174 applicants

Company

Chess.com · 1 day ago

Head of Data

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop a mature cross functional data culture including definitions and processes by which we govern reporting, analysis, and insights for all Chess.com properties and teams

Support our data team including both analysts and engineers as they serve our product, business, marketing, and operational needs

Support funnel optimizations with both proactive research and insight requests across product and marketing

Proactively support company-wide experimentation and results-sharing

Assure accurate reporting for business operations (bizops)

Along with our CTO and Data Team, oversee the buildout of data acquisition and data warehouse stacks

Optimize our Amplitude implementation and usage (and potential future transition to in-house solution)

Qualification

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Data analysisData engineeringSQLBigQueryAirflowKafkaApplication DevelopmentConsumer gaming funnelCollaboration skillsMentoring

Required

You love data… because of how it impacts decisions, makes for better products, and ultimately changes lives.

You enjoy leading data teams, and interfacing with the business, product, and marketing teams that rely on data.

You are proactive, collaborative, and communicative.

You have built and maintained data pipelines in production at large scale.

You are able to make technology decisions about tooling and operations.

You love data and have great experience with the types of data engineering questions relevant to a freemium subscription/gaming business (engagement & monetization data, tooling for prediction & AB-testing etc.).

You are a seasoned data leader with intuitive strategic, communication and technical skills.

Preferred

7+ years in data analysis and engineering

5+ years in data leadership and people management

Experience in consumer / gaming funnel

Hands on experience with SQL, BigQuery, Airflow, Kafka, and Application Development

Worked at scale in a company with more than 10M MAU

Strong collaboration and communication skills working in a fully distributed team

Strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and appreciates the value of effective communication with both peers and non-technical teammates

Puts value building strong relationships with colleagues and partners, enjoys mentoring and guiding others and you have the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms

Proven track record of being proactive, planning effectively, and constructively finding paths forward when blockers arise