Remote Data Engineering Associate Manager Jobs
Remote data engineering associate manager jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms, distributed tech teams, and enterprise organizations in software, fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce. Companies hiring remotely right now include Armstrong World Industries, Fortitude Re, and Lockheed Martin. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Standard Job Description
Join Lockheed Martin’s Data and AI Enablement organization and accelerate the company’s AI transformation. As the manager of the Enterprise Control Tower’s technical team, you will play a key role in leading the build of the corporation’s data foundation to enable use of AI agents in some of our most important cross-functional analytics applications. You will develop strategy for the team’s operations, manage customer relationships, lead the creation and deployment of critical data products, support the build and operationalization of application ontologies, oversee the team’s engineering operations and manage and grow our organization’s talent. If you have a passion for making business impact through cutting-edge technology, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with functional partners to create enterprise data products and ontologies that provide maximal value to the corporation.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure their support for the team’s mission.
- Ensure data product alignment with enterprise ontology standards and guardrails.
- Work with functional partners to produce validation tests for data products and enterprise ontologies.
- Identify/report/mitigate technical risks and develop strategies to enable team to overcome obstacles in building the corporation’s data foundations.
- Manage technical requirements, lead technical designs, lead technical governance of overall Enterprise Control Tower suite of applications.
- Optimize team operations to maximize quality and efficiency, and to ensure delivery deadlines are met.
- Plan and manage application budgets and staffing.
- Optimize the work experience of our team’s architects and engineers, and enable them to grow their careers in the directions they wish.
- Identify and hire new talent for the team.
- Must be a US citizen
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s (or higher) in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Management, or a related field.
- 8 + years of experience working in data engineering/analysis/science, with at least 2 years of experience working in management.
- 3 + years of experience delivering concrete business value through technical ownership of portions of an enterprise data platforms.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and motivate action through superior communication and relationship building skills
- Demonstrated ability to apply strategic thinking to solve programmatic issues.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver business value through optimizing engineering operations and plans.
Desired Skills
- Experience in Operations or Supply Chain business functions.
- Experience productizing data sets for enterprise consumption.
- Experience operationalizing ontologies, taxonomies, or knowledge graphs that enable AI agent operations.
- Experience facilitating cross-functional workshops.
- Experience with use case-driven software development.
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills for cross‑functional teamwork and internal‑customer support.
- Master’s degree or advanced technical training.
- Experience with Databricks and/or medallion data architectures.
- Experience implementing data access controls in complex systems.
- Hands-on experience using genAI to solve business problems.
Pay Information
GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States. Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role.
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Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $185400.00 - $344400.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc.
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Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): $166900.00 - $309900.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc.
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Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): $148300.00 - $275500.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas–Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc.
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Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): $133500.00 - $247900.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Lufkin, TX; etc.
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only.
Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Standard Job Description
Join Lockheed Martin’s Data and AI Enablement organization and accelerate the company’s AI transformation. As the manager of the Enterprise Control Tower’s technical team, you will play a key role in leading the build of the corporation’s data foundation to enable use of AI agents in some of our most important cross-functional analytics applications. You will develop strategy for the team’s operations, manage customer relationships, lead the creation and deployment of critical data products, support the build and operationalization of application ontologies, oversee the team’s engineering operations and manage and grow our organization’s talent. If you have a passion for making business impact through cutting-edge technology, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with functional partners to create enterprise data products and ontologies that provide maximal value to the corporation.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure their support for the team’s mission.
- Ensure data product alignment with enterprise ontology standards and guardrails.
- Work with functional partners to produce validation tests for data products and enterprise ontologies.
- Identify/report/mitigate technical risks and develop strategies to enable team to overcome obstacles in building the corporation’s data foundations.
- Manage technical requirements, lead technical designs, lead technical governance of overall Enterprise Control Tower suite of applications.
- Optimize team operations to maximize quality and efficiency, and to ensure delivery deadlines are met.
- Plan and manage application budgets and staffing.
- Optimize the work experience of our team’s architects and engineers, and enable them to grow their careers in the directions they wish.
- Identify and hire new talent for the team.
- Must be a US citizen
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s (or higher) in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Management, or a related field.
- 8 + years of experience working in data engineering/analysis/science, with at least 2 years of experience working in management.
- 3 + years of experience delivering concrete business value through technical ownership of portions of an enterprise data platforms.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and motivate action through superior communication and relationship building skills
- Demonstrated ability to apply strategic thinking to solve programmatic issues.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver business value through optimizing engineering operations and plans.
Desired Skills
- Experience in Operations or Supply Chain business functions.
- Experience productizing data sets for enterprise consumption.
- Experience operationalizing ontologies, taxonomies, or knowledge graphs that enable AI agent operations.
- Experience facilitating cross-functional workshops.
- Experience with use case-driven software development.
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills for cross‑functional teamwork and internal‑customer support.
- Master’s degree or advanced technical training.
- Experience with Databricks and/or medallion data architectures.
- Experience implementing data access controls in complex systems.
- Hands-on experience using genAI to solve business problems.
Pay Information
GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States. Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role.
-
Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $185400.00 - $344400.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc.
-
Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): $166900.00 - $309900.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc.
-
Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): $148300.00 - $275500.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas–Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc.
-
Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): $133500.00 - $247900.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Lufkin, TX; etc.
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only.
Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote data engineering associate manager jobs.
- 5+ years of data engineering experience with at least 1 year in a team lead or management capacity
- Proficiency in distributed processing frameworks such as Apache Spark or Apache Flink
- Experience designing and operating cloud data platforms on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Hands-on knowledge of workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow or Prefect
- Familiarity with data modeling, dimensional design, and transformation tools such as dbt
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Data Engineering Associate Manager Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote data engineering associate manager openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check frequently and apply directly to roles that match your stack and leadership scope, since remote postings from distributed teams often fill faster than on-site ones.
Show your async leadership style clearly
Remote hiring managers want proof you can coordinate distributed data teams without in-person check-ins. Highlight specific examples of async decision-making, written technical specs, and remote standup formats you have run using tools like Slack, Confluence, or Notion.
Build a portfolio of remote pipeline work
Document data engineering projects on GitHub or a personal site, emphasizing architecture decisions, orchestration tools like Airflow or Prefect, and cloud environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Remote employers use this to assess independent technical judgment before the first interview.
Prepare for remote-specific interview formats
Many distributed teams conduct system design interviews over video with shared diagramming tools like Miro or Lucidchart. Practice walking through pipeline architecture decisions out loud, narrating your reasoning clearly, since remote interviewers rely entirely on what you say and show on screen.
Remote Data Engineering Associate Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote data engineering associate manager job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams that rely on asynchronous collaboration, since those employers are most likely to hire data engineering associate managers remotely. Remote hiring managers screen for strong written communication, the ability to manage pipelines and people without in-person oversight, and proficiency with tools like dbt, Spark, Airflow, and cloud platforms. Demonstrating past remote or hybrid leadership and clear async documentation habits gives you a real edge.
Which companies hire remote data engineering associate managers?
Remote data engineering associate manager roles are posted by Armstrong World Industries, Fortitude Re, and Lockheed Martin and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, fintech platforms, and distributed data teams in healthcare and e-commerce are among the most active employers for this role.
Can you get a remote data engineering associate manager job with no experience?
Yes, but remote associate manager roles are harder to land without experience because you are expected to coordinate distributed teams and make independent technical decisions from day one. Entry-level paths often run through remote data engineering roles at startups or mid-size companies where you build pipeline and team-lead experience before stepping into management. Contributing to open-source data projects, earning a cloud certification, and showing clear async communication in a portfolio can open doors when formal management experience is limited.
Do you need a degree for remote data engineering associate manager jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated engineering depth, pipeline architecture experience, and the ability to lead a distributed team than about a specific credential. A strong portfolio showing data infrastructure work, cloud platform proficiency, and cross-functional collaboration often carries more weight than a degree alone. Some employers, especially in finance and healthcare, still list a bachelor's in computer science or a related field as preferred, so it depends on the company and sector.
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