Senior Director, Data Platform & Engineering

About the role

This senior leadership position sits at the core of a large‑scale data ecosystem, shaping the infrastructure and engineering systems that enable enterprise‑wide decision‑making. You will lead two critical pillars—data platform and data engineering—supporting functions such as marketing, finance, product, sales, HR, and customer success.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic direction of enterprise data platform and engineering organizations.
• Lead multiple engineering teams through directors, setting vision, priorities, and performance standards.
• Own a multi‑quarter roadmap for data infrastructure, balancing modernization, stability, security, and enablement.
• 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, and cost optimization.
• Ensure reliability and scalability of data pipelines powering analytics, reporting, and operational workflows.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with business and technical leaders to translate enterprise needs into scalable data capabilities.
• Lead vendor strategy, including build‑vs‑buy decisions, contract negotiations, and platform cost optimization.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or analytics engineering.
• 4+ years in senior leadership (Director level or above) with proven ability to scale large engineering organizations (15+ people).
• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional teams and aligning technical execution with business priorities.
• Strong track record of modernizing cloud infrastructure and data pipelines at enterprise scale.

Required skills

• Snowflake
• AWS
• GCP
• Airflow
• dbt