Engineering Manager
Director of Data leading a modern data platform at Penn Foster, driving Data Engineering, MLOps, and self‑service analytics to enable B2B partnerships, learner outcome insights, and operational decision‑making.
Position Summary:
At Penn Foster Group, our purpose is to open doors to brighter futures by helping learners gain the skills they need to grow their careers. Penn Foster Group is a mission-driven, PE-backed education company focused on helping learners gain the skills needed for long-term career success. As we scale toward 150,000 learner completions, we are investing in a modern data platform to support B2B partnerships, learner outcomes, and operational decision-making. Data is foundational to this transformation. We are seeking a Director of Data to lead and operate our data platform across Data Engineering, Self-Service Analytics, and MLOps. This role is responsible for executing the data strategy, ensuring reliable and scalable data systems, and enabling the business through trusted, governed, and accessible data. This role leads the execution and scaling of the data platform, translating strategic priorities into clear, predictable delivery across engineering teams. The data organization operates as a centralized platform team, delivering domain- aligned data products to the business. This role reports to the Senior Director, Product and Data Engineering and will lead a team of ~12–14 across Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and MLOps, including three technical leads. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership experience, deep understanding of modern data platforms (Databricks, Azure), and the ability to drive execution through technical leaders and teams. This role will oversee data governance, data quality, observability, and cost optimization to ensure platform reliability, scalability, and business impact.
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Posted June 18, 2026