Manager, Data Operations
 Dotdash Meredith | |
New York: $190,000 - $205,000
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life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, long term disability, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
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 United States, New York, New York | |
| 225 Liberty Street (Show on map) | |
 Jul 09, 2026 | |
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Job Title Manager, Data OperationsJob Description About The Position: The Manager, Data Operations leads the design, reliability, and day-to-day execution of the company's core data pipelines and analytics infrastructure while directly managing a team of Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management accountability, ensuring that data systems are scalable, trusted, well-documented, and aligned with business priorities. The role is responsible for setting technical direction, prioritizing team work-streams, developing talent, and ensuring cross-functional alignment across Analytics, Product, and Technology. This is both a strategic leadership role and a hands-on operational steward for the company's data platform. In-office Expectations: Hybrid NYC. This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 3 days per week. About The Position's Contributions: Accountabilities, Actions, and Expected Measurable Results 30% Data Engineering & Pipeline Operations * Own the design, reliability, and scalability of ingestion, transformation, and storage pipelines * Ensure ELT/ETL processes run with high uptime and strong data quality * Guide orchestration, monitoring, and performance optimization * Reduce operational fragility by promoting shared patterns and automation 30% Analytics Engineering & Data Modeling * Oversee development and maintenance of clean, tested, well-documented data models (e.g., dbt) * Define standards for modeling and semantic consistency * Ensure downstream BI and analytics consumers have trusted, well-structured datasets 20% Governance, Quality & Trust * Establish clear metric definitions and semantic models * Partner with Governance and Security teams on lineage, metadata, and access controls * Reduce metric inconsistencies and reporting ambiguity * Ensure compliance with privacy and security standards 20% Business Partnership & Communication * Serve as a data advisor to Analytics, Product, and business leadership * Translate business priorities into technical roadmaps * Communicate complex technical concepts and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences * Prioritize investments based on measurable business impact What You'll Do:
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It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.Accommodation requests can be made by emailing hr@people.inc. The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: https://www.e-verify.gov/employees Pay Range Salary: New York: $190,000 - $205,000The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Inc's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition,People Inc. provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with People Inc. and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance. #NMG# | |