Hybrid Vice President – Data Services

at LPL Financial

• Job title: Vice President – Data Services
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $128,588 - $214,313 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Cyber Security, Postgres, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Vice President leading the Reference Data Master team within LPL Financial's Data & Analytics organization. Responsible for driving the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable, secure, high-quality party data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Party Referenced data team, providing strategic direction, technical leadership, and mentorship to senior developers and data engineers.
• Architect and implement cloud-native party data platforms using AWS services (e.g., Glue, Lambda, Event Bridge, S3, RDS, MSK).
• Modernize legacy party data systems, leading the migration from on-premises to scalable, cloud-based solutions.
• Integrate and manage third-party data providers, including S&P Global’s Markit, Dun & Bradstreet, and other KYC/AML data sources, ensuring accurate and timely ingestion and enrichment of party data.
• Design and maintain robust data models for party entities such as clients, counterparties, issuers, and legal entities.
• Establish data quality and governance frameworks, including validation, deduplication, survivorship, and lineage tracking.
• Develop APIs and data services to deliver party data to downstream systems including CRM, trading, compliance, and reporting platforms.
• Ensure platform observability and resilience, implementing monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and security teams to ensure compliance with data privacy, regulatory, and cybersecurity standards.
• Engage with business stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into actionable business solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement, evaluating emerging technologies and best practices in data mastering, identity resolution, and cloud engineering.
• Participate in Agile delivery processes, managing epics, stories, and sprint planning using Jira and related tools.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, software development, or cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on party or entity reference data.
• 5+ years in a leadership role, managing technical teams and delivering enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Expertise in AWS services, including Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, RDS (Aurora/Postgres), and MSK/Kinesis.
• Strong experience with data mastering, identity resolution, and golden record creation for party data.
• Proficiency with relational and cloud-native databases, such as Snowflake, Aurora, Postgres, and MSSQL.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), and DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and business teams.
• AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) are a plus.

Benefits

• 401K matching
• health benefits
• employee stock options
• paid time off
• volunteer time off