Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Apryse provides document software development SDK technology for desktop, web, and mobile applications. The Director of Data Platform & Operations will lead the Data Engineering, Data Governance, and BI/Analytics teams while owning the data platform, BI strategy, data pipelines, and data foundation for the company’s Glean AI implementation. This hands-on leadership role combines data architecture, engineering, people management, and strategic partnership with business stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Data Engineering, Data Governance, and BI/Analytics teams
- Set priorities, workflows, and quality standards across the three functions, ensuring they operate as one cohesive data organization
- Mentor and develop team members, balancing hands-on technical guidance with career growth
- Own hiring, performance management, and resourcing decisions for the team
- Design and own the overall data platform: warehouse/lakehouse structure, schema design, and data modeling standards
- Build, orchestrate, and maintain reliable data pipelines that move data from source systems into governed, analytics-ready models
- Establish and enforce standards for data quality, dimensional modeling, and pipeline reliability
- Manage cloud data infrastructure and associated cost optimization
- Own the BI strategy — define how the business accesses trusted data, from executive dashboards to self-serve reporting
- Build and evolve centralized reporting with appropriate access controls (RBAC)
- Partner with department leaders to turn raw data into decision-ready insights and KPIs
- Manage and own Data Platform roadmap and prioritization
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact between the data platform and business stakeholders
- Translate business requirements into scoped, deliverable technical initiatives
- Act as a trusted advisor on what's possible with our data, and set realistic expectations on delivery
- Own the data layer supporting our Glean implementation, ensuring source systems are properly connected, indexed, and governed for AI search
- Partner with IT/AI stakeholders to define data access, quality, and security standards for AI-powered tools
- Partner with the Agent Builder team to ensure AI agents are powered by trusted, governed data
- Help shape the broader data strategy as AI becomes more embedded in daily workflows
Skills
- Experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines, including pipeline orchestration and scheduling (e.g., Azure, AWS, Databricks, Apache Spark)
- Strong SQL/DDL skills and working proficiency in Python (or similar) for data engineering tasks
- Experience with dimensional modeling and schema design, and hands-on ownership of a data warehouse or lakehouse (medallion architecture experience a plus)
- Track record of building BI reporting and dashboards (Tableau, Power BI, or similar) with governed, centralized access
- Experience integrating and normalizing data from core business systems (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite, or similar enterprise platforms)
- Comfort operating as both an individual contributor and a leader — this role builds pipelines and leads people
- Experience managing a team, ideally spanning data engineering, data governance, and/or BI/analytics functions
- Excellent communication skills; ability to be the "face" of the data platform to non-technical stakeholders
- Background in high growth companies, preferably companies with heavy acquisition growth motions
- Experience with (or strong interest in) enterprise AI/knowledge tools like Glean is a plus
Benefits
- A comprehensive extended benefits package including health, dental and vision for you and your family, with company paid offerings.
- An uncapped commissions structure.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) is offered to support the ability to rest and recharge.
- A great team environment and resources, supporting you to do the best work of your life and providing unlimited career growth potential.
- Highly autonomous and entrepreneurial environment.
- Annual recurring WFH allowance for you to purchase items you need for your home office.
- Ongoing support for learning development so you can master your craft.
- Work with the hardware you're most comfortable with (Windows or Mac).
- Diverse and inclusive workplace where we all learn from each other.
- Remote work arrangement
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