Director of Data Platforms Job Description Sample Template

JOB TITLE:

  • Director of Data Platforms

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Grow and lead the company’s Data Engineering organization and platform.
  • Will be key in defining the data strategy, enabling all teams easy access to valuable data.
  • Partner with key stakeholders to ensure we build a platform that is capable of everything from ad-hoc analysis all the way to training complex machine learning models.
  • Help the company build out a culture of using data to enrich our products.
  • Own a strategy to ensure data quality at every step.

EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 8+ years working in Data Engineering leading teams. You should have defined a data strategy and roadmap for an organization.
  • Experience building a team.
  • Experience with the latest machine learning and data analysis technologies.
  • Experience ensuring a data warehouse meets compliance regulations.
  • Experience with AWS data platform and machine learning offerings.
  • Experience within an eCommerce data org.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • Remote work.
  • While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear via electronic devices (ie. computer, monitor, microphone, video, etc.) 
  • The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse. 
  • Specific vision abilities required by this position include reading and viewing information on a computer monitor.