Director of Data
Role Overview
As the Director of Data at AirOps, you will lead the data function, overseeing data engineering, science, and analytics. This senior-level role involves building and managing the data platform, developing machine learning systems, and delivering impactful analytics that drive business outcomes. You will work closely with founders and product leadership to ensure data is effectively utilized across the platform.
Perks & Benefits
AirOps offers equity in a fast-growing startup and a competitive benefits package that is tailored to your location. The company promotes a flexible time off policy and provides parental leave. With a remote work setup, you can expect a fun-loving and collaborative team culture that values quality and curiosity, fostering career growth and development.
Full Job Description
About AirOps
AirOps is the first end-to-end content engineering platform built for the AI era. In a world where discovery is shifting from traditional search to AI-driven platforms, we help brands get found—and stay found. We are currently in a phase of hyper-growth, having 5x’d our revenue in the last year by helping marketing teams at Ramp, Chime, Carta, and Rippling turn content quality into a durable competitive advantage.
Our platform equips marketers to navigate the new discovery landscape, prioritize high-impact opportunities, and create accurate, on-brand content that earns citations from AI and trust from humans. Backed by Greylock, Unusual Ventures, Wing VC, and Founder Collective, we are building the intelligent systems that will empower the next generation of marketing leaders. AirOps is headquartered in San Francisco, New York and Montevideo.
The Opportunity
Data is core to what we do, from the ML systems that identify content opportunities to the customer-facing analytics that prove ROI. We're looking for a Director of Data to build and lead our Data function. You'll own data engineering, science, and analytics, working directly with founders and product leadership to shape how we use data across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
Data Platform
Own end-to-end data platform: batch and streaming pipelines ingesting from crawlers, integration APIs (e.g. Google Search Console, Google Analytics, CDN Logs), product analytics, and CRM
Run the data warehouse with strong performance, cost management, and observability
Implement orchestration, dbt transformations, data contracts, and automated testing
Data Science & ML
Build ML systems that analyze AI search behavior, identify content opportunities, and predict performance
Take models from research to production, optimizing for latency and cost at scale
Analytics
Deliver metrics that power dashboards, experiments, and customer-facing analytics
Partner with Product and GTM teams on tracking plans and impact measurement
Leadership
Build and lead the data team: hire, mentor, and level up engineers and scientists
Drive cross-functional projects and translate business requirements into technical solutions
Qualifications
Required
8+ years in data roles with 3+ years leading teams
Strong background in both data engineering and data science
Expert SQL and Python; hands-on with dbt, Airflow/Prefect, Snowflake/BigQuery
Track record building data products that directly impact business outcomes
Preferred
Domain experience in marketing, ad tech, or growth experimentation
Experience with LLM applications and AI agents
Background in customer-facing analytics products
Our Guiding Principles
Extreme Ownership
Quality
Curiosity and Play
Make Our Customers Heroes
Respectful Candor
Benefits
Equity in a fast-growing startup
Competitive benefits package tailored to your location
Flexible time off policy
Parental Leave
A fun-loving and (just a bit) nerdy team that loves to move fast!
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