Manager Team Lead SQL Systems

Market America, a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing, is seeking an experienced Manager Team Lead SQL Systems to serve as manager for our team. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role with a major focus on SQL development, reporting, and data delivery. The successful candidate must be comfortable personally writing, reviewing, optimizing, and troubleshooting SQL code, stored procedures, reporting datasets, ETL processes, and business intelligence solutions while also leading and mentoring the team.

Market America is a dynamic and fast‑growing company specializing in e‑commerce and digital marketing. We pride ourselves on innovation, customer satisfaction, and a commitment to excellence.

The Manager Team Lead of Enterprise SQL Systems Engineering will lead the design, evolution, and delivery of Market America’s global data infrastructure, including Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, cloud‑based data platforms and moving us toward an AI‑driven analytics system. This role oversees the engineering teams responsible for database development, business intelligence, data warehousing, and next‑generation AI/ML data systems supporting global e‑commerce operations.

• Lead, mentor, and grow high‑performing teams of DBAs, data engineers, and BI/AI developers across global locations.
• Build a data‑first culture - combining SQL excellence with AI‑driven insights for smarter decision‑making.
• Partner with technology and business leaders to define the data and AI roadmap, aligning with corporate strategy and global growth objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CIO/CTO and executive team for all data, analytics, and AI initiatives.

• Oversee enterprise‑scale SQL environments ensuring high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), scalability, and performance optimization.
• Lead modernization efforts including data warehouse transformation, cloud migration, and AI/ML integration.
• Champion automation and observability practices across data systems to improve delivery velocity and reliability.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies in AI‑powered database optimization, predictive analytics, and generative BI tools.

• Develop and track KPIs for system performance, uptime, and delivery efficiency.
• Evolve and enforce best practices for data architecture, ETL/ELT processes, and code standards.
• Lead major incident triage and root cause analysis; deliver proactive solutions for long‑term stability.
• Establish frameworks for AI‑driven query optimization, anomaly detection, and intelligent forecasting.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to embed analytics and data‑driven intelligence directly into digital experiences.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7-8 years of experience managing large‑scale SQL Server environments in enterprise settings.
• Proven leadership experience managing distributed data engineering teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of:
  • SQL Server (Clustering, Always On, Replication, Log Shipping, CDC)
  • Data Warehousing (SSIS, SSRS, Power BI, Tableau)
  • AI/ML integrations using Python, R, or Azure ML
  • Modern architectures – Microservices, Event Streaming, Data Lakes, and Hybrid Cloud
• Strong background in cloud data platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or similar). Experience in MS SQL, MYSQL, No
  
  SQL is a plus.
• Experience implementing AI‑assisted data governance, automated analytics, or predictive modeling pipelines a major plus.

Market America offers competitive salary and generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, life, short and long‑term disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and an on‑site health clinic.

Qualified candidates should apply online. This position will be based at our Greensboro, NC offices. Sorry, we are NOT able to sponsor for this position. The role may require occasional domestic and international travel.

Market America is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.