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Block · 6 hours ago

Head of Analytics Engineering, Risk

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$290K/yr - $435K/yr

10+ years exp

Block is a company focused on economic empowerment, and they are seeking a senior leader to lead the Analytics Engineering team within their Risk Analytics & Data Science team. The role involves overseeing risk analytics and data science work, building a robust data foundation, and enhancing risk management capabilities across the organization.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead and scale the Analytics Engineering team within Block's Risk organization, setting clear vision, culture, and execution standards

Own the roadmap, vision, and delivery for the data platform, internal data products, and analytics infrastructure that power risk decisioning across Block

Oversee the development of data models, metrics frameworks, semantic layers, and data governance standards, ensuring consistency and trust in key business and product metrics

Drive the design and implementation of end-to-end data pipelines, from ingestion to transformation to serving layers, in partnership with software engineering and ML/AI teams

Establish and refine data-product practices, including user research, product requirement definition, roadmap prioritization, documentation, and feedback loops with internal stakeholders

Ensure the data platform supports advanced analytics, experimentation, and ML/AI workloads, enabling teams to build, measure, and iterate quickly

Champion data reliability, observability, and operational excellence, including SLAs, incident response processes, and ongoing quality initiatives

Build and manage a high-performing leadership bench across data engineering, analytics engineering, and data product management, developing future leaders and supporting career growth at every level

Influence company-wide decision-making by advocating for data literacy, promoting best practices, and ensuring the organization makes high-quality, data-driven decisions

Qualification

Data engineeringAnalytics engineeringData product managementData platform developmentModern data architecturesData governanceData qualityIntellectual curiosityCommunicationCollaborative mindset

Required

10+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, data product management, or related technical disciplines

5+ years of experience managing technical teams, including experience developing leaders and managing managers

A demonstrated track record of building and scaling data platforms, analytical systems, and internal data products at high-growth tech companies

Deep expertise in modern data architectures, including lakehouse patterns, real-time/streaming systems, orchestration, warehouse modeling, semantic layers, data quality, and governance

A strong record of partnering with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to define and deliver impactful internal data products

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and executives

Proven experience applying data-driven approaches to solve complex risk challenges, ideally in domains such as fraud, credit, compliance, or financial risk

Intellectual curiosity, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for Block's mission of economic empowerment

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

Glassdoor3.9

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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