Manager, Data Engineering

Get to know The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children's entertainment properties in the world.

Learn more online at corporate.pokemon.com and pokemon.com.

Get to know the role

• Job Title: Manager, Data Engineering

• Job Summary: We are looking for an experienced Manager of Data Engineering to lead our team in designing and implementing complex data solutions. This role will be responsible for leading a team who are responsible for our Data Platform infrastructure, design and orchestration of core data pipelines, and the proliferation of data across our Enterprise. As the Manager of Data Engineering, you will lead a team of growing engineers who will enable real-time data workflows that power analytics, business insights, and product experiences. This position will play a critical role in bridging technical execution with business outcomes, bringing clarity, consistency, and innovation to how we manage and leverage data across the organization.

• FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt

• People Manager: Yes

What you’ll do

• Lead TPCi’s Data Platform team: Oversee the design, implementation and scaling of our data infrastructure, including ETL/ELT pipelines, data mart architecture, and data governance frameworks. 

• Own data modeling and architecture: define and maintain data modeling strategy for analytics, operations, and product workflows to ensure maintainability, accuracy and scalability. 

• Collaborate cross functionally and be a champion for the Data Platform team.  Leading with curiosity and delivering value to our partners through data. 

• Ensure data quality and observability: Establish SLAs, maintain reliability, integrity, and observability across all data environments, support consistent and trusted insights. 

• Establish engineering best practices: Implement and uphold best practices for testing, CI/CD, documentation, and cost optimization within the Data Platform. 

• Drive modernization and consistency: lead efforts in modernization, ensuring performance and reliability.   

• Innovate with AI driven tools where appropriate: evaluate and implement AI enhanced solutions for pipeline monitoring, schema validation and anomaly detection to improve efficiency and accuracy. 

• Build and maintain a strong, healthy, and diverse team by providing continuous mentorship and coaching. 

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of industry experience and building distributed data systems. 

• 3+ years of Software Engineering or Data Engineering management experience. 

• Strong cross collaboration skills that bridge technical execution with business outcomes and proven outcomes when delivering data to a broad range of business partners.   

• Track record of leading or managing high performing teams  

• Strong facilitation skills (design, requirements gathering, progress and status) 

• Passion for data, automation and leveraging agile software development methodologies. 

• A track record of recruiting, leading and growing high performing technical teams in a demanding talent market. 

• Excellent problem-solving skills and strong fundamentals including data structures, algorithms and distributed systems. 

• Proven expertise in designing and implementing scalable data architectures in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). 

• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms and tools (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka, FiveTran, Airbyte, dbt). 

• Ability to analyze and optimize data access patterns, storage strategies, and performance metrics. 

• Strong collaboration skills with engineering, product, and business stakeholders. 

Base Salary Range: For this role, new hires generally start between $154,400.00 - $183,540.00 per year. The full range is $154,400.00 - $232,000.00 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidate’s qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

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How you’ll be successful

• Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
• Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.  
• Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
• Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve. 
• Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a “team first” mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.  
• Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.

What to expect

• An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
• Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
• Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
• Generous paid family leave.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
• US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
• UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
• Fitness reimbursement.
• Commuter benefit.
• LinkedIn learning.
• Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
• Hybrid work environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this role. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. For roles in the United Kingdom, candidates will need the right to work. In some cases, and for some roles, the Company may be able to arrange a visa. For roles in Ireland, this role requires candidates to have the right to live and work in the Republic of Ireland. However, we welcome applications from all nationalities and may consider supporting an employment permit application, in appropriate and suitable cases.

The Pokémon Company International is committed to the inclusion of all qualified applicants for consideration in our job application process. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview, or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at accommodationrequest_ta@pokemon.com.