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SiriusXM · 1 week ago

Director, Data Operations

Oakland, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$177K/yr - $234K/yr

10+ years exp

SiriusXM is a leading audio entertainment company delivering compelling subscription and ad-supported experiences. The Director of Data Operations will lead a team responsible for enabling data-driven decisions, maintaining robust data pipelines, and aligning technology with business strategy to support organizational success.

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Responsibilities

Manage a team of senior and mid-level data operations analysts, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and performance management

Contribute to talent growth and team development, recruiting and mentoring future data operations and analytics professionals

Align technical execution with the product roadmap and vision, ensuring KPI metrics and requirements are well-defined and actionable

Work across a wide range of enterprise data tools and platforms, leveraging transformation technologies like DBT and visualization tools such as Looker and Tableau

Oversee implementation and scaling of the semantic layer platform, working cross-functionally to deliver trusted and accessible data assets

Partner with data engineering, product, and analytic teams to ensure solution designs meet evolving business needs and technical scalability

Prioritize team workload across projects, balancing tactical delivery with long-term systems and data platform evolution

Establish and enforce technical best practices around dbt, testing frameworks, CI/CD, and Git workflows

Review and guide the development of data pipeline requirement documentation, process models, and architectural recommendations

Manage and analyze large-scale data volumes (1+ PB) across complex ecosystems that power streaming, podcasting, satellite, publisher, and advertiser use cases

Lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams to foster career growth and professional development

Provide constructive feedback, conduct performance reviews, and guide team members in setting and achieving goals

Build and maintain an inclusive, collaborative team culture that encourages innovation and accountability

Qualification

Data OperationsData EngineeringSnowflakeDbtGitOrchestration toolsSemantic layer platformsDimensional modelingLeadershipCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field

10+ years relevant experience in data operations, data engineering or systems architecture

5+ years of people leadership, with a track record of building, coaching, and scaling high-performing teams in data or platform environments

Strong command of the modern data stack, including Snowflake, dbt, Git, orchestration tools, and semantic layer platforms

Proven leadership experience managing cross-functional analytics teams in an enterprise environment

Deep understanding of dimensional modeling, metric standardization, and semantic architecture design

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a passion for making data accessible and actionable

Must have legal right to work in the U.S

Benefits

Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives

Company

SiriusXM

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SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices.

Founded in 1990

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees