[Hiring] Director, Data & Integration Services @Environmental Defense Fund

Role Description

Reporting to the Senior Director of Business Systems, the Director, Data & Integration Services will serve as both a strategic advisor and technology leader, partnering with IT and business executives across various functions. The role will define the vision and roadmap for enterprise data, integration, analytics, and emerging data capabilities while providing hands-on technical leadership and support when needed.

EDF’s data ecosystem is centered on Snowflake and extends and supports services across many of EDF’s enterprise applications. It is evolving toward a modern, cloud-native architecture leveraging various technologies and practices. The Director will lead this continued modernization, reducing technical debt, strengthening integration capabilities, improving data quality and trust, and establishing resilient and reusable data services and products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute EDF’s enterprise data and integration strategy, architecture, and multi-year technology roadmap.
• Lead the evolution of the Snowflake-based enterprise data platform and modern data engineering capabilities.
• Establish scalable API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native integration patterns across various enterprise systems.
• Advance data governance, metadata, lineage, data quality, master/reference data, and stewardship capabilities.
• Participate in advancing EDF organizational effectiveness and culture goals.
• Partner with IT, Marketing, and Fundraising leaders to develop a scalable constituent and MarTech data architecture.
• Enable trusted analytics, business intelligence, data products, self-service analytics, and AI/advanced analytics readiness.
• Partner with Information Security, Legal, and business leaders to ensure privacy, security, and responsible data use.
• Establish modern engineering practices including DataOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Oversee and ensure enterprise integration architecture meets modern OAuth 2.0 requirements.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a growing team of data and integration professionals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve mission impact and operational efficiency.
• Additional relevant responsibilities assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering with at least 10 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing an enterprise data and integration strategy.
• Strong experience with cloud data platforms, preferably Snowflake.
• Demonstrated self-awareness, cultural competency, and inclusivity.
• Strong technical leadership and/or hands-on experience with modern ETL/ELT and data engineering technologies.
• Strong understanding of API architecture, REST, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Demonstrated experience implementing data governance and stewardship practices.
• Experience applying modern software engineering and operational practices.
• Experience integrating and operating within enterprise SaaS ecosystems.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and collaborate with technical teams.
• Demonstrated judgment and adaptability in environments with finite technology resources.
• Willingness and ability for occasional domestic travel.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, enterprise integration, data architecture, or related fields.
• Master’s degree may substitute for up to 2 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

• Strong total rewards package encompassing competitive salary.
• Robust benefits and professional development opportunities.
• Consideration of factors such as candidate experience, skills, and local norms.

Company Description

We offer a competitive salary range of 152,000 - 162,000 USD.