Dir, Data Engineering and Analytics

About the Role

Impact you will make

As Director of Data Engineering & Analytics, you will own the evolution of FinThrive’s enterprise data platform—driving architecture, scalability, governance, and delivery. This role serves as the senior technical and people leader for data engineering, while enabling analytics capabilities that power business and product decision-making

You will partner closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to establish a cohesive data strategy, ensure execution excellence, and develop high-performing teams that deliver measurable value across the organization.


What you will do

Own the architecture and evolution of FinThrive’s enterprise data platform, including ingestion, processing, storage, governance, and consumption.

Define and promote data architecture standards, best practices, and common frameworks across teams.

Lead and develop data engineering and analytics teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and delivery accountability.

Drive execution of data initiatives to meet product commitments, timelines, and budget targets.

Partner with product, engineering, analytics, and business leaders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.

Act as the primary data architecture and strategy evangelist—reviewing designs, aligning stakeholders, and guiding technical decision-making

Provide architectural guidance and escalation support for client-facing data solutions and implementations as needed.

Present data strategy, architecture decisions, and recommendations to senior leadership in clear, accessible terms.

Continuously improve the data platform through technology modernization, cost optimization, and compliance alignment.

Evaluate and introduce modern data and AI-driven development tools to improve productivity, quality, and delivery velocity.


What you will bring


Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Applied Science, or a related field.

Deep, hands-on experience architecting enterprise-scale data platforms, including data modeling, integration, and solution design.

Proven experience leading enterprise data initiatives involving data platforms, data strategy, and large-scale data management.

Strong expertise with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP also valued).

Experience with modern data technologies and services such as Databricks, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Event Hub, Snowflake, or equivalent

Fluency in SQL, data visualization, and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, R, C#)

Demonstrated experience designing and modernizing both greenfield and brownfield environments, across onprem and cloud.

Experience building, governing, and scaling data warehouses, data lakes, or lakehouse architectures.

Strong understanding of Agile (Scrum) methodologies and DevOps principles.

Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences.


What we would like to see

Experience architecting Data Mesh, graph-based data platforms, or domain-oriented data architectures.

Expertise in infrastructure as code and automating production data and ML pipelines.

Experience modernizing or migrating legacy Hadoop-based environments.

Proven collaboration with data science and advanced analytics teams.

Exposure to healthcare data or regulated data environments.


About FinThrive

FinThrive is advancing the healthcare economy.


For the most recent information on FinThrive’s vision for healthcare revenue management visit finthrive.com/why-finthrive.


Award-winning Culture of Customer-centricity and Reliability

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Our Perks and Benefits

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FinThrive’s Core Values and Expectations

Demonstrate integrity and ethics in day-to-day tasks and decision making, adhere to FinThrive’s core values of being Customer-Centric, Agile, Reliable and Engaged, operate effectively in the FinThrive environment and the environment of the work group, maintain a focus on self-development and seek out continuous feedback and learning opportunities

Support FinThrive’s Compliance Program by adhering to policies and procedures pertaining to HIPAA, GLBA, FCRA, and other laws appl