Director, Data (Hybrid)

The role

The Head of Data is a senior leader accountable for data strategy and the organization that delivers it. This person will lead Data Engineering and Data Science functions to create business value through a modern data stack.

What you will do

• Define and own the data strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Establish and enforce architecture standards.
• Assess and execute plans for data infrastructure refactoring or replacement.
• Lead the build-out of the modern data stack.
• Hire and develop data talent through mentorship and technical leadership.
• Own data governance and the data model RFC process.
• Own data pipeline monitoring and observability.
• Own the data function's budget, headcount planning, and vendor management.
• Serve as the data leader to the executive team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of experience across data engineering, data science, or analytics
• Strong hands-on data engineering foundation
• 4+ years leading data teams, including direct management of both data engineers and data scientists
• Proven experience leading data science work through the full ML model lifecycle, including MLOps and production deployment
• Strategic leader who can define a data vision and build an executive-ready roadmap
• Expertise in data engineering including model design, testing strategy, incremental patterns, and layer boundary governance
• Experience designing and enforcing data modeling standards in a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and retain high-performing teams
• Familiarity with CI/CD for data pipelines (GitLab or equivalent)
• Experience with data observability and monitoring
• Strong decision-making under ambiguity

Nice to have

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical field
• Experience at a company that has completed a similar legacy-to-modern warehouse migration
• Experience building and scaling a data organization, including managing managers or technical leads
• Experience owning a departmental budget, platform spend, and vendor relationships

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• 11 company holidays
• Parental leave
• Dining reimbursement when dining with restaurant clients
• 401(k) plan with a company match
• Two medical plan options
• Partnership with Rx n Go for certain free prescriptions
• Two dental plan options and a vision plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans
• Short Term and Long Term disability
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance

About the company

Rewards Network helps restaurants grow revenue, increase traffic, and boost customer engagement through financial, marketing services, and dining rewards programs. The company leverages advanced technology and data analytics to deliver value to restaurants, diners, and strategic partners.