Senior Director, Data

Description

With Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Data Connects Us.

About the Role:

The Data Team strives to build out the central nervous system for the company in order to drive better and faster decisions via data. Our charter includes Data Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics & Insights. It is our responsibility to build world class data infrastructure, tooling, governance, dashboards, and ML models to enable company-wide analytics, create insights & models and data products to drive business growth at scale, and to be a model user of Confluent Cloud.

As the Senior Director of Data, you will lead and grow a team of high performing Data Scientists supporting our product, marketing and sales organizations. You will articulate and execute the overall vision & strategy of the Data Science team, including a heavy focus on business partnership, data architecture and insights.

What You Will Do:

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities.
• Engage with Product & Engineering teams to deliver insights and recommendations to improve Confluent’s products, adoption, and consumption
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to define data science objectives and deliver actionable insights that inform marketing strategies and sales tactics.
• Implement an approach for holistic prioritization to ensure resources are aligned to the highest impact and highest value initiatives 
• Design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses, validate models, and optimize product performance.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to uncover trends, patterns, and insights that drive product innovation and customer satisfaction.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to senior leadership and other stakeholders through clear and compelling data visualizations and presentations.
• Foster a data-driven culture within the organization, promoting the use of data and analytics to inform decision-making at all levels.

What You Will Bring:

• 15+ years of experience in the Data, from companies with a heavy reliance on Data
• 10+ years of experience managing a multi discipline Data team
• Experience running and building large high performing & diverse teams across multiple geographies with multiple levels of management 
• Deep knowledge of modern data stack and infrastructures, i.e., Cloud Data warehouse, data integration tools, Airflow, DBT, Tableau, etc. 
• Deep knowledge of programming languages, i.e. SQL, Python
• Business acumen with an understanding of GTM, Product, and Sales landscapes
• Strong ability to communicate cross-functionally, derive requirements and architect; to synthesize, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences, including executives

Come As You Are

At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $306,174 - $367,357 and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE.

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