Top Senior Data Management Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads client-facing data validation and risk workstreams, developing reliable data pipelines, integrations, transformations, and validation controls. Manages project plans, budgets, timelines, deliverables, and team performance while analyzing data structures and system interactions to identify risks. Coaches team members, collaborates with stakeholders, improves database and query performance, promotes automation and AI-enabled tools, and ensures technical standards, documentation, and independence requirements are maintained.

Manage data analytics for PULSE Risk & Compliance by analyzing large datasets, identifying transaction anomalies and risk exposure, validating models, improving reporting and processes, and supporting compliant data strategies. The role involves Python-based programming, BI, database and data-storage design, strategic testing, cross-functional collaboration, project leadership, and people management in a hybrid environment.

Leads enterprise-wide validation of analytical tools, including planning validation projects, assessing methodology quality and tool risk, researching best practices, and communicating findings through reports and presentations. Partners cross-functionally to influence business strategy, handles concurrent projects, develops solutions to business problems, and coaches junior staff. The role requires substantial data analysis, statistical or econometric modeling, large-scale data manipulation, open-source technology experience, and people management.

Lead data analytics strategy, mine and analyze large-scale datasets, build and validate models, improve reporting and operational processes, evaluate products and marketing initiatives, and consult on data systems. Manage and mentor junior analysts, collaborate across business units, oversee concurrent projects, and apply business intelligence tools to support customer experience and organizational decision-making.

Leads data engineering and analytics engineering teams delivering production pipelines, curated data products, semantic models, dashboards, and governed Databricks lakehouse capabilities. Owns platform administration, data quality, observability, security, cost optimization, reliability, and engineering standards. Manages internal and external resources, mentors engineers, drives AI-assisted development, partners with stakeholders, and reports roadmap progress to leadership. Requires strong hands-on Databricks expertise, technical leadership, advanced SQL, data modeling, CI/CD, and up to 5% travel.

Leads the Data Engineering team and sets technical direction for the company’s data platform. Owns Snowflake, PostgreSQL, pipelines, modern ELT tooling, Medallion architecture, reliability, scalability, cost optimization, data quality, observability, governance, and security. Partners across Engineering, Analytics, Product, Finance, Risk, and Marketing to deliver reusable data solutions. Develops engineers, establishes standards, communicates technical tradeoffs, and builds a long-term platform roadmap supporting analytics, automation, and AI.

Manage data governance and risk programs for Global Payment Networks. Analyze large datasets, build and validate models, improve data and reporting processes, establish controls, support privacy and regulatory compliance, and lead cross-functional projects. The role also includes mentoring junior analysts, managing concurrent initiatives, and consulting on data systems, product testing, and business intelligence solutions.

Design, build, and support scalable cloud data platforms, pipelines, and applications. The role involves distributed data processing, data modeling, relational and NoSQL databases, data security, observability, orchestration, and real-time pipelines. It also requires influencing cross-functional teams, mentoring data professionals, establishing engineering standards, and communicating technical outcomes to stakeholders.

Leads data engineering teams and technical strategy for scalable cloud data platforms. Oversees architecture, pipelines, data models, quality, observability, and operational standards across Databricks, Spark, Python, and Snowflake environments. Mentors engineers, drives large-scale data initiatives, evaluates platform choices, and collaborates with product and software teams to deliver reliable data solutions.

Leads data analysis and AI-readiness initiatives for the personal loans business, including data governance, quality, automation, reporting, and analytics. Manages complex data analysis projects, improves processes and customer experiences, evaluates products and marketing initiatives, and collaborates across business units. Mentors junior analysts and contributes to data system design, business intelligence, and strategic testing.

Leads data analytics and AI-readiness initiatives for the personal loans business. Responsibilities include improving data governance and quality, automating monitoring controls, building data abstraction layers, analyzing large databases, evaluating products and processes, enhancing business intelligence, and mentoring junior analysts. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, strategic testing, reporting improvements, and consulting on data systems while managing concurrent projects.

Manages data governance and pricing-related risks by overseeing processes, controls, reporting, documentation, and improvement initiatives. The role analyzes process data, identifies gaps, resolves policy-related issues, collaborates on enterprise projects, represents departmental interests, and trains junior staff and internal stakeholders. Responsibilities include maintaining procedures and diagrams, recommending process changes, supporting executive reporting, and ensuring adherence to data management and governance frameworks.

Leads the design, development, and optimization of scalable data platforms, architectures, pipelines, and governance practices supporting analytics, AI, and machine learning. Manages technical direction, data modeling, migrations, observability, security, and compliance while mentoring and growing a high-performing engineering team. Partners cross-functionally to deliver trusted enterprise data products and consolidate fragmented systems into a reliable source of truth.

Owns data infrastructure, datasets, dashboards, predictive models, and AI-enabled workflows for JLL’s national industrial real estate platform. The role supports investor and occupier business development through analytics, market research, supply-chain mapping, reporting, presentations, and executive insights. Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, improving data protocols, evaluating technology platforms, automating repetitive analysis, supporting pursuits, and communicating analytical priorities to leadership.

Leads the design, delivery, and optimization of data architecture, pipelines, semantic layers, data quality frameworks, and Tableau BI platforms. Partners with stakeholders to manage requirements, project plans, sprint execution, monitoring, governance, and release delivery. Guides data engineers, manages team members, and supports AI-enabled analytics capabilities. Requires strong SQL, Spark, PySpark, SSIS, cloud data platform, CI/CD, Tableau infrastructure, and data engineering expertise.

Leads and grows the data engineering team while owning enterprise data architecture, ingestion, modeling, semantic layers, governance, secure APIs, and reliable platform outcomes. Partners with finance, operations, sales, marketing, and product to deliver governed, traceable data for products and AI agents. Sets the roadmap, manages vendors and costs, reviews architecture, contributes code, and delivers cross-functional data platform projects.

Lead Client Legal Services analytics strategy and team development. Own Power BI reporting products, Microsoft Fabric data solutions, governance, predictive modeling, responsible AI adoption, ROI measurement, and executive insights. Partner cross-functionally to improve legal operations, litigation outcomes, staffing, capacity, cost management, quality, and workflow optimization while building scalable analytics capabilities and institutional knowledge.

Leads the marketing data team and develops analytics strategies for audience segmentation, campaign measurement, attribution, media mix modeling, and marketing performance optimization. Partners with Marketing, MarTech, and IT teams to maintain accurate data pipelines, ensure privacy compliance, evaluate vendors and technologies, and translate data into actionable business insights. Provides mentorship, team leadership, and strategic guidance to improve personalization, ROI, and analytics-driven decision-making.

Lead and grow a global data engineering team while establishing foundational data platforms and engineering standards. Design and oversee GCP-based pipelines, medallion data models, DataOps, monitoring, SLAs, CI/CD, governance, and data quality practices. Drive AI adoption across engineering workflows and build reliable, AI-ready data. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to prioritize roadmaps, deliver scalable solutions, and support data democratization.

Lead design and implementation of data infrastructure, pipelines, and warehouses using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Snowflake. Manage data modeling, quality, security, and analytics frameworks. Lead client accounts, mentor teams, and drive innovation to deliver data-driven business insights.

Lead and coach teams to design, code, test, and deliver software solutions driving digital transformation for tax clients. Translate requirements into technical specs, perform code reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, maintain client relationships, and promote innovation and systems thinking to validate outcomes and improve products.

Leads client-focused data analytics initiatives within PwC’s Risk & Regulatory practice. Develops business intelligence, visualization, and advanced analytics solutions using Python, Oracle Business Intelligence, QlikView, and Spotfire. Builds stakeholder relationships, validates outcomes, drives process improvement, and applies systems thinking to solve complex business challenges. Oversees scalable deployments and coaches teams through ambiguous situations while delivering strategic insights and improved client performance.

Lead development and execution of data-driven strategies, manage project planning and delivery, mentor and coach team members, ensure quality and ethical standards, design cloud data architectures and governance frameworks, analyze complex datasets to produce actionable insights, and drive continuous improvement using advanced analytics and modern data technologies.

Lead development and implementation of data governance strategies, manage client accounts and deliverables, supervise and mentor teams, analyze data to inform business decisions, ensure compliance with firm standards, and identify improvements in data management processes.

Own the go-to-market master data management roadmap and governance model for accounts, contacts, and organizational hierarchies. Define golden record, matching, merging, survivorship, data quality, stewardship, and SLA standards across Salesforce, billing, finance, marketing, product, support, and warehouse systems. Partner with engineering, systems, finance, legal, and security teams to implement integrations, privacy controls, data products, and remediation programs. Report data health, risks, and business impact to leadership.