Director Data Nfl Jobs (NOW HIRING)

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are over 1000 people, based out of 15 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Our Marketing and Consulting expertise help sports rights holders, build relationships with their audiences, partners and sponsors to drive business growth. We do it by using data to help our clients better understand their fans. We then create and implement data-led digital marketing and technology solutions that improve fan experience, grow revenues and build commercial efficiency. By knowing fans best, we break down the traditional barriers between sports organizations and their customers.

The Director, Data & Insights will own the intersection of data platform architecture, strategic insight, and consulting delivery connecting data and technology to commercial value, and turning complex data into strategies that help clients grow. This role requires deep technical fluency across enterprise data infrastructure (AWS Redshift, dbt).

You will independently manage senior executive client relationships leading roadmap conversations, defining KPIs, while delivering structured consulting engagements within data governance and CI/CD constraints.

You will lead a sizeable cross-functional team, and drive change management and alignment across stakeholder groups spanning data governance, analytics, and marketing.

The ideal candidate should be excellent at distilling complex data into clear and actionable insights that balance impact to underlying business performance goals and feasibility.

• Own the ongoing evolution of enterprise-scale data infrastructure (e.g., AWS Redshift, dbt), ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Set standards for data pipeline development, testing, and documentation across the team.
• Partner with engineering to ensure architecture decisions align with downstream activation, reporting, and analytics needs.
• Connect the dots between data, technology, and commercial value, translating technical capability into strategies that drive client growth.
• Derive clear, actionable insights from complex, cross-channel data to inform client strategy and roadmap priorities.
• Distill complex analysis into recommendations that balance business impact with delivery feasibility.
• Partner with clients and internal teams to shape data-driven growth strategies, not just technical solutions.
• Independently manage senior executive client relationship, serving as the primary strategic point of contact.
• Run roadmap conversations, define and track KPIs, and lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with minimal oversight.
• Translate business and technical challenges into clear recommendations and delivery plans.
• Lead a cross-functional team spanning multiple offices and time zones.
• Set team structure, priorities, and performance standards; mentor and develop direct reports and their teams.

Required

• Proven experience (5+ years) owning enterprise-scale data infrastructure (e.g., AWS Redshift, dbt) and data modeling for real-time activation use cases.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a senior executive client relationship independently, including roadmap conversations, KPI definition, and QBRs.
• Experience leading a sizeable cross-functional team across multiple offices and time zones.
• Experience with structured consulting or project delivery within data governance and CI/CD constraints.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling and cloud data warehouses.
• Strong ability to connect data and technology decisions to commercial outcomes, translating complex analysis into insights that shape client strategy.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience in sports, media, entertainment, or consumer-focused industries.
• Familiarity with Adobe platforms (e.g., AEP, CJA, AJO, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target) or comparable BI tools (e.g., Tableau).
• Experience with experimentation frameworks, attribution, and advanced analytics techniques.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of Two Circles in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.