Director of Data Strategy
About The Position
AIR Communities is undertaking a major data transformation following our recent merger, consolidating two legacy systems — ADS and CorDW — into a single, unified Analytics Data Warehouse (ADW). We're looking for a Director of Data Science to serve as the critical business-facing lead on this initiative: translating requirements from business stakeholders into clear direction for our technical/IT teams, and ensuring the resulting warehouse serves the needs of the business. This is a high-visibility, cross-functional role for someone who is equally comfortable in a room with business leaders discussing reporting needs and in a room with data engineers discussing schema design. You won't be writing the data pipelines yourself, but you'll need enough fluency to ask sharp questions, catch bad assumptions, and hold technical partners accountable to business outcomes.
Requirements
- 8-10+ years of experience in analytics, finance, or data management, ideally including exposure to data warehouse or data platform initiatives
- Bachelor's degree required (field open if experience is a strong fit)
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Power BI (required)
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and vice versa
- Experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Databricks, Azure, API integrations, and/or Python (a strong plus)
- Multi-family real estate industry experience strongly preferred
- Experience with system consolidation or M&A-driven data integration a plus
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the IT/engineering team building ADW, translating business needs into clear technical requirements
- Lead requirements-gathering across multiple business units, reconciling differing data definitions and priorities inherited from the two legacy organizations (pre-merger)
- Partner with IT to evaluate data models, schema design, and migration plans from a business-fit perspective
- Build reporting and dashboards (Power BI) to support stakeholder needs during and after the transition
- Report progress, risks, and key decisions to the leadership/stakeholders
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Bonus opportunities
- 25% Rent Discount
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options
- HSA with company sponsored contributions
- FSA (traditional and dependent care FSA)
- Short and long-term disability paid by the company
- 401(K) plus 6% company contributions
- Paid Vacation
- 14 Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Time
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet-Insurance
- Up to 100% Reimbursement on Professional Certification/Licensing for Job Related Curriculums
- Paid parental leave of up to 16 weeks, following the birth or adoption of a child
- Consumer discounts from various products and services including travel planning, wireless phones, health and fitness, home appliances, and more
- 15 hours of paid time annually to give-back to your community
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth including realistic job previews, in person and virtual leadership training, and performance improvement courses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
