Senior Manager, Data Engineering

As Senior Manager, Data Engineering, you will define and lead the technical strategy for Headway's data infrastructure. The team's mission is to build and maintain the reliable, scalable data systems that power analytics, machine learning, and operational decision-making across the company.

You will report into Headway's Data organization, a mission-critical pillar that ensures our data assets are accurate, timely, and accessible. Trustworthy data infrastructure is foundational to Headway's growth — enabling every team to build, measure, and improve with confidence.

You will partner closely with Data Science, Analytics, Product, and Engineering to deeply understand and anticipate the data needs of a fast-growing healthcare company. You will define the right architectural investments, proactively surface reliability and scalability risks, and use engineering rigor to guide decisions from early design through launch and iteration.

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of Data Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and craftsmanship.
• Develop quarterly roadmaps with cross-functional partners on Data Science, Operations and Engineering, align Data Engineering resources, and oversee execution of timely, high-quality work.
• Own the architecture and reliability of Headway's data platform — including our data warehouse, ingestion pipelines, transformation layer (dbt), and orchestration systems.
• Define and champion engineering standards: data modeling conventions, pipeline observability, SLA frameworks, and data quality monitoring.
• Partner cross-functionally to design and build the data infrastructure that powers analytics, experimentation, ML models, and operational tooling at scale.
• Stay close to the work by engaging directly with strategic technical challenges, surfacing gaps in our platform capabilities before they become bottlenecks.
• Translate complex data decisions into clear, actionable recommendations for executive stakeholders.

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