Director, Analytics

Addepar; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar’s Analytics team seeks a Director to lead a globally distributed function as we transition to a next‑gen data and analytics platform. You will define strategic vision, drive governance, and mature the platform across regions from our Pune office in a hybrid setup.

You’ll steward a data‑driven culture, partner with executives, and shape the roadmap for analytics capabilities, governance, and AI readiness across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of analytics leadership experience.
• Experience leading analytics in a global SaaS context.
• Strong leadership, strategic influence, and change management.
• Regional/global leadership with the ability to bridge priorities.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a unified analytics strategy with a published roadmap.
• Serve as a culture carrier and leader for the APAC region.
• Lead BI and platform strategy for power users, executives, and producers.
• Drive global expansion and repeatable architecture for new regions.
• Operationalise the data estate with observability and SLOs.
• Own Data Governance outcomes and AI-ready data estate.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Global SaaS experience

AI fluency

Data governance

Databricks

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Who We Are

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. Addepar unifies portfolio, market and client data in a total portfolio view and delivers AI-powered insights within investment and client workflows. More than 1,400 firms in nearly 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $9 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with nearly 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, London, Edinburgh, Pune, Dubai, Geneva, Singapore and São Paulo.

The Role

The Analytics team is seeking a Director to join and lead the team. The Analytics team is a globally distributed team core to Addepar's transition to next-generation data and analytics with a scalable global operating model. Its mission is to empower analysts, researchers, and internal teams to create and share data and insights - driving data driven decision making at scale. The Director will define and execute the strategic vision for the function, while driving operationalisation, governance, and platform maturity across regions.
Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country where this role is based on the first day of employment. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

What You’ll Do

• Define and execute a unified analytics strategy in partnership with key stakeholders, with a published roadmap reviewed quarterly
• Serve as a culture carrier and visible leader for the APAC region, bridging local teams with global priorities
• Lead BI and platform strategy, including persona-driven architecture and enablement paths for power users, consumers, executives, and producers
• Lead global expansion of the analytics platform - hardening existing regional implementations and validating a repeatable architecture for new regions
• Drive the operationalisation of the data estate - establishing observability, SLOs, and handoff standards so that ops teams can own production feeds
• Own and drive Data Governance outcomes for Analytics - identifying Critical Data Elements, automating publisher responsibilities into workflows, and building an AI-ready data estate in partnership with the broader Data Governance function to establish Analytics as the pace-setter for governance standards across the organisation

Who You Are

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Mathematics, Statistics, or similar numerate field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Minimum 12+ years of overall relevant working experience.
• Experience in leading Analytics functions in a global SaaS context.
• Strong Leadership and Strategic skills - Strategic Influence, Change Leadership, Prioritization Discipline
• Experience as a regional leader — visible presence, local culture building, bridging regional and global priorities
• Minimum 10+ years in Data Analytics, with significant experience leading teams and functions
• Deep data platform experience, Databricks strongly preferred
• Data Governance leadership - experience driving governance outcomes ahead of the organisation, setting standards and securing stakeholder alignment
• AI fluency — understands what makes data AI-consumable (lineage, schema, quality, ontology) and has a vision for how AI accelerates analytics outcomes
• A confident and positive outlook with low ego; high degree of ingenuity, resourcefulness, and problem-solving skills.

Important Note: This role requires working from our Pune office 3 days a week (hybrid work model)

Our Values

• Act Like an Owner - Think and operate with intention, purpose and care. Own outcomes.
• Build Together - Collaborate to unlock the best solutions. Deliver lasting value.
• Champion Our Clients - Exceed client expectations. Our clients’ success is our success.
• Drive Innovation - Be bold and unconstrained in problem solving. Transform the industry.
• Embrace Learning - Engage our community to broaden our perspective. Bring a growth mindset.

In addition to our core values, Addepar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We seek to bring together diverse ideas, experiences, skill sets, perspectives, backgrounds and identities to drive innovative solutions. We commit to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.