Director of Data

About Life Science Connect

Life Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research, development, and manufacturing. We help professionals discover market opportunities by facilitating mutually beneficial connections between audiences and strategic partners. This accelerates the advancement of life-improving, life-extending, and life-saving therapies and devices . We serve a loyal, satisfied readership that demands original, compelling content with utility. Our comprehensive suite of capabilities for B2B sales and marketing enablement contributes significantly to the creation and maintenance of robust business development pipelines for our partners.

Overview: The Mission
We are seeking a seasoned and strategic Director of Data to lead a critical, greenfield initiative. This is a transformative leadership position responsible for designing, building, and owning a modern data ecosystem from the ground up. Y ou will be the architect of our data-driven future , transforming raw transactional data into a foundational business asset that powers strategic decision-making across the entire company.
Reporting directly to the CTO and as a core member of the Technology Leadership Team, you will define the vision and execute the roadmap for leveraging data to accelerate our mission.

What You'll Lead

• Architectural Vision & Execution : You will own the strategic roadmap for our data platform, leveraging our core stack of Snowflake and dbt. Your focus will be on building a scalable, resilient, and governable architecture that enables business intelligence, not just data storage.
• Data-Driven Culture : You will be the champion for data literacy. This means working with stakeholders across the business—from marketing to sales to executive leadership—to understand their needs, promote self-service analytics, and embed data into daily decision-making. You won't just provide answers; you'll teach people how to ask better questions.
• Team Leadership : While this is initially a hands-on role, your primary objective is to build and mentor a world-class data team. You will recruit, lead, and empower data professionals, setting the standards for excellence in data modeling, engineering, and analytics. You will be responsible for leading a distributed team across different geographies and time zones, and for effectively managing a hybrid staffing model of both full-time employees and elastic contractors.
• Data Governance & Quality : You will define and enforce data governance policies to ensure the integrity, security, and quality of our data. This includes establishing a single source of truth and clear lineage from data ingestion to business-facing dashboards. You will also implement tools and practices for proactive data quality monitoring , ensuring we have a high degree of trust in our data.
• Security-First Design : You will build a data platform with a security-first mindset . This includes establishing robust RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) to manage permissions, and implementing best practices for handling sensitive information, including PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and data obfuscation .
• Business Intelligence & Activation : You will close the loop on our data strategy by building a robust reporting layer on top of our data warehouse. This includes overseeing the integration and use of our business intelligence tools and identifying opportunities to use data to power operational systems (e.g., through reverse ETL), ensuring that our data warehouse isn't a dead-end but a central hub that drives business outcomes.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is a visionary builder with deep technical expertise and a proven track record of strategic leadership. You likely demonstrate:

• Experience : A minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience in a data leadership role, with a strong focus on architecting and scaling modern data platforms. You have been responsible for designing and building data solutions, not just maintaining them.
• Platform Expertise : Extensive, hands-on experience with the Snowflake cloud data platform and a proven track record with dbt for data transformation and modeling. Experience with data quality tools like Metaplane and business intelligence platforms is a major plus.
• Technical Acumen : Expert-level proficiency in SQL, data modeling (dimensional, star schema), and scripting languages like Python. You understand the nuances of ELT vs. ETL and have experience with modern data integration and orchestration tools.
• Business Acumen : The ability to translate complex business problems into actionable data requirements. You are a strategic partner to the business, not just a technical resource.
• Communication & Influence : Exceptional communication and leadership skills with the ability to articulate strategic and technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences. You have demonstrated experience leading distributed teams and managing a hybrid staffing model. You can rally a team and influence a data-driven mindset across the organization.

We Invest in YOU

At Life Science Connect, our commitment to empowering innovation and facilitating growth within the life sciences sector extends to our employees. We offer a comprehensive total compensation program designed to support your overall health, financial well-being, and professional development.

In addition to a competitive salary, you'll enjoy:

• Medical/vision/prescription/dental coverage for you and your family
• 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
• 100% company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%
• 15 vacation days and 6 personal days on day 1
• 13 company-paid holidays

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Principals only. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. No visa sponsorship is available for this position.