Head of Data Engineering Job Posting:
The Head of Enterprise Data Engineering is responsible for defining and executing the Bank's enterprise data engineering vision, strategy, and architecture. This executive leader oversees the end-to-end data ecosystem, ensuring scalable, secure, and regulatory-compliant data capabilities that power business growth, operational excellence, advanced analytics, and AI-driven innovation.
As a key technology influencer, this leader partners across business and technology functions to shape enterprise-wide data strategy, modernize the Bank's data platforms, and establish a future-state architecture that enables trusted, high-quality data from source systems through analytical and reporting environments. The role combines strategic leadership with operational execution, ensuring successful delivery of critical enterprise transformation initiatives while driving modernization across the data and analytics landscape.
The successful candidate will combine executive leadership, strategic vision, and deep technical expertise, with the ability to seamlessly transition between enterprise strategy and hands-on engagement in complex data architecture, engineering, AI, modernization, and platform-related challenges. This is not a pure oversight role; the leader must possess the technical credibility and practical experience to influence strategy, guide architectural decisions, and support resolution of critical technical issues when necessary.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Data Strategy & Architecture
Data Engineering & Transformation Leadership
Data & Analytics Platform Ownership
AI, Data Innovation & Emerging Technologies
Regulatory & Risk Leadership
Leadership & Organizational Development
Required Qualifications
Preferred Experience
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M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $201,200.00 - $335,300.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, NY we are now a top 11 full-service US-based commercial bank with a retail footprint across the east coast and wealth services available nationwide and abroad. As a bank, we offer advice, guidance, expertise, and solutions across the entire financial spectrum that combines M&T’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. We are a community-minded organization with more than 167 years of experience. We serve customers, community, and colleagues whether they be across the street, across the state or across the country.
As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values drive the work we do – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, candor and we seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members.
M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws.
