Director of Data

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Job Summary

We are seeking a Director of Data to lead our data organization through a significant transformation — modernizing our reporting infrastructure, building data science capability from the ground up, and establishing the data foundation needed to power AI capabilities in our product. 

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can operate at two levels simultaneously: setting a multi-year data strategy while also rolling up their sleeves to assess technical debt, guide a team through a skills transition, and make hard calls about people and technology. You'll inherit a team currently running on legacy tools (Crystal Reports, Oracle) that is in the middle of a migration to a modern cloud stack (Databricks, Power BI), currently supported by contractors. Your mandate is to bring that expertise in-house, retire the legacy system, and build a data science function that positions us to embed AI into our product. 

Primary Responsibilities

Team leadership & talent strategy 

• Lead and grow a team of reporting and data engineers, and stand up a new data science function within the org 

• Make and own decisions about team composition — hiring new talent, upskilling existing team members, and restructuring roles that are no longer aligned with the team's direction 

• Recruit and onboard data engineers, analytics engineers, and data scientists as the function scales 

• Build a team culture and set of practices (code review, documentation, on-call, etc.) appropriate for a modern data org, replacing ad hoc legacy practices 

Technology modernization 

• Own the transition off Crystal Reports and Oracle onto Databricks and Power BI, including setting a realistic deprecation timeline for legacy systems 

• Partner with and eventually reduce reliance on external contractors by building durable in-house capability 

• Define architecture, data modeling, and engineering standards for the new platform 

• Establish data governance, quality, and observability practices appropriate to a company relying more heavily on data for decision-making and product features 

Data science & AI enablement 

• Build a data science function from scratch: define its charter, hire its first members, and establish how it collaborates with product, engineering, and analytics 

• Identify and prioritize the data capture, pipelines, and infrastructure needed to eventually support AI/ML features in the product 

• Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to translate product AI ambitions into concrete data requirements 

• Establish practices for data quality, labeling, and accessibility that will make data usable for future AI/ML initiatives 

Strategy & stakeholder management 

• Develop and communicate a multi-year data roadmap, including migration milestones, team growth plans, and investment asks 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for data strategy with senior leadership, translating business needs into technical priorities and vice versa 

• Manage budget and vendor/contractor relationships during the transition period 

• Report on progress, risks, and trade-offs as the team transitions off legacy systems 

Job Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data leadership roles, including 3+ years managing teams 

• Proven experience leading a legacy-to-modern data platform migration (e.g., moving off on-prem/legacy BI tools to a cloud data platform) 

• Direct experience with Databricks and Power BI (or comparable modern cloud data/BI stack) in a hands-on or architectural capacity 

• Experience building or scaling a data science or analytics function, including hiring the first members of a team 

• Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and