Data Strategy Tech Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the product vision, roadmap, and implementation for internal technical projects, emphasizing data-intensive systems and foundational datasets.

• Lead collaborative efforts to enhance the quality, reliability, and usability of internal systems, which include datasets, shared services, and internal platforms.

• Spearhead long-term projects aimed at future-proofing internal data and technology assets, ensuring they adapt to changing product, analytics, and operational requirements.

• Collaborate with engineering, data science, solutions analytics, and product stakeholders to grasp use cases, clarify requirements, and pinpoint interdependencies.

• Oversee the prioritization of competing internal demands, balancing immediate impact with long-term strategic benefits.

• Convert complex internal requirements into clear, actionable specifications and ensure alignment among teams.

• Utilize structured project management practices for initiatives involving multiple teams, ambiguous problem domains, and complex technical dependencies.

• Define and monitor success metrics for internal systems and datasets, including quality, completeness, latency, reliability, and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Communicate the roadmap, progress, risks, and trade-offs to internal stakeholders at all levels.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with data-intensive or platform-oriented products, particularly focusing on data platforms.

• Hands-on experience managing large datasets, preferably within distributed or big-data settings (e.g., Spark, Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar).

• Strong comprehension of big data principles, data pipelines, data cleaning/normalization, and data modeling.

• Proven ability to effectively partner with engineering, data science, and analytics teams in addressing deeply technical challenges.

• Experience leading significant internal initiatives with multiple stakeholders while managing extensive cross-functional dependencies.

• Demonstrated skill in structuring ambiguous requirements, prioritizing effectively, and ensuring reliable execution on complex technical programs.

• Exceptional communication abilities, capable of elucidating technical concepts to diverse audiences and fostering team alignment.

• A forward-thinking, durability-oriented mindset—ensuring internal systems and datasets are designed for scalability, maintainability, and long-term adaptability.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employer-paid group health insurance for you and your dependents.

• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles).

• Flexible paid time off.

• Regular company-wide in-person events.

• Home office stipend, and more!