Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc. · 1 day ago
Director, Data Platforms
Springfield, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
12+ years expFarm Credit Financial Partners, Inc. is a technology service organization dedicated to supporting agricultural credit associations across the United States. The Director of Data Platforms will lead the vision and strategy for the enterprise data ecosystem, ensuring the delivery of secure and timely data services while driving modernization and AI capabilities.
Financial ServicesInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Define the multi-year data platform strategy, including modernization, AI enablement, governance integration, and cloud-native capabilities
Own the technical strategy of the Lakehouse environment
Ensure platform design meets financial-sector requirements for availability, resiliency, auditability, and scale
Drive the adoption of modern data engineering patterns (streaming, automation, MLOps, domain-oriented modeling, Data Lake best practices)
Lead and manage data engineering and data governance teams
Ensure robust monitoring, observability, alerting, and incident management across all data flows
Oversee the performance and daily operational SLAs, including the critical ACA data availability window
Serve as the organizational owner of Databricks strategy, engineering standards, and optimization
Ensure secure, well-governed, cost-optimized use of compute and storage
Build platform capabilities to support advanced analytics and enterprise AI (GenAI and ML)
Partner closely with Data Governance, Security, and Compliance teams to embed controls into platform design
Ensure platforms support end-to-end lineage, metadata accuracy, and audit-ready documentation
Oversee access management, data contracts, schema controls, and segregation-of-duties policies
Build scalable governance automation into engineering workflows
Develop talent pipelines and succession plans for data engineering and platform roles
Establish a culture of reliability, automation-first engineering, operational excellence, and innovation
Drive transformation from legacy approaches to modern, cloud-based, AI-enabled data platform methods
Oversee daily team operations to ensure alignment with organizational policies while facilitating effective communication, collaboration, continual improvement, and knowledge sharing within the team and across organization
Provide clear direction, goals, and priorities to direct report(s) while mentoring them to enhance their skills and support their professional development
Foster a positive and inclusive work environment that supports employee engagement
Address conflicts with professionalism and fairness, serving as the first point of contact for employee(s) communication and escalating issues appropriately in collaboration with HR when necessary
Ensure employee(s) adherence to organizational policies and procedures by promoting and modeling compliance with labor laws, workplace standards, and ethical practices in all people management activities
Manage administrative responsibilities, including reviewing and approving weekly timecards, processing time-off requests, tracking compliance tasks, and supporting team adherence to organizational policies and deadlines
Conduct performance reviews by setting and communicating clear expectations and objectives, monitoring performance against goals, providing continuous feedback, and addressing performance issues promptly and effectively
Oversee talent management processes for reports, including hiring, termination, performance evaluations, and pay reviews, ensuring alignment with unit objectives and adherence to company policies and procedures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred)
12+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or cloud architecture with at least 5 years leading multi-team organizations
Deep expertise with Databricks technologies, including Spark, workflows, cluster management, and Unity Catalog
Proven experience running mission-critical data platforms with strict SLAs and monitoring
Strong understanding of AI/ML engineering and enabling infrastructure
Experience with data governance integration (lineage, metadata, schema management, Collibra or similar)
Demonstrated success in leading modernization programs and large-scale cloud platform initiatives
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with technical and executive stakeholders
Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries highly preferred
Benefits
Competitive earnings
Hybrid and remote work options
Tuition reimbursement
Generous 401(k) matching
Development opportunities through company-sponsored trainings and certifications
Company
Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc.
Farm Credit Financial Partners is the innovative provider of technology products and services to the Farm Credit System.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Jim McCormack
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Kathy D'Amario
EVP, CTO
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