors/contractors. - Experience implementing, managing and maintaining data lakes, data warehouses and data ingestion pipelines. - Experience working with and managing large datasets in platforms such as Salesforce, BigQuery and Looker. - Experience with audience segmentation, targeting systems, or marketing data infrastructure at scale. - Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on leadership of cross functional teams. - Proven ability to manage multiple projects effectively and succeed in a fast-paced environment.

Required Skills/Competencies - Technical Design & Communication: Ability to translate complex technical concepts, system architectures, and engineering trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders. - Inclusive Leadership: Demonstrated competency in fostering an equitable, supportive, and inclusive team culture. - Systemic Problem Solving: Strong analytical skill set with an "automation-first" mindset for resolving manual bottlenecks and production issues. - User-Centric Empathy: A strong focus on quality and empathy for end-users, ensuring highly performant, accessible application experiences. - Agile Operations: Deep fluency in Agile methodologies and software project delivery management.

Education

Requirements - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience. Work Location &

Requirements - NPR Remote-Permitted : This is a remote-permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, D.C. office, but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that NPR approves. You will have the option of working (a) remotely from a location of your choosing within the United States that is supported by NPR; (b) on-site at an NPR facility, based on the availability of desks and approval from NPR; or (c) a combination of both.

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Compensation Salary Range : The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $165,600-$188,000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations. NPR

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