Director, Data Engineering & Analytics Strategy

lennar; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Lennar seeks a Director of Data Engineering to lead a diverse team of data engineers, analysts, and data scientists and to shape the analytics strategy across the organization. This leader will partner with senior executives to align data initiatives with business goals and drive enterprise-wide data governance and value creation.

The role includes ownership of the Product Org data platform, guiding ingestion, transformation, and delivery of data to applications and reporting surfaces, while

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers, analysts, and scientists, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture, promoting continuous learning and professional growth.
• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of data and analytics projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and meet business requirements.
• Prioritize and allocate resources effectively to meet project demands, balancing short-term needs with long-term strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and translate business needs into actionable analytics projects.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals and outcomes.
• Ensure adherence to data governance policies, standards, and regulatory requirements, maintaining the integrity and security of data.
• Implement and enforce best practices for data management, quality, and privacy within the team.
• Track and report on KPIs for the team's projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Provide regular updates to senior leadership on the progress and impact of analytics efforts.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of the data and analytics function by identifying new opportunities for leveraging data to drive business value.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies, applying innovative approaches to enhance the team's capabilities.
• Continuously evaluate and improve processes, tools, and methodologies to increase the team's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Own the Product Org data platform strategy, including ingestion architecture, the warehouse relationship, and the data contracts the product applications depend on.
• Lead the data engineering team that owns ingestion, transformation, and delivery of Product Org data into the applications and reporting surfaces that consume it.
• Contribute directly as an individual contributor, writing production code, reviewing pipeline design, and taking on delivery work alongside the team.
• Set the standards for data contracts, schema evolution, and backfill and recovery procedures across consuming product teams, and hold the line that pipeline changes are made through configuration and declarative SQL rather than by forking engine code.
• Own data platform cost and capacity planning, including compute tiering and warehouse spend, in partnership with Lennar Technology Group.
• Represent Product Org data needs with Data@Lennar, Lennar Technology Group, and Palantir Foundry stakeholder

Job description

Lennar seeks a Director of Data Engineering to lead a diverse team of data engineers, analysts, and data scientists and to shape the analytics strategy across the organization. This leader will partner with senior executives to align data initiatives with business goals and drive enterprise-wide data governance and value creation.

The role includes ownership of the Product Org data platform, guiding ingestion, transformation, and delivery of data to applications and reporting surfaces, while