Manager II, Data Domain Teams

🕒 2 days ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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Nelnet

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1996

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Nelnet is a diversified services company that provides a wide range of solutions including government services, consumer services, technology services, and federal student loan services. The company specializes in customer-centric services, operational optimization, and support, offering digital accessibility, custom development, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and information security. Nelnet also offers business process outsourcing, contact center and back-office processing, loan servicing, and education services. Furthermore, Nelnet is involved in financial management, payment technology, and renewable energy through tax equity funding and solar installations. Nelnet is committed to enhancing education, government service provision, and energy innovation, promoting community engagement and philanthropic efforts through partnerships.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage people across the active data domain squads • Coach, motivate, and professionally develop direct reports and squad members • Conduct regular 1:1s, career development planning, performance reviews, and compensation cycle management • Build teamwork and cooperation within and across squads • Create a culture that supports failure, learning, skill growth, cross-training, and career development • Assess and improve squad health across the domain team portfolio • Remove organizational impediments limiting squad effectiveness or individual growth • Coach Analytics Engineers through the Data Visualization to Analytics Engineer upskilling arc • Own the skill assessment loop during early Realignment phases • Develop and maintain individual career paths across role disciplines • Partner with the Director, Data Solutions, Manager, Data Platform & Enablement, Program Manager, and Data Governance Lead • Align squad capacity, skill development, people health, standards adoption, prioritization, governance training, and delivery dependencies • Build relationships with IT, Product, and Operations leaders • Own staffing forecasting and lead hiring for domain squad roles • Contribute to staffing plans and budget processes • Improve team processes through lean solutions, AI-assisted workflows, and productivity tooling • Translate technical team dynamics and squad health into business-relevant language for leadership • Connect squad members to broader outcomes and motivate performance and skill advancement

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience • Experience in a technical team area such as data, analytics, software engineering, or similar • Demonstrated successful team leadership • Experience in a management role with direct people leadership responsibility • Proven ability to lead teams through change • Coaching and career-development posture across multiple disciplines • Technical breadth sufficient for credible participation in squad design conversations; technical depth is not required • Ability to partner cross-functionally with architecture, program management, and governance peers • Excellent judgment and trustworthiness • Proven ability to manage complex problems and identify root causes • Preferred: experience in a data, analytics, or platform organization • Preferred: experience with domain-squad, product-team, or agile operating models • Preferred: earlier-career technical individual contribution

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • HSA • FSA • Generous earned time off • 401K/student loan repayment • Life insurance and AD&D insurance • Employee assistance program • Employee stock purchase program • Tuition reimbursement • Performance-based incentive pay • Short- and long-term disability • Robust wellness program