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Santander Bank, N.A. · 1 week ago

Director, Data Platform & Products.

Santander Bank, N.A. is seeking a Director for their Data Platform & Products to lead the development of a unified, cloud-native analytics environment. This role involves overseeing the end-to-end data lifecycle, ensuring high-quality data for product performance reporting and analytics, while mentoring teams and driving strategic partnerships.

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Steve Conners
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Responsibilities

Oversee the end-to-end data lifecycle, ensuring timely, reliable, and well-structured data to support product performance dashboards, CX and journey measurement, and customer insights
Collaborate with CDO and governance teams to embed lineage, data quality, metadata, and semantic standards into platform architecture and operations
Define and execute the platform roadmap, translating business and product needs into scalable data products and reusable analytical assets
Ensure new Openbank product launches are enabled with robust data pipelines and analytic foundations
Build and expand self-serve analytics capabilities, including agentic AI–powered tools that automate insight generation and accelerate decision-making
Lead and mentor teams across data engineering, platform operations, and data product management; partner closely with cross-functional executives to drive adoption and business impact
Develops and maintains relationships with senior executives in the business lines
Builds in-depth knowledge of the business success drivers, industry trends, regulatory issues and competitive marketplace to develop value added business solutions
Advises on implementation of advanced data analytics models with effective and practical short- and long-term actionable solutions within the businesses
Grows the data and technical environment by bringing new technologies and techniques to create efficient process around data extraction, aggregation and analytics
Initiates and manages strategic external partnerships to supplement internal advanced data analytics capabilities, as desired
Drives pragmatic approaches to solving key complex business problems through data analysis, predictive modeling and machine learning techniques
Leads verbal and written communications with colleagues and business partners at all levels to clearly articulate the findings of analytical models and assist in driving solutions

Qualification

Data engineeringCloud-native architecturesData warehousingMachine learningStatistical modelingStakeholder engagementFinancial services experienceTeam leadershipEntrepreneurial spiritMicrosoft OfficeCommunication skillsProject managementCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Statistics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Economics, or a equivalent technical field
Master's Degree: Statistics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Economics, or a equivalent quantitative field
10+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and cloud-native data architectures
9+ Years Experience leading and managing a team of data scientists, product or business analysts
9+ Years Experience working across functions to communicate the value of the data and analytic team's work

Preferred

Ph.D.: Statistics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Economics, or a equivalent quantitative field
Financial services industry experience a plus
Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education
Experience in Microsoft Office products

Company

Santander Bank, N.A.

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At Santander Bank, it’s our mission to help people and businesses prosper.

H1B Sponsorship

Santander Bank, N.A. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (44)
2024 (36)
2023 (61)
2022 (66)
2021 (78)
2020 (69)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$75M
Key Investors
Wind Turbine & Energy Cables
2020-01-22Debt Financing· $75M

Leadership Team

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Pierre Habis
Chief Consumer & Digital Transformation Officer
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