Director, Data Engineering

A Day in the Life:

The Director, Data Engineer owns the strategy, reliability, and evolution of the enterprise business intelligence and analytics platform ecosystem. This role ensures BI platforms are scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and operationally excellent—enabling business analytics teams to deliver insights quickly and confidently.

This leader focuses on platform engineering, operations, and enablement, and reports to the Sr Director, Data Architecture & Engineering.

The starting salary for this position is $170,000, commensurate with relevant experience.

What You'll Do: 

• Lead the strategy, roadmap, and governance of the enterprise BI and analytics platform ecosystem
• Define and maintain platform architecture, standards, and integration best practices
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize BI technologies to support business growth and scalability
• Oversee BI platform deployment, automation, performance, reliability, and disaster recovery
• Drive operational excellence through Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD processes, monitoring, and service management
• Partner with security and governance teams to ensure appropriate access controls, compliance, and data governance standards
• Enable self-service analytics by providing tooling, templates, documentation, and platform support
• Manage platform licensing, vendor relationships, and cost optimization initiatives
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous platform improvement efforts
• Build, develop, and mentor high-performing BI platform and technical services teams
• Establish operating models, performance expectations, and career development pathways for team members
• Communicate platform strategy, health, risks, and roadmap progress to executive stakeholders
• Collaborate across technology, analytics, and business teams to translate platform investments into measurable business outcomes
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer-focused service delivery

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field required
• 10+ years of leadership experience in BI, analytics, data platforms, or related technologies
• Deep expertise with modern BI platforms, semantic layers, cloud technologies, and enterprise integrations
• Proven success leading enterprise-scale BI environments and platform teams
• Experience with AI/ML, embedded analytics, multi-platform BI ecosystems, or regulated business environments is a plus
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated success building and developing high-performing teams while driving operational excellence and organizational change
• Strategic, results-oriented thinker with strong problem-solving, decision-making, and execution capabilities
• Adaptable and effective in fast-paced, evolving environments, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership

What You’ll Get:

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental & Vision plan options
• Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching
• Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program for employees & family
• Educational Reimbursement & Discounts
• Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness
• Perks & Discounts –Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more