Director, Data Operations

TL;DR

Director, Data Operations: Leading a team to enable data-driven decisions and maintain robust data pipelines on Snowflake with an accent on delivering clean, governed, and performant data models and semantic layers. Focus on aligning technical execution with the product roadmap, managing large-scale data volumes, and enforcing technical best practices for the modern data stack.

Location: Hybrid in New York, New York; Oakland, California. Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

Salary: $177,000–$234,000

Company

hirify.global and its brands are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services, delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio experiences for listeners.

What you will do

• Manage and mentor a team of senior and mid-level Data Operations and Technical Analysts.
• Align technical execution with the product roadmap and vision, ensuring KPI metrics are actionable.
• Work across enterprise data tools and platforms, leveraging DBT, Looker, and Tableau.
• Oversee implementation and scaling of the semantic layer platform to deliver trusted data assets.
• Partner with data engineering, product, and analytic teams on solution designs and scalability.
• Prioritize team workload across projects and manage large-scale data volumes (1+ PB) across complex ecosystems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in data operations, data engineering, or systems architecture.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, building, coaching, and scaling high-performing teams.
• Strong command of the modern data stack, including Snowflake, dbt, Git, and orchestration tools.
• Proven leadership experience managing cross-functional analytics teams in an enterprise environment.
• Deep understanding of dimensional modeling, metric standardization, and semantic architecture design.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

Culture & Benefits

• Provides a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism, and cooperation.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.
• Role may be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives.