Director, Data Strategy

Attain • Chicago, NY

18h

About The Position

About Attain Built for consumers and companies alike. In a world driven by data, we believe consumers and businesses can coexist. Our founders had a vision to empower consumers to leverage their greatest asset—their data—in exchange for modern financial services. Built with this vision in mind, our platform allows consumers to access savings tools, earned wages and shopping rewards without cost or hidden fees. In exchange, they give permission to use their real-time data for research, insights and targeted advertising. At Attain, your contribution will help us build a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem—whether helping consumers access modern financial services or businesses leverage data to achieve better outcomes. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with hands-on leaders and mission-driven individuals everyday. About the role As the Director of Data Strategy, you will be at the forefront of our efforts of building out our data feeds business that supports a variety of use cases in Marketing, Consumer Insights, and Financial Services. This is a client-facing role for someone with technical aptitude and a natural curiosity towards data. You will be responsible for being an expert on Attains’ data footprint and working closely with Product, Sales, Data Science, Engineering, Strategy, and Client Services to deliver world-class data feeds products that transform our clients' businesses. This role requires both a strategic mindset and hands-on technical expertise to make sure our partners and customers have a smooth and positive experience. You’ll be a great fit for the role if You have extensive experience in digital advertising or data businesses and have a deep understanding of the data feeds ecosystem. You have experience working with transaction data, either in a company that owns, buys, or sells data for enterprise purposes. You’re passionate about solving complex technical challenges and can communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You’re able to translate client business needs into technical solutions and can articulate the value of your solutions to senior executives. You can anticipate potential technical roadblocks and proactively drive solutions to ensure successful integrations. You have a proven track record of working cross-functionally with product, sales, engineering, data science, and account management teams. You’re highly organized and thrive in fast-paced environments, balancing multiple priorities with ease.

Requirements

• You have extensive experience in digital advertising or data businesses and have a deep understanding of the data feeds ecosystem.
• You have experience working with transaction data, either in a company that owns, buys, or sells data for enterprise purposes.
• You’re passionate about solving complex technical challenges and can communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You’re able to translate client business needs into technical solutions and can articulate the value of your solutions to senior executives.
• You can anticipate potential technical roadblocks and proactively drive solutions to ensure successful integrations.
• You have a proven track record of working cross-functionally with product, sales, engineering, data science, and account management teams.
• You’re highly organized and thrive in fast-paced environments, balancing multiple priorities with ease.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of experience in digital advertising or data businesses
• Strong knowledge of the advertising, consumer insights, or data feeds industries
• Hands-on experience with identity and data connectivity platforms, cleanrooms, and privacy-preserving data workflows (e.g., LiveRamp, Snowflake, InfoSum, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated success managing high-impact technical partnerships with major platforms (e.g., Meta, Google, The Trade Desk, Amazon, Paramount, Disney), including driving integrations from initial scoping through to live deployment.
• Proven experience managing technical teams and projects
• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with Python

Responsibilities

• Conduct an exploratory data evaluation on a new transaction dataset to identify strengths and opportunities, and share feedback with internal teams.
• Partner with a Sales executive to develop a multi-product commercial model for a new client that enables them to drive value for their business.
• Build out a strategic plan for growing Attain’s data feeds business in the next year through TAM expansion.
• Articulate the technology nuances of Attain’s data feed product to technical client leaders across Data Science and Engineering.
• Develop an analysis on existing internal datasets to identify fields that can be improved or added to existing products to strengthen client utility.
• Collaborate with Product and Strategy to design custom data solutions that meet clients’ specific needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed