Head of Data Platform and Tools

Company Description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Job Description

As a Senior Engineering Manager in Data Platform & Tools, you will lead a number of software engineering and data analytics teams to build and manage best-in-class cloud data platforms and data products that are adopted by over 10K internal users at Block. You provide guidance to architect, develop and manage data pipelines, data platform, ETL and reporting tools. Your leadership strengthens engineering partnerships with functional teams providing them cutting edge data products and compliant platforms for accessing data and building analytics models and reports. You ensure data-driven decision making is embedded in Block’s culture by empowering internal customers to gain meaningful data insights and identify new business opportunities across the Block ecosystem. You are comfortable working cross-functionally with other organizations across Block to define products roadmap and execute strategic business directions. You are a strong advocate growing and fostering Block’s data community, and promoting engineering best practices.

You will:

• Partner and build strong relationships with internal customers, partners and business stakeholders. Be proactive to understand their pain points, priorities and risks in order to identify business and product opportunities. Guide your teams to define products roadmap, design and build optimal data platforms and product solutions. 
• Lead the discussions and influence decision of cross functional initiatives on data platform, data tools, data governance, data catalog, cross-domain data sharing, etc. Influence and define roadmaps. Ensure technical designs are properly evaluated. 
• Work with managers and other senior leads to define team mission, vision, long term goals and data strategies. Evaluate the next generation of data technologies and help Block in adoptions.
• Grow and scale your teams. Recruit great talents, provide mentorship, and coach your direct reports and skip levels. Work on their career development and progression plans. Write-up performance feedback, and resolve performance issues.
• Partner with external vendors on addressing performance issues, system deficiencies, technical challenges, new feature developments, contract negotiations and renewal.

Qualifications

Required:

• 12+ years of relevant industry experience in a successful data organization with 5+ years of people management experience to build, grow and manage multiple teams and managers
• Hands on experience to architect and build complex data platform and products, and within-depth knowledge on numerous cloud-based computing services, data warehouses and tools like GCP, AWS, Snowflake, Airflow, Prefect, dbt, Tableau and Looker
• A track record of influencing and delivering initatives with company-level impact and priority
• Forward thinking mindset to define team’s mission, vision and long term strategies.
• Excellent writing and communication skills with strong business intuition and ability to understand complex business systems; versatility and willingness to learn new technologies on the job.

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $269,600 - USD $329,500
Zone B: USD $269,600 - USD $329,500
Zone C: USD $269,600 - USD $329,500
Zone D: USD $269,600 - USD $329,500

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
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