Manager, Data Engineering - School of Medicine Information Technology

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. The Manager of Data Engineering will oversee a team to deliver quality applications and manage complex data sets, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.

Responsibilities:

• Works as a positive team member of a project that may consist of Business Analysts, Project Managers, Information Architects, Data Analysts, and/or Database Administrators to deliver quality applications and components within scope, on time, within budget, and ensures compliance
• Manages workload effectively and report status of tasks in a timely manner
• Is able to guide stakeholders on solutions and support structure
• Ensures proper governance of prioritizing work from partners
• Forms tactical strategies to support initiatives across the team and University
• Leads and proactively identifies emerging technologies; develops proof-of-concepts, and promotes the usage of these emerging technologies
• Leads highly complex technical teams. Follows standard operational procedures and HIPAA regulations
• Mentors other analysts on regulation adherence
• Develops/modifies standard operating procedures
• Engages with compliance and IRB for guidance when necessary
• Develops strategies for managing complex data sets through maintaining data standards and metadata
• Generates standard templates for architecture documentation related to current and proposed informatic solutions
• Performs other related duties as required

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and seven years of related experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Experience with cloud data warehouse platforms (Snowflake preferred) and workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow or equivalent)
• Experience with data transformation frameworks (dbt or similar) and modern data engineering practices
• Experience designing and implementing role-based access control (RBAC) systems in multi-user research or healthcare environments
• Experience working with healthcare data standards (OMOP, FHIR, or HL7) and electronic health record systems (Epic preferred)
• Experience with both hands-on technical implementation and team leadership or mentoring
• Familiarity with multimodal research data including imaging, genomics, and clinical data integration
• Experience designing data pipelines for research object ingest, metadata tagging, and controlled data sharing workflows
• Familiarity with research data management practices, IRB requirements, and HIPAA compliance in academic settings
• Experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Ability to balance strategic architectural decisions with hands-on implementation
• Strong stakeholder management skills working with researchers and technical partners
• Ability to establish data quality standards, governance frameworks, and best practices
• Experience managing competing priorities and high volumes of complex data requests