Manager IT Data Platform Services - R3225-6334

Manager Data Platform Services

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Manager Data Platform Services to help lead our Data Strategy & Engineering team's journey to Cloud Enterprise Data Platform (EDP). As we modernize and optimize our Data & Analytics program via consolidation of legacy data platforms onto AWS & Snowflake through redesign, we will be enabling a suite of leading capabilities to support the spectrum of business needs with key cloud and big data technologies, including : AI / ML, streaming data, data lake and data warehouse, self-service and delivered reporting.

This important role will lead a team of experts in delivering our EDP architecture, roadmap, integration strategy, and play a key role in stakeholder engagement across BCI. We'll look to you to lead execution and delivery of platform enablement initiatives and enhancement efforts on Snowflake, while inspiring the team to actively seek opportunities for improvement and innovation. Your team of specialists establish the technical roadmap that supports build of use cases on the data platform, and works with data governance and security to establish guidelines to measure, track and improve key operational metrics in support of security, privacy, automation, and financials.

You will interface with external vendors for proactive management of application lifecycle of various tools, technologies, know-how, and bringing in best practices into the platform, while working very closely with Data Governance, Product, Security, IT Engineering teams, and other business teams in delivering sustainable functionalities and ensuring commitments to internal and external customers are consistently met.

Location : preference for flexible hybrid location (onsite Meridian Idaho campus, and local work-from-home); there may be opportunity for fully remote work within a mutually acceptable location.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Management

• Supervise, mentor, and grow a team of architects, engineers and platform specialists.
• Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and team performance, including hiring and professional development
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and delivery excellence

Strategy Execution and Architecture

Platform Development and Sustainability

Data Governance and Security

Cross-functional Collaboration

Success Factors

Demonstrated experience in : designing and delivering platforms that enable actionable insights and data products that directly support key business objectives; establishing, tracking and meeting qualitative and quantitative metrics.

Managing data infrastructure that is consistently stable, performant, and grows with the organization's needs; establishing, measuring and reporting performance and identifying opportunities for optimization.

Ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and well-governed, inspiring confidence among all stakeholders; establishing and inspiring teams to adhere to data quality automation.

Building and retaining a highly skilled team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

Ensuring technical initiatives are consistently delivered on time and align with strategic goals.

Ensuring data platforms adhere to all security and privacy regulations, safeguarding sensitive data.

Driving adoption of and satisfaction with an enterprise data platform and its features by internal customers.

Required Education :

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience is required.