About Us: Public is the long-term investing platform. Investors use AI and a vast variety of asset classes, from stocks and bonds to crypto and options, to build portfolios for the long haul. Launched in 2019, Public has been trusted with billions in assets of affluent investors. Headquartered in New York City, itâs raised over $400M from investors like Accel and Tiger Global. The Role We are looking for a Director of Data to manage a team of analytics engineers and successfully drive all data-related initiatives at Public. You will be responsible for managing our data pipeline that processes data efficiently, model that data to enable self-service analytics, and implement data best practices. Serving as a critical leader with a cross-functional domain, youâll collaborate closely with our Engineering, Product, Operations, Marketing, and Finance teams to help execute a variety of complex projects in alignment with our business goals and product roadmap. Youâll operate in a dual capacity as both a leader of our data team and a top-notch individual contributor that can write production-grade SQL and execute high-quality work with speed, grit, and finesse. This role reports directly to the Head of Strategic Finance. This role is based out of our New York City office and is onsite Mon-Thurs. What Youâll Do
Lead a team of high performing Data Analytics Engineers, ensuring proper execution of functions; foster a positive team culture and set data management standards and best practices. Develop an in-depth understanding of our business goals, priorities, and success metrics in order to build data solutions for complex problems and inform decision-making for the entire organization. Manage our entire data tech stack and ETL processes leveraging Dbt, Looker, Airbyte, Airflow, and Snowflake. Build and manage advanced data models, dashboards, reporting, and tools to support cross-functional teams and initiatives. Push the boundaries on how deploy and analye data. Collaborate with Data Engineering to foster strong working relationships between data and engineering; ensure data requirements are captured within developer operations.
Who You Are
8+ years of experience in data roles such as Data Analyst, Analytics Engineer, or Data Science; 2+ years in people management and scaling teams. Exceptional technical domain knowledge in order to coach and grow the team; includes expert SQL and one additional programming language (ex: Python) Ability to collect required data from internal and external systems, design data storage structures, and build automated data pipelines that are reliable and scalable in a fast-growing data ecosystem A strong understanding of data modeling principles and modern data platforms to build data model architecture, data ETL processes, reporting, and analytics solutions. The ability to push the boundaries of analytical insights with modern data stacks, including experience with Dbt, Snowflake, Looker, Airbyte, and Airflow. Exceptional communication skills, high EQ, low ego, and the ability to manage multiple projects across stakeholders in a fast-paced environment Bonus: Experience with large-scale consumer products at start-ups or within fast growing finance or technology companies
Public is an equal employment opportunity employer to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. We celebrate people of all race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression. The compensation range for this role is $220-$245k based on skills and experience.