Director, Data & Insights

Two Circles•New York, NY

2d•$120,000 - $160,000

About The Position

We are Two Circles, a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business focused on growing audiences and revenues by understanding fans best. We partner with clients to help them understand and influence fan behavior across spending, event attendance, channel response, and content consumption. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally, including major sports organizations and brands. We are a global team of over 1000 people across 15 offices, delivering work for diverse sports and entertainment businesses worldwide. Our expertise lies in using data to help sports rights holders build relationships with their audiences, partners, and sponsors to drive business growth. We achieve this by creating and implementing data-led digital marketing and technology solutions that enhance fan experience, increase revenues, and improve commercial efficiency, breaking down traditional barriers between sports organizations and their customers.

Requirements

Proven experience (5+ years) owning enterprise-scale data infrastructure (e.g., AWS Redshift, dbt) and data modeling for real-time activation use cases.
Demonstrated ability to manage a senior executive client relationship independently, including roadmap conversations, KPI definition, and QBRs.
Experience leading a sizeable cross-functional team across multiple offices and time zones.
Experience with structured consulting or project delivery within data governance and CI/CD constraints.
Strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling and cloud data warehouses.
Strong ability to connect data and technology decisions to commercial outcomes, translating complex analysis into insights that shape client strategy.

Nice To Haves

Experience in sports, media, entertainment, or consumer-focused industries.
Familiarity with Adobe platforms (e.g., AEP, CJA, AJO, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target) or comparable BI tools (e.g., Tableau).
Experience with experimentation frameworks, attribution, and advanced analytics techniques.

Responsibilities

Own the ongoing evolution of enterprise-scale data infrastructure (e.g., AWS Redshift, dbt), ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
Set standards for data pipeline development, testing, and documentation across the team.
Partner with engineering to ensure architecture decisions align with downstream activation, reporting, and analytics needs.
Connect the dots between data, technology, and commercial value, translating technical capability into strategies that drive client growth.
Derive clear, actionable insights from complex, cross-channel data to inform client strategy and roadmap priorities.
Distill complex analysis into recommendations that balance business impact with delivery feasibility.
Partner with clients and internal teams to shape data-driven growth strategies, not just technical solutions.
Independently manage senior executive client relationship, serving as the primary strategic point of contact.
Run roadmap conversations, define and track KPIs, and lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with minimal oversight.
Translate business and technical challenges into clear recommendations and delivery plans.
Lead a cross-functional team spanning multiple offices and time zones.
Set team structure, priorities, and performance standards; mentor and develop direct reports and their teams.