Technical Lead, Customer Data & Personalization Platforms
Core
Provide technical leadership for Vanguard's MarTech Data Platform ecosystem, including CDPs, Identity Resolution, and Data Clean Rooms to power marketing and personalization at scale.
Role type
Senior IC Technical Lead (Data Platform & MarTech)
Builds
Scalable, secure, and governed data solutions for customer intelligence and activation
Domain
Financial Services / Marketing Technology / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Data platform architecture, Identity Resolution, Data Clean Rooms, Cloud-native data platforms (AWS), Data engineering (Python, SQL, Spark, Kafka), Lakehouse architectures (Databricks, Delta Lake), GenAI/Agentic AI integration, DataOps, CI/CD, API design
Preferred skills
Audience activation, Performance marketing, Consent management, GenAI/Agentic AI/MCP, AI/ML platforms
Technologies
AWS, Python, SQL, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MCP
Responsibilities
Lead architecture and delivery of scalable data solutions, Drive engineering best practices (DataOps, observability, security), Partner with Product/Marketing to translate business objectives, Provide technical oversight for solution lifecycle, Establish data governance and privacy standards, Evaluate emerging technologies and develop roadmaps, Coach and mentor engineers, Communicate platform strategy to stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities