What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Director position at Optimize Search Group?
Title: Data Director
Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: Full Time
This individual contributor role will be responsible for integrating and centralizing data sources across sales, marketing, product, engineering, operations, and finance. You will build the company’s cloud-native data infrastructure from the ground up, establishing pipelines, cleaning and transforming data, and delivering actionable insights to guide strategic decisions. You'll also lay the foundation for a future team and analytics function.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a modern cloud-based data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks) consolidating fragmented sources such as Salesforce, Hubspot, Redash, and Netsuite
- Develop scalable ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from cross-functional systems
- Design systems to ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity through validation rules and checks
- Deliver business-ready views and tables that serve as a single source of truth for analytics
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define KPIs and align reporting with business objectives
- Be a strategic partner on data tools, frameworks, and infrastructure design
- Help shape a scalable analytics function with future team leadership potential
What We’re Looking For:
- Must have experience working for a B2B SAAS based organization.
- 5–8 years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or BI, preferably at a fast-growing SaaS or tech company
- Strong SQL skills and experience with programming languages like Python, Java, or Scala
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern data tools such as dbt and Airflow
- Expertise in data warehouse design and enterprise data modeling
- Strong communication skills with the ability to turn data into actionable business insights
- A builder mentality—focused on infrastructure, design, scalability, and process improvement
- Deep understanding of SaaS metrics and the ability to tell a story through operational and financial data
- A self-starter excited by fast-paced, startup-style environments and eager to make an outsized impact
This is a rare opportunity to build something from scratch at a company already achieving massive growth. If you enjoy ownership, zero-to-one challenges, and making data a competitive advantage, this role is built for you.
Salary : $150,000 - $200,000
