We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Data Engineering team. At 7-Eleven, Enterprise Data powers decisions for everyone from store managers to the C-suite. TheData Engineeringteam is the backbone of that ecosystem designing and operating thebatch and streaming ELT pipelines, lakehouse models, and master data systemsthat feed hundreds of enterprise reports, daily decision reports, and downstream AI applications You will lead a multi-pod team responsible for ingestion, transformation, modeling, and run-engineering across nine business domains. Responsibilities As the Senior Manager of the Data Engineering team, you will: Manage day-to-day delivery across multiple Data Engineering pods (~25 30 engineers across onshore/offshore teams), building and operating ingestion, ELT, streaming, and lakehouse pipelines across business domains such as Digital, Merchandising, Operations, Finance, Customer & Marketing, Fuel, and Supply Chain. Set the technical vision for Data Engineering94driving enterprise master data programs, historical/backfill strategy, intake maturity, change-control automation, and modernization of legacy ETL into a lakehouse architecture. Partner with Data Architects to translate conceptual and logical models into physical implementations using Delta/Lakehouse platforms94applying medallion patterns, dimensional modeling, and consistent intake contracts. Partner with Data Platform, Governance, and Quality teams to ensure every pipeline includes observability, data quality rules, lineage, and privacy classifications by design. Own delivery of legacy reporting and analytics modernization initiatives94refactoring OLAP-style models into dimensional models, repointing reports to modern BI platforms, and decommissioning legacy systems. Run the Data Engineering function as a product organization94managing backlog, business cases, enterprise prioritization, and adoption/value tracking for delivered data products. Mentor engineers, technical leads, and managers, and coach offshore engineering teams on modernization, code quality, and developer experience standards. Partner with Platform teams on CI/CD, AI-assisted SDLC, and cost attribution to ensure data workloads are observable, attributable, and cost-efficient. Own incident response and SLA adherence for production pipelines supporting critical business and AI-driven applications. Qualifications 8+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or Analytics Engineering. 5+ years designing and operating large-scale data pipelines (batch and streaming ELT/ETL) in lakehouse or data warehouse environments. 5+ years working with distributed compute frameworks (Spark/Databricks strongly preferred; Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows, DLT a plus). 5+ years managing engineering teams, ideally across multiple pods with hybrid onshore/offshore delivery models. Strong knowledge of data modeling (dimensional/Kimball, data vault, medallion patterns) and experience translating conceptual models into physical implementations. Strong knowledge of master data management concepts and reference data governance. Strong knowledge of cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP acceptable). Experience with data quality, observability, and lineage tooling, and embedding these into pipeline development. Experience operating production data pipelines, including SLAs, on-call, incident management, and Tier 2/3 support in collaboration with platform/SRE teams. Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines, including feature engineering and ML-Ops handoffs. Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to present technical concepts and progress to executive and business stakeholders. Strong project management discipline, including roadmaps, process documentation, and executive status reporting. #LI-PP1 If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. For a general description of all benefits 7-Eleven is offering in the US for the position, please visit this . For a general description of all benefits 7-Eleven is offering in Canada for the position, please visit this .