Director, Data Platform & Governance

Position Overview

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Hungryroot is seeking an experienced Director of Data Platform & Governance to lead the company's centralized data function, encompassing data engineering, data governance, and business intelligence infrastructure. This role is crucial for establishing the foundation for data-driven decision-making across the organization, ensuring data integrity, accessibility, and security, while building scalable platforms for analytics consumption. Reporting to the CFO, this position is a key element of the consolidated analytics strategy, collaborating closely with the Insights and Finance teams to deliver trusted data products that drive business value and inform decision-making.

About Us

At Hungryroot, we believe food is personal and impacts daily well-being. We aim to make healthy eating effortless through a seamless digital experience. Hungryroot is building the most consumer-centric food and wellness company, empowering individuals to eat healthier and feel better. We are a distributed team with a headquarters in New York City, supporting employees across the U.S. We foster team connection through regular events and an annual company retreat, treating employees as owners invested in our common goal. Our AI technology, SmartCart™, personalizes meal planning and grocery shopping based on individual preferences, dietary needs, budget, and goals, saving time, reducing stress, and ensuring access to fresh, nutritious options. Our intuitive platform offers variety and convenience, helping customers discover new foods while minimizing waste and saving money.

Requirements

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Responsibilities

Establish Centralized Data Governance:

• Implement and enforce a centralized data dictionary and metric ownership model for new and existing metrics, ensuring business team alignment.
• Create data access permissions, frameworks, and compliance controls.
• Formalize data ownership across teams to ensure accountability.

Drive BI Platform Ownership and Self-Service Analytics:

• Own the BI tool (current or replacement) end-to-end, including dashboarding strategy, architecture, governance, and permissions.
• Standardize dashboard/report design and create certified dashboards, while eliminating duplicative and non-conforming versions.
• Empower analyst teams and business users via managed self-service tools.

Build and Maintain Scalable Data Infrastructure:

• Oversee data engineering, platforms, and integration processes.
• Own Databricks and data aggregation.
• Create a single source of truth for dashboards and metrics.
• Ensure clear data lineage and ownership.
• Support decentralized Insights delivery via a centralized foundation.
• Ensure availability, performance, and security of data assets.

Enable Organizational Alignment and Strategic Partnership:

• Serve as a connected foundation for Insights, Product, Finance, and other business teams.
• Extend best practices to embedded and specialized Analytics functions across the organization.
• Support experimentation and robust product analytics.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner closely with the Insights team to understand analytical requirements and deliver appropriate data.

Application Instructions

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