Senior Director, Data Platform & Engineering
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United StatesFull-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or analytics engineering roles, including 4+ years in senior leadership (Director level or above)
- Required Skills
- AWSGCPSnowflakeAirflowData engineeringdbt
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or analytics engineering roles
- 4+ years in senior leadership (Director level or above)
- Proven experience leading and scaling large engineering organizations (15+ people), including leadership through other managers or directors
- Strong understanding of modern data stack technologies such as Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, AWS, and GCP
- Experience delivering platform modernization initiatives such as cloud migration, infrastructure redesign, or tool consolidation
- Deep knowledge of data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, data modeling, and analytics enablement practices at enterprise scale
- Demonstrated success in cross-functional partnership with business stakeholders
- Strong vendor management experience, including SaaS evaluation, contract negotiation, and cost optimization strategies
- Excellent communication and executive presence
- Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth, or transformation environments
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop multiple engineering teams through directors, setting vision, priorities, and performance standards across data platform and data engineering functions
- Own the multi-quarter roadmap for enterprise data infrastructure, balancing modernization, stability, security, and enablement initiatives
- Drive large-scale platform evolution across Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Airflow, dbt, and ingestion frameworks, including cloud migration and system consolidation
- Oversee data architecture strategy, including data lake design, governance frameworks, observability systems, and cost optimization efforts
- Ensure reliability and scalability of enterprise data pipelines powering analytics, reporting, and operational workflows across the business
- Build a strong engineering culture grounded in ownership, accountability, and operational excellence, including talent development and organizational design
- Partner with business and technical leaders to translate enterprise needs into scalable data capabilities and measurable outcomes
- Lead vendor strategy, including build vs buy decisions, contract negotiations, and platform cost optimization
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