Senior Manager, Data System Development

About the Role / Overview

The role involves technical architecture and design execution, build management, feature development, and API implementation.

Responsibilities / What You'll Do

• Technical architecture and design execution: Translate the platform's strategic vision into detailed technical architecture specifications and designs. Own the execution of implementing architecture changes, including streamlining and redefining the technical specifications for data points that end users - with a focus on cities and local governments need to monitor, report, and showcase impact through data and compelling narratives.
• Build management and quality assurance: Direct and govern the daily development sprints conducted by external consultants. Implement and enforce rigorous quality assurance standards and processes (e.g., code review protocols, security checks) to ensure the stability, integrity, and timely delivery of features built by suppliers and partners.
• Feature development and AI/ML deployment: Manage and guide consultants and partners in the implementation and technical deployment of new features. Provide specific technical guidance for operationalizing AI and machine learning components into the live application environment, ensuring functional requirements are met.
• API and data integration implementation: Manage and oversee consultants to execute the technical work necessary to implement and test APIs for external data providers. Validate the seamless integration of external data sources with existing subnational reporting initiatives.

This role helps cities and local governments monitor, report, and showcase their climate impact through data and compelling narratives, supporting urgent action to confront the climate crisis and create healthy, equitable, and resilient communities.

• Technical direction and governance: Proven significant experience directing and managing the day-to-day technical execution of external development suppliers and partners/consultants, including sprint management, quality gatekeeping, and technical governance.
• Deep technical expertise: Demonstrable experience in the technical design and oversight of data platforms, reporting tools, or web applications.
• Architecture and stack proficiency: High proficiency in core elements of the technology stack (e.g., modern web architecture, API implementation, cloud services) necessary to critique, guide, and validate the work of technical consultants. Understanding of cloud cost management and building cost-efficient infrastructure.
• Data integration expertise: Strong technical understanding of data standardization, governance, and the technical complexities involved in integrating and processing data from multiple external sources and legacy data migration.

• Paid Time Off: Full-time employees receive 35 days of paid time off annually, which includes all national holidays.
• Company Shutdowns: In addition to the standard paid time off, C40 provides two non-contractual, non-statutory shutdown weeks each year (mid-year and end-of-year) for a full break.
• Parental Leave: All employees are eligible for up to 52 weeks of parenting leave. The first 16 weeks are paid at 100% of the employee's current salary. Weeks 17 through 52 are unpaid by C40, unless payment is required by national law.
• Flexible Working: C40 supports flexible working arrangements to enhance work-life balance, provided they align with business requirements.
• Time off in Lieu (TOIL): Employees can take TOIL to recover following periods of excessive hours or travel.
• Sick Leave: Entitlement to sick leave increases upon the successful completion of the employee's probation period.
• Employee Training: Training and development opportunities are available to all staff (excluding temporary staff and interns) after they have completed and passed their probation period.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Confidential services, such as counselling, are accessible for short-term support.
• Pension scheme: C40 offers a pension scheme to employees in eligible locations. Availability is determined by the country of employment.
• Private Health Insurance: This is provided in countries where publicly funded healthcare is not available.

C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities, who are working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis, and create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities.