Professional Resume Template for
Data Manager
Clarissa M. Sterling
San Francisco, CA
(415) 555-0142
clarissa.sterling@email.com
linkedin.com/in/clarissa-sterling | github.com/clarissasterling | clarissasterling.dev
Professional Summary
Methodical Data Manager with 6 years of experience designing and optimizing enterprise data architectures, governance frameworks, and ingestion pipelines. Proven record of managing relational and non-relational database systems containing over 10M records while ensuring SOC 2 and GDPR compliance. Successfully reduced data latency by 34% and database operating costs by $115,000 annually through system rationalization and query optimization. Expert in database design, data integration (ETL/ELT), and leading teams of data analysts and engineers.
Work Experience
Data Manager — Vanguard Data Logistics
San Francisco, CA | January 2024 – Present
- Supervised a team of 5 data engineers and analysts to migrate a legacy on-premise warehouse to AWS Snowflake, reducing data processing times by 42% and cutting monthly infrastructure costs by 18%.
- Designed and executed a company-wide data governance policy that standardized metadata schemas for 12 core business units, raising data quality audit compliance from 78% to 99.4% in 9 months.
- Orchestrated the deployment of 14 new automated ETL pipelines using Apache Airflow and dbt, accelerating daily dashboard ingestion schedules by 2.5 hours and eliminating 95% of manual reports.
- Implemented automated backup protocols and role-based access control (RBAC) across 8 production databases, reducing unauthorized access incidents to zero and securing SOC 2 Type II compliance.
Associate Data Manager — Helix Analytics Group
Oakland, CA | June 2020 – December 2023
- Managed database optimization for a customer telemetry system containing 8M+ active entries, using indexing and partitioning to improve SQL query execution speeds by 35% on average.
- Collaborated with product teams to build 22 custom Tableau reporting dashboards, saving marketing and product business teams 14 hours of weekly manual calculations and analytics tasks.
- Led a comprehensive data cleansing initiative that identified and purged 250,000 duplicate customer profiles, increasing database storage efficiency by 15% and saving $12,000 annually.
- Trained 18 business unit users on standard SQL querying and self-service analytics platforms, which reduced routine IT support ticket volume by 28% over a 12-month period.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems
San Jose State University · San Jose, CA · 2020
Skills
Database design, Data governance, ETL/ELT pipelines, Data warehousing, Metadata management, SQL, Python, AWS Snowflake, Apache Airflow, dbt, PostgreSQL, Tableau, SOC 2, GDPR compliance
Projects
Cloud Data Warehouse Migration
Role: Lead Data Manager
Tools: Snowflake, AWS, Apache Airflow, dbt
Led a 6-month migration from legacy MS SQL to Snowflake, transitioning 12TB of active data with zero service downtime and decreasing average query speeds by 45%.
Customer Master Data Standardization
Role: Data Manager
Tools: PostgreSQL, Python, Git, Tableau
Standardized CRM databases across 4 platforms, resolving 300,000+ data conflicts and improving analytics reporting accuracy by 22%.
Certifications
- Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) (2024)
- AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (2023)
Additional information
- Languages: English (Native), Mandarin (Conversational)
- Volunteer Work: Mentoring underprivileged youth in SQL programming for regional non-profits (2022-present)
- Availability: 2 weeks notice
Job Market Insights
Market data and opportunities for
Data Manager
Job Market Insights
$95,000
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$140,000
Avg:
$118,000
Growth Outlook:
The employment outlook for Data Managers in the United States is strong, driven by the rapid expansion of enterprise cloud migrations, data privacy mandates, and the storage requirements of modern machine learning models. As organizations face growing governance demands, skilled data managers who bridge technical execution and strategy are highly sought after. Employment in related data and system management roles is projected to grow by 15% over the next decade.
15% growth over 10 years
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