[Hiring] Director of Data & AI @Combine Global Recruitment

Role Description

The role requires a strategic and hands-on leader who operates as a player-coach, setting data vision while contributing directly to data initiatives. The focus is on delivering measurable business impact through data, with an emphasis on data-to-business impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data, analytics, or engineering roles.
• At least 3 years of experience leading data teams or projects.
• Deep practical expertise in modern data stack architecture.
• Strong governance mindset with experience in establishing data dictionaries and quality standards.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both technical and business.

Requirements

• Experience with:
  • Segment for event tracking and data ingestion.
  • DBT for modeling, testing, and CI/CD.
  • BigQuery for large-scale data warehousing and query optimization.
  • Looker (LookML) for semantic modeling and governed self-serve BI.
  • Familiarity with Statsig, Mixpanel, or similar tools.
  • Comfort in a GCP-centric environment; AWS or Databricks-based stacks are acceptable.
• Demonstrable hands-on use of LLMs within a data product.
• Experience leading AI enablement and driving self-serve adoption across teams.
• Ability to engage with C-level and VP stakeholders and translate business needs into a clear data roadmap.
• Focus on building scalable self-serve analytics.

Benefits

• Empowerment of product, business, and engineering teams to use data confidently.

Nice to Have

• Experience designing and running A/B tests or product experiments.
• Background in marketplace, SaaS, or platform businesses.
• Proven ability to coach mid-level data engineers and analysts.
• Experience leading teams that built and deployed ML models.