Global Lead, CRRD Data & Analytics

International Rescue Committee•New York, NY

3d•$145,000 - $178,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a Global Lead, CRRD Data & Analytics to lead the execution of CRRD’s data roadmap as part of the broader organizational Data Transformation. This role is crucial for enabling quick, data-driven decisions by standardizing data collection, integrating program data with awards and finance data, and delivering actionable insights through dashboards and reporting. The position requires a strategic leader with deep technical fluency, comfortable presenting to executives and collaborating with engineers. The goal is to build a more automated and AI-enhanced data ecosystem, reducing manual burden and accelerating insight generation.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in data systems, data governance, or analytics roles.
Significant experience managing or coordinating across complex global teams.
Strong technical fluency across the data stack: cloud lakehouse platforms (Databricks preferred), Python and SQL, dbt or equivalent transformation tooling, pipeline orchestration, and BI/visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
Experience developing and executing multi-year data strategies or product roadmaps in environments with evolving requirements and multiple stakeholder groups.
Experience assessing, rationalizing, and rebuilding data products on contemporary infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to establish data standards, taxonomies, and governance frameworks and translate them into technical specifications and system requirements.
Track record of driving adoption and reducing reliance on manual processes in organizations where data literacy is uneven and stakeholder buy-in cannot be assumed.
Practical, hands-on experience applying AI and automation to data workflows.
Strategic thinker who can translate data-driven findings into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
Ability to juggle competing priorities and make progress against multiple simultaneous demands in a fast-paced, shifting environment.
Fluency in English required.

Nice To Haves

Arabic, French, and/or Spanish an advantage.
Ability to travel globally up to 20% of the time.
Experience with operational data in multi-country, geographically distributed contexts where field-level data quality and remote change management are persistent challenges.
Experience working in or with international development, humanitarian response, or comparably complex service delivery organizations with distributed operations.
Understanding of financial data and metrics, with the ability to integrate financial and programmatic reporting.
Experience with enterprise metadata management, data modeling, and software development lifecycles.
Knowledge of responsible data practices and data protection regulations (e.g. GDPR) in humanitarian settings.

Responsibilities

Evolve, own, and drive the CRRD Data Roadmap, setting priorities, tracking progress, and reporting on gaps.
Engage with CRRD leadership to understand decision-making needs and translate them into data product requirements.
Champion the adoption of Integra, OTIS, Salesforce, and PID as primary systems of record, and support efforts to eliminate parallel trackers.
Explore user experience improvements for program data products to ensure intuitive use by country teams.
Identify and implement practical AI and automation opportunities across CRRD’s data workflows.
Participate in and shape cross-functional forums for system improvements and integration priorities.
Manage and evolve CRRD’s program data product portfolio, including PID v4, Monthly Statistics, Annual Statistics, Indicator Selection Tool, and new integrated dashboards.
Lead the development of the CRRD Data Glossary to standardize department-wide KPIs and data assets.
Collaborate with IT, Finance, and AMU to institutionalize standardized data definitions and integrate program data into the IRC Data Lakehouse.
Serve as CRRD’s primary interlocutor with IT on data platform decisions.
Ensure data protection requirements are embedded in all products and integrations.
Design systems and standards with country-level implementation in mind, assessing change management needs.
Develop and implement a support model to build regional and country team capacity for independent use.
Ensure all products meet a minimum documentation standard before launch.
Lead and manage the Program Data Systems team, setting clear priorities aligned to the Data Roadmap.
Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and practical experimentation within the team.
Ensure team members are supported, recognized, and growing in their roles.
Partner effectively across departments (AMU, Finance, IT, Technical Units) on shared analytics and metadata.
Build benchmarking relationships with counterparts in peer INGOs and contribute to external convenings on data systems and evidence use.