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The Director, Data Products leads the strategy, architecture, and delivery of the firm's data platform, business intelligence, and data products ecosystem within Digital & Technology. Reporting to the Managing Director, Data Analytics, this role partners with business and technology stakeholders across Finance, People, Marketing & Communications, and other domains to translate business priorities into scalable, governed data, analytics, activation, and AI capabilities.

What You Will Do:

• Define and execute the firm's data platform and BI strategy, translating business priorities into a multi-year roadmap.

• Lead delivery of data and BI platforms across business domains, balancing shared platform capacity and competing priorities.

• Establish operating model, team structure, and delivery standards across data engineering, analytics, and BI.

• Own data architecture and standards, including Snowflake, dbt, layered models, and semantic layer governance.

• Define and enforce data governance, security, and privacy controls (e.g., RBAC, PII masking, access policies).

• Lead development of governed semantic models and data products that support reporting and AI use cases.

• Define and oversee MCP data strategy and integration layer supporting AI products and agent-based workflows.

• Establish patterns for AI enablement, including governed semantic views, verified queries, and agent quality controls.

• Lead data activation strategy, including reverse ETL and synchronization of models into CRM, marketing, and other downstream systems.

• Govern compute cost, performance, and consumption across analytics, BI, and AI workloads.

• Own CI/CD strategy and engineering standards for data, analytics, and AI (testing, deployment, observability).

• Define KPIs/OKRs and lead executive reporting on platform adoption, reliability, and value delivery.

• Build and develop a high-performing team, including mentoring and upskilling on modern data and AI capabilities.

• Support evaluation of data, analytics, and AI tools and vendors.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years of experience leading data, analytics, or engineering teams.

• 5+ years of experience with enterprise data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, pipelines, orchestration).

• 5+ years of experience leading BI platforms and analytics delivery.

• Strong SQL proficiency and working knowledge of Python

• Knowledge of modern data platforms (Snowflake, dbt, pipelines, orchestration, BI tools).

• Knowledge of semantic modeling, dimensional modeling, and medallion/layered architecture.

• Knowledge of data governance, security, and privacy frameworks.

• Knowledge of data activation (reverse ETL) and downstream system integration.

• Knowledge of AI data enablement patterns (semantic models, MCP, agent observability).

• Skill in defining strategy, architecture, and operating models for data platforms.

• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.

• Ability to manage tradeoffs across cost, performance, and delivery priorities.

• Strong communication and team leadership skills.

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Benefits and More

At Goodwin, you will discover your next career opportunity with a rewarding compensation package and comprehensive benefits, including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Life and disability insurance

• Retirement & Savings Plan

• Emergency back-up child and adult care

• Paid vacation, sick time off, and holidays

• Professional development and career advancement opportunities

• Employee recognition and reward programs

• Employee wellness and assistance programs

• Employee discounts and perks