Avp Client Platforms - Data Architect

### _Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry._ **Job Description** Primary functions & responsibilities ==================================== **Data Engineering & Platform Leadership** * Lead the Client Platform **Data Engineering function**, responsible for ingestion, transformation, modeling, orchestration, storage and delivery of Ares’ Client data * Have primary accountability for aligning to Ares’ data governance standards including modeling, lineage, data quality, and data protection standards * Own the **design and operation of enterprise data lakes and Lakehouse architectures**, supporting client use cases. * Apply best-in-class engineering standards for data pipelines, CI/CD, testing, and data quality assurance **Architecture & Engineering Excellence** * Partner with the Data and AI organization to define and apply data **reference architectures** * Partner with Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Security, and Architecture teams to ensure scalability, resiliency, data privacy and regulatory compliance. * Promote modern engineering practices including DevOps, Automated testing and data quality assurance * Ensure platforms meet enterprise requirements for **security, auditability, privacy, and regulatory controls**. **Execution, Delivery & Operations** * Own **end-to-end engineering delivery**, from roadmap execution through production operations. * Establish delivery metrics (velocity, reliability, cost efficiency, platform adoption). * Lead vendor selection and management for data related tooling. * Ensure platform stability, uptime, and support for mission-critical investment and client workflows. **Leadership & Talent Development** * Build and lead a **high-performing engineering team**. * Develop leaders and succession pipelines. * Foster a strong engineering culture focused on quality, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. Qualifications ============== **Experience & Background** * 12+ years of progressive technology experience, with significant leadership experience in data  architecture, design and delivery * Proven experience building and operating enterprise-scale data platforms, ideally in asset management, alternatives, banking, or similarly complex regulated environments. * Demonstrated success leading teams * Strong track record partnering with senior business and technology leaders **Technical Expertise** * Deep hands-on understanding of: * Cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP experience welcome) * Databricks, Lakehouse architecture, and modern data stacks * Salesforce data modeling * Data Modelling, including lineage and transformation * Data quality assurance * Experience integrating commercial AI tools with proprietary data preferred **Education** * Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred. * Engineering or Computer Science background strongly preferred. **Reporting Relationships** Managing Director, Head of Client Platforms _There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active._