Director, Data Quality & Observability

Human Ventures, LLC.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Ookla seeks a Data Quality & Observability Lead, a director-level role within the Chief Data & Analytics Office, to build enterprise data quality standards, observability tooling, and governance partnerships. This leader will define quality standards, operate data observability tooling, and drive a culture of shared accountability for data health across the organization.

The role includes leading the Data Quality Analyst function, partnering with engineering and governance teams, and managing

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in data quality frameworks, data observability, data monitoring, and data reliability practices.
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, data warehousing, transformation tools, and modern data stack components.
• Experience implementing enterprise data quality programs, including rules engines, profiling, and remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with data observability platforms and data quality tooling such as Monte Carlo, Great Expectations, Soda, or dbt tests.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise data quality framework and ownership accountability.
• Build and operate data observability capability to monitor data health, freshness, volume, and schema changes.
• Partner with data engineering, analytics engineering, and governance teams to embed quality checks and SLAs across data pipelines and products.
• Define and track data quality KPIs and metrics; communicate status, trends, and risk to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation for data quality incidents across the data ecosystem.
• Champion a data-as-a-product mindset and shared accountability for data quality across teams.

Skills

Data quality

Data observability

Data pipelines

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Analytics, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Monte Carlo

Great Expectations

Soda

dbt tests

Job description

Ookla seeks a Data Quality & Observability Lead, a director-level role within the Chief Data & Analytics Office, to build enterprise data quality standards, observability tooling, and governance partnerships. This leader will define quality standards, operate data observability tooling, and drive a culture of shared accountability for data health across the organization.

The role includes leading the Data Quality Analyst function, partnering with engineering and governance teams, and managing