Manager, Data Engineering

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Toronto, ON
3-5 Years Experience
Fintech • Insurance • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
Manager, Data Engineering responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data infrastructure, leading data strategy, team leadership, and ensuring security and compliance measures within the organization.
Summary Generated by Built In

We’re now at the boldest phase of our Next Horizon journey

At Gore Mutual, we’ve completely transformed our business in under three years. By investing in top talent and leading technology, we’ve redefined what it means to be a modern mutual that does good.

Our path forward brings a sharper focus on our business’ performance that’s powered by innovation and an agile, high-performing culture – we’re built for success.

We’re well on our way to becoming a purpose-driven, digitally led national insurer. Come join us.

Manager-Data Engineering is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining data infrastructure to support efficient data management and analytics within the organization. This plays a pivotal role in defining and building the foundational data layer, translating business initiatives into robust data models and collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders to design, develop, and implement scalable and resilient data pipeline solutions supporting actionable insights for senior executives and business partners.

This role will also oversee a team of data engineers and be responsible for building a data centric culture within the team.

What will you do?

 Data Engineering

  • Lead the development and maintenance of highly scalable, reliable, and resilient systems to build mature data infrastructure and tech stack.
  • Develop configuration driven, flexible, efficient, and robust data pipelines, fit for multiuse including analytics, management reporting.
  • Ensure Data Governance is embedded within the data pipelines to ensure the integrity and accuracy of data.

Data Strategy

  • Drive the definition of the future state data and analytics platform and lead the migration of the legacy data engineering workloads.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, data product owners, and business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and deliver high-quality data pipeline solutions.

Team Leadership and Development

  • Build and lead a high-functioning, well-motivated engineering team and support them in the iterative development of high-quality solutions. Provide proactive, ongoing coaching to enable and empower team members and delivery squads.
  • Foster a culture of innovation within the data engineering team, encouraging experimentation and exploration of new ideas and technologies and enforce best practices for data engineering.
  • Allocate resources effectively, manage workloads, and set team goals to ensure that data engineering projects are completed on time and within budget.

Security and Compliance

  • Data Security Measures: Implement data encryption, access controls, and authentication mechanisms to protect sensitive customer information and comply with data privacy regulations.
  • Compliance Auditing: Conduct regular compliance audits to ensure that data storage and processing practices adhere to industry regulations and internal policies.
  • Incident Response Planning: Develop and maintain an incident response plan to address data breaches and security incidents promptly.

 Tool Selection and Evaluation

  • Tool Selection: Evaluate emerging data technologies and select appropriate data engineering tools, platforms, and software solutions to enhance the efficiency of data infrastructure and pipelines.
  • Cost Analysis: Monitor costs associated with data engineering tools and services, adjusting as necessary to optimize budget allocation.

 What will you need to succeed in this role?

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering or a related field.
  • 8+ Years of relevant experience required. This includes experience in data engineering, data modelling, data architecture related roles.
  • 3+ Years of people management/Leadership experience
  • Experience scaling and managing 3+ person teams.
  • Experience with designing and architecting data engineering pipelines using Azure/Databricks technologies with focus on data domains and data platforms.
  • Strong understanding of data structures, data modeling, and software architecture.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide creative solutions to complex problems; and to translate those solutions into detailed workplans that can be effectively implemented by development teams/squads.
  • A proven track-record of building and leading high-performing technology teams by example. Ability to lead, manage and inspire teams both locally and remotely, within a hybrid work environment.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Continuous learning and staying updated with the latest advancements in Azure Databricks and data engineering are essential for success in this role.
  • A result-oriented mindset, with the discipline to build operationally hardened systems, the courage to drive innovation across new capabilities and technologies, and the resilience and perseverance to ‘fail forward’ towards success.

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Gore Mutual Insurance is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities during all phases of the recruiting process, including the application process. If you require accommodation because of a disability, we will work with you to meet your needs. If you are selected for an interview and require accommodation, please advise the HR representative who will consult with you to determine an appropriate accommodation.

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The Company
Toronto, Ontario
617 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1839

What We Do

Built on a foundation of financial strength for more than 180 years, Gore Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s first property and casualty insurers. With offices in Cambridge, Toronto and Vancouver, Gore Mutual is a Canadian mutual company offering competitive insurance products through trusted broker partners. Every decision and investment made is anchored in the long-term benefits to customers, members and communities.

Insurance that does good – this is our Purpose. Grounded in our purpose and guided by our core values, at Gore Mutual, we believe that being good and doing good by our employees, customers and broker partners will benefit not only them but also us—which in turn allows us to spread good in our communities and reward the good we see in others. This is what is driving our work to become a purpose-driven, digitally-led national insurer

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