Corporate Vice President - Data Architect

Location Designation:Hybrid - 3 days per week

As part of AI&D, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape. Leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees. Your expertise fuels innovation, agility, and growth - driving the company's success.

We are seeking a Data Architect with hands-on experience in modern data architecture, analytics engineering, and cloud-native data platforms. You will help shape and deliver high-quality, scalable data products using dbt Cloud, Databricks, and AWS, supporting analytics and business initiatives across the enterprise.

This role is ideal for an experienced data professional who understands how to bridge data modeling, transformation, and platform operations with a product mindset. You will work closely with Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and Product Owners to design and build the next generation of governed, discoverable, and reusable data assets.

What You'll Do:

• Design and implement the architecture for scalable analytics engineering pipelines using dbt Cloud, ensuring modularity, reusability, testing, and governance across domains.
• Support the design of scalable and performant data workflows on Databricks using Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
• Partner with Data Product teams and Value Stream teams to translate business needs into data models, semantic layers, and shared assets.
• Implement data quality checks, CI/CD pipelines, and version control processes across analytics engineering projects.
• Contribute to architecture and design reviews across data initiatives to ensure alignment with best practices.
• Document lineage, metadata, and access patterns to promote data discoverability and compliance.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams on AWS services, Databricks, and DevOps to support scalable processing and automated workflows.
• Promote a product-thinking mindset in the development and delivery of analytics-ready datasets.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and innovation within the existing data infrastructure.
• Promote best practices in data architecture and data management across the organization.
• Stay up to date on modern data stack tooling and contribute to evaluating and implementing improvements.

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture, analytics engineering, or data engineering roles.
• Practical experience building transformation pipelines using dbt Cloud (models, tests, documentation, macros).
• Hands-on experience with Databricks and AWS.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, with familiarity using Python in data workflows.
• Solid understanding of data modeling principles, data quality techniques, and pipeline orchestration.
• Experience with agile delivery practices and CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, dbt Cloud jobs, or Databricks repos.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with a collaborative mindset.
• Ability to lead with empathy, embrace diverse perspectives, and foster a culture of openness and continuous learning.
• Certifications in dbt, Databricks, or AWS are a plus.

Pay Transparency

Salary Range:$125,000-$212,500

Overtime eligible:Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible:Yes

Sales bonus eligible:No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.

Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by theFoundation.We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

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Job Requisition ID: 92387