IT Manager - Data Warehouse

About Working at Commerce 

Building a career here is more than just steps on a ladder. It’s about helping people find financial safety and success, helping businesses thrive, and making sure people and their money are taken care of. And our commitment doesn’t stop there. Our culture is about our people, the ones in our communities and the ones that work with us.  

Here, you’ll find opportunities to grow and learn, to connect with others, and build relationships with the people around you. You’ll have the space and resources to grow into the best version of yourself. Because our number one investment is you.

Creating an award-winning culture doesn't come easy. And after 160 years, we know Commerce Bank is only at its best when our people are. If this sounds interesting to you, keep reading and let’s talk. 

Compensation Range

Hourly: $105,000.00 - $142,000.00 (Amount based on relevant experience, skills, and competencies.)

About This Job

The IT Manager – Database Warehouse role involves strategic planning, translating high-level strategies into actionable initiatives, and managing day-to-day operations of data platforms on-prem and in the cloud. The Manager will be responsible for overall management and development of assigned team, collaborating with senior leadership and business teams to implement our enterprise data strategy and addressing capability gaps in real-time analytics, channel integration, and advanced cloud capabilities.  

This position will be Flexible: Work both on-site and remote with schedule agreed upon by manager.  Will be on-site when business needs arise and for “moments that matter.”

Essential Functions

• Lead data platform administration while partnering with various stakeholders, including data engineering, data governance, IT, and business leaders.  Collaborate closely with these teams to ensure data platforms and services meet current and future needs.

• Create and execute a plan to upskill the team to proficiency on the new software stack

• Partner with enterprise and domain architects to deliver technical innovations in support of emerging business needs and developing these ideas from concepts to experiments to scaled models with focus on flexibility, reuse, and overarching extensibility

• Own the cost and performance optimization process for the Lakehouse.  This would include regular reviews of the worst performing and most expensive workflows for optimization opportunities and regular readouts to stakeholders of efforts and results.

• Partner with domain architects and key stakeholders to address stakeholder concerns around process complexity, bottlenecks, and delays

• Partner with the Data Service Owner to maintain a rolling 3-year plan to address capability gaps and technical debt

• Support ongoing education efforts to bring awareness to stakeholders of platform capabilities and best practices

• Lead, mentor and motivate team members to implement the department strategy and manage department workflow with guidance on departmental projects/issues, and provide coaching and development opportunities appropriate to each direct report's individual needs

• Perform all necessary management functions, including hiring, evaluations, annual increase allocations and disciplinary action as required 

• Communicate decisions, priorities and relevant information to team members effectively

• Support budget management, planning and expenditure

• Perform other duties as assigned

 Knowledge Skills & Abilities Required

• Strong knowledge of financial institution security and compliance requirements preferred

• Ability to manage vendors and contractors to enable operational support and guide organizational preferences in tooling and processes

• Strong troubleshooting skills

• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to apply discretion and sound judgement to efficiently and effectively solve problems 

• Ability to drive results and balance management of organizational risk and meeting goals of the business 

• Strong leadership skills with ability to motivate team members and foster a positive team environment that gives way to collaboration and unified goals

• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the company, clearly expressing ideas and concepts both verbally and in writing

• Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our