Lead the data function for a fast-growing direct-to-consumer pet food brand. Build data infrastructure, mentor a team, and drive strategic decision-making across Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance.
Key Highlights
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
About Our Client
This is a direct-to-consumer brand transforming the pet food industry with human-grade, air-dried recipes dogs (and their parents) love. The organization moves quickly yet thoughtfully, seeks truth, and obsesses over making it great. The team is growing quickly, and the organization is looking for dog lovers who want to be part of its mission.
About The Role
The Director of Data will build and scale the data function that powers smarter, faster decision-making across the organization. Reporting directly to executive leadership, this role will be responsible for shaping the data strategy, driving analytical excellence, and enabling teams across Marketing, Supply Chain/Operations, and Finance to operate with clarity and confidence.
This is a highly cross-functional leadership role that blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution. The individual will lead the development of core data infrastructure, champion self-service analytics, and unlock insights that directly impact customer acquisition, retention, inventory planning, forecasting, and overall company performance.
As the leader of the Data & Analytics team, there will be the opportunity to hire a team and set the roadmap for how data fuels the organization’s growth.
This role is fully remote (U.S.) with periodic travel for team collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the vision, roadmap, and execution of the organization’s data strategy to support company-wide growth.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing data team, setting priorities and structure as the function scales.
- Partner closely with Marketing, Supply Chain/Operations, and Finance to improve acquisition efficiency, forecasting, planning, and business performance.
- Develop dashboards, reporting tools, and data models that provide clear, actionable visibility into key metrics.
- Ensure data quality, governance, and reliable pipelines across all core systems and sources.
- Translate complex or ambiguous business questions into structured analytical problems and data-driven solutions.
- Lead experimentation and measurement efforts, helping teams interpret results and drive continuous optimization.
- Communicate insights effectively to leadership, influencing strategic and operational decision-making.
- Integrate new data sources and enhance BI tooling to expand data accessibility and self-service analytics.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI, automation, and predictive modeling to scale insights and improve business efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- 8–12+ years of experience in analytics, data science, business intelligence, or related fields, including experience leading a data team.
- Demonstrated success partnering with Marketing, Operations/Supply Chain, and Finance in a high-growth DTC, eCommerce, or subscription-based environment.
- Strong technical foundation: SQL expertise, experience with large datasets, and comfort with tools like Snowflake, Python, Looker/Tableau/Sigma.
- Proven ability to architect reporting systems and build dashboards that drive clarity and action.
- Strategic problem solver with excellent communication skills—able to present insights to executives and translate data into decisions.
- Experience building data functions, setting roadmaps, and operating with high autonomy.
- Familiarity with key DTC metrics (CAC, LTV, churn/retention, contribution margin, forecast accuracy, etc.).
- A bias toward action, high ownership mindset, and enthusiasm for experimentation and iteration.
- Interest in how AI and automation can expand scale, speed, and analytical capabilities.
- Experience in remote leadership strongly preferred; ability to travel periodically for team collaboration.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in remote leadership strongly preferred; ability to travel periodically for team collaboration.
Additional Information
- Unlimited PTO – the organization trusts individuals to take the time they need.
- Equity program – a chance to own part of the company!
- 401k plan with employer match – invest in your future.
- Annual work-from-home stipend – set up your workspace for success.
- Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision plans – the company covers 80%.
- A subscription for your pup! – because the organization cares about furry friends.
- Parental leave & PAWrental leave – support for growing families, both human and pet.
- Discounted pet insurance – keep pets happy and healthy.
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