THECB - Director of Data Engineering

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) works to ensure that all Texans have access to high-quality, affordable higher education opportunities that prepare students for successful careers and strengthen the state's workforce and economy. Through collaboration with colleges, universities, policymakers, and education partners across Texas, THECB advances initiatives that expand educational opportunity, promote student success, and support the future of higher education.

The Information Technology Services (ITS) Division advances THECB's mission by delivering secure, reliable, and customer-focused technology services that enable agency staff to effectively serve Texas students, institutions, and communities.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is seeking an experienced and collaborative technology leader to serve as the Director of Data Engineering. Reporting to the Senior Director of Technology, this position is a key member of the Information Technology Services leadership team and provides strategic leadership and oversight for the agency's data engineering and analytics function, including enterprise data platform delivery and modernization initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how data platforms and analytics capabilities are engineered, modernized, and delivered at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

As a member of the ITS leadership team, you'll play a critical role in advancing data platform modernization, strengthening data engineering practices, expanding trusted analytics capabilities, and building a high-performing team focused on delivering reliable, secure, and scalable data solutions.

• Lead the evolution of data engineering, enterprise data platforms, and analytics delivery across the agency.
• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing data engineers, analytics engineers, and managers while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Build and evolve the agency's enterprise data platform on modern cloud technologies, including Snowflake and Power BI.
• Establish engineering standards, data architecture practices, and performance measures that improve data quality and reliability and support executive decision-making.
• Strengthen the partnership between IT Operations, Product Engineering, Product Management, the PMO, and data governance to deliver integrated platforms and shared ownership of outcomes.
• Make a lasting impact by helping technology enable the agency's mission of expanding educational opportunity and supporting higher education across Texas.

If you are passionate about developing people, building modern data platforms, turning data into trusted insight, and delivering data and analytics solutions that create measurable business value, we encourage you to apply.

Performs highly advanced (senior-level) managerial work for the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Serving as the Director of Data Engineering, this position provides strategic leadership and oversight for the agency's data engineering and analytics function, including enterprise data platform delivery and modernization initiatives. The position is responsible for ensuring the reliable, secure, and scalable delivery of data solutions that enable agency business operations and advance the agency's mission, strategic priorities, and service objectives.

Work involves establishing strategic plans, goals, and objectives for data engineering and analytics; developing technical standards, procedures, and engineering practices; and establishing priorities, performance measures, and evaluation tools to assess operational effectiveness, data quality, and data platform reliability.

Responsibilities include directing the delivery of enterprise data engineering, data integration, and analytics services; overseeing data platform and architecture planning, engineering standards, resource alignment, and continuous delivery improvement initiatives; and providing leadership for engineering governance, operational compliance, and organizational change. Collaborates with ITS leadership and agency stakeholders, including IT Operations, Product Engineering, Product Management, IT Service Delivery, the Project Management Office (PMO),…