Manager, Data Engineering & Intelligence
Build-A-BearSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
Posted December 9, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Build‑A‑Bear Workshop, founded in 1997, operates around 400 retail and franchise locations worldwide where customers create personalized stuffed animals. The company blends experiential retail with entertainment, encouraging creativity and emotional connection through its signature custom‑making process. Its culture centers on employee engagement, community impact, and a heart‑driven brand ethos, earning repeated recognition as a top workplace. Build‑A‑Bear’s unique blend of interactive retail, creative product design, and strong employee values distinguishes it in the children’s and experiential retail sectors.
Job Description
The Manager, Data Engineering & Intelligence, leads a team responsible for building and maintaining scalable data pipelines, data warehouses, and analytical platforms to empower our retail business with actionable insights.
Requirements
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers and analysts
- Design and maintain scalable, high-performance data pipelines and warehouses
- Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and compliance throughout the data lifecycle
- Collaborate with business and analytics teams to translate requirements to solutions
- Evaluate and recommend new data technologies, platforms, and methodologies to improve efficiency
- Champion data quality, governance, and compliance standards
- Communicate progress, challenges, and insights to senior leadership and partners
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule
- Typical office environment with climate control and sufficient lighting, ergonomic desk/chairs