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Director of Data
Location
Canada
Posted
22 hours ago
Salary
$220K - $275K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director of Data
Outschool
• Lead, mentor, and grow a small but mighty data team while remaining hands-on with data architecture, modeling, technical direction, and analytics • Contribute directly as an individual contributor, particularly in data engineering, data infrastructure, and analytics engineering, helping establish high standards for data quality, reliability, and usability • Lead data strategy and execution across Outschool’s core data systems, including Redshift, dbt, and Opensearch, and self-serve tools such as Omni, Amplitude, and Statsig • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and other teams to deliver trusted, decision-ready data resources and analytics • Collaborate with senior leadership to align on strategy, priorities, metrics, experimentation practices, and long-term roadmap planning • Foster a culture of data quality, ownership, documentation, self-service, experimentation, and continuous improvement through mentorship and feedback • Lead adoption of self-serve data practices across the organization, ensuring teams can access and use data effectively without requiring significant centralized support • Help define and implement modern data practices that improve speed, trust, discoverability, and leverage across analytics, experimentation, and applied AI / ML
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, analytics, data science, ML, software engineering, or related technical roles
- 5+ years of management experience leading data, analytics, engineering, or ML teams, with demonstrated proficiency in performance management, career development, and people logistics
- Strong experience with modern data infrastructure and analytics engineering, including SQL, dbt, data modeling, pipeline reliability, and warehouse architecture, as well building as self-serve analytics systems and practices using tools such as Omni, Looker, Amplitude, Statsig, Mode, Hex, or similar platforms
- Experience with deep analytics / data science, including influencing stakeholders with data-informed decisions and strategies
- Experience balancing data leadership responsibilities with hands-on technical contribution, especially in data engineering, data infrastructure, or analytics engineering
- Proven ability to lead multiple complex data initiatives from planning through execution and adoption
- Deep experience leveraging experimentation, A/B testing, analytics, and metrics to inform decisions
- Ability to align data strategy and execution with broader business, product, and engineering priorities
- Ability to guide ML Engineering work in areas such as search, recommendations, personalization, or applied automation, even if not personally the deepest ML practitioner
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical, non-technical, and executive audiences.
Benefits
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, and retirement plans
- Health: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Wellness: Annual wellness stipend, access to coaching & therapy, and pet wellness plans
- PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies
- Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and an office in San Francisco. Bay Area-based employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote, with support for expensable home office setup and internet to stay connected no matter where you are.
- Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes
- Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports Outschool.org’s nonprofit programs
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