Lead Data Engineer /Data Engineer Manager

Title: Data Engineer Manager /Data Engineer Lead Location: Hybrid, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. Onsite 2-3 days a week No sponsorship Note : Experience with People management, Project Manager needed. Seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead a team of four data engineers in a greenfield healthcare environment. This is a true people manager role, not a tech lead or hands on coding position. Candidates must have direct people management experience. The team is green and needs a leader who can bring structure, set standards, and operate comfortably in ambiguity. While the role is leadership focused, the manager must have strong technical credibility in data engineering, specifically experience with SQL and Python based data pipelines. They do not need to code, but must be able to review pipeline designs, ask strong technical questions, and hold engineers accountable for reliability, monitoring, and scalable data movement. Healthcare industry experience is required, as this team supports healthcare data integrations and must understand the regulatory, operational, and data sensitivity considerations unique to that environment. Required: - 7-10 years of overall professional experience - Minimum of 1 year of direct people management experience with engineers - Healthcare industry experience required - Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a technical team, not just manage projects or serve as a technical lead - Experience operating in ambiguity and building structure in an early stage or evolving environment - Strong technical credibility in data engineering, including experience overseeing SQL based data work - Working knowledge of Python in a data engineering or pipeline context - Experience with batch and API driven data integrations and data movement between systems - Ability to evaluate technical designs, ask probing questions, and set standards for reliability, monitoring, and scalability - Experience supporting regulatory and compliance considerations within a healthcare or similar environment Job Description: The Manager IT position will provide leadership and alignment for one or more units. Shares a collective responsibility with IT Leadership to improve organizational performance and identify opportunities to better serve customers with an eye on long-term perspectives. Job Responsibility: The Manager IT responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Facilitates, supports and motivates unit members • Directly manages teams responsible for the development, implementation and support of application technologies, strategies, timelines, budgets, dashboards optimization, and core work • Creates together with the agile coaches high-performing teams and removes impediments • Ensures department staff are managed effectively, including hiring, assurance in keeping all applications current, evaluating performance and competency, and conducting disciplinary/ counseling sessions as needed • Works with operational departments on the development, configuration, and implementation and support of approved application technologies • Works with operational leaders to understand clinical and business objectives and to coordinate application technologies solutions to help meet these objectives • Responsible for managing, planning, development and resources supporting system and departmental platforms such as EPIC, Microsoft, other non-clinical and clinical applications • Communicating project/initiative purposes and priorities to the team • Supports regulatory and assurance compliance across the unit • Supports the development and craftsmanship of the Product Area Leads, Technical Leads and Product Owners • Supports the delivery of state-of-the-art set of solutions, matching business processes, and long-term objectives • Creates and maintains the new cross-cultural collaboration by creating awareness and understanding, leveraging on diversity and by communicating effectively Job Qualifications: • Preferred Bachelor's degree in information systems or healthcare related field or 3- 5 years of leadership experience OR • 3- 5 years of leadership experience i.e., Project Manager, IT Lead, or other relevant experience • If applicable work group: Licensed candidates must possess and maintain active licensure in accordance with Oklahoma State law.