Director - Data & Analytics Platform

Expeditors•Seattle, WA

1d•$100,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Director to lead our Enterprise Data Platform and Consumer Analytics Platform Teams. The candidate will demonstrate leadership across multiple domains, drive architectural scale, and deliver measurable business impact through data platform capabilities. This role is responsible for enabling domain-aligned data product development, modernizing legacy analytics pipelines, and delivering scalable, trusted data infrastructure across the organization. Initially the candidate will execute these responsibilities through an effort focused on the modernization of legacy analytics pipelines and oversee two customer-facing analytics applications (Helo and EXP.O NOW Analytics), which are converging into a unified, premium analytics experience for our customers. The candidate will lead a high-performing team of data engineers, architects, and platform specialists, and collaborate closely with business-aligned domain teams, analytics leaders, and regional technology groups.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform leadership, or enterprise architecture roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity.
Proven experience designing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms, preferably in a federated or domain-oriented data organization.
Deep expertise in modern data architectures (e.g., data mesh, lakehouse, medallion architecture) and technologies (e.g., Databricks, Azure, Snowflake, CDC, dbt).
Strong understanding of data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks and a strong partnership ethic to stay aligned to teams directly responsible.
Experience modernizing legacy data pipelines and transitioning to real-time, cloud-native data platforms.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and delivering data capabilities that drive measurable business impact.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence across technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy, design, and delivery of our enterprise data platform, ensuring it meets the needs of domain teams, analytics users, and customer-facing applications.
Define and evolve blueprint patterns for data ingestion, transformation, quality monitoring, and metadata management across bronze, silver, and gold data layers.
Own and operate our data catalog and metadata systems, enabling discoverability, governance, and trust in our data products.
Partner with domain and analytics teams to support their delivery of high-quality, validated data products and reporting assets.
Lead the modernization of legacy analytics pipelines, transitioning to scalable, cloud-native, real-time data frameworks.
Oversee the evolution of two customer-facing analytics applications (Helo and EXP.O NOW Analytics), ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy and platform capabilities.
Build and lead a high-performing team of data engineers, architects, and platform specialists; foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with executive stakeholders to align data platform investments with business priorities and measurable outcomes.