Director of Data and Analytics at Second Front Systems

Matcha; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employer-paid medical/dental/vision

401(k) with company match 3%

Wellness benefits

Equity awards

Home office stipend

Professional development stipend

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Remote work options

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Second Front Systems is looking for a Director of Data & Analytics to build and lead our centralized data and analytics function from the ground up. You will own the full data lifecycle across the company, from systems integration to reliable, governed metrics and executive-level reporting.

You will architect the data warehouse and BI stack, establish KPIs, and guide a team through a zero-to-one data initiative while navigating ambiguity and driving measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data, analytics, or BI, including 3+ years leading a function or company-wide data initiative.
• Experience building analytics capability from ground up; not only operating an mature stack.
• Advanced SQL and hands-on with modern data stacks and BI platforms.
• Knowledge of SaaS metrics (ARR, retention, CAC, payback) and governance to ensure audit-ready metrics.
• Experience delivering executive-level reporting to boards or investors.

Responsibilities

• Architect data warehouse, cloud platform, pipelines, data models, and BI infrastructure to replace ad-hoc reporting.
• Establish governance, definitions, and lineage for KPIs across units to ensure single governed metrics.
• Translate technical implementations into business decisions for diverse audiences.
• Build data governance frameworks that enable cross-unit metric definitions without bottlenecks.

Skills

Data analytics leadership

SQL & data warehousing

Cloud data stacks

Governance & KPIs

Executive reporting

Data governance frameworks

Business translation

Ambiguity management

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Redshift

dbt

Looker

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Second Front Systems is seeking a Director of Data & Analytics to build and lead our centralized data and analytics function from the ground up. Reporting to the VP of Finance, you will own the full data lifecycle across the company - from systems integration and da…

What You'll Do

• Architect the company's data warehouse, cloud platform, pipelines, data models, and BI infrastructure to replace ad-hoc reporting with reliable, reusable assets.
• Establish governance, definitions, and lineage for company KPIs so metrics live in one governed place and survive audit a…

What You Bring

• 8+ years in data, analytics, or business intelligence, including 3+ years leading a function, a team, or a company-wide data initiative.
• Demonstrated experience building an analytics capability where little or none existed — you have done the zero-to-one version of this, not only operated a mature stack.
• Advanced SQL and deep hands‑on experience building with modern data stacks, such as cloud warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or Redshift), transformation frameworks (dbt or equivalent), ingestion tooling, semantic layers, and BI platforms (Looker, Power BI, Tableau, Sigma, or similar). You do not need to have used every tool listed, but you should be capable of architecting and building across the stack.
• Working knowledge of SaaS business and financial metrics — ARR and its movements, retention, CAC and payback, gross margin, cohort behavior — and the judgment to recognize when a metric is being calculated in a way that will not survive scrutiny.
• Experience building reporting consumed by executives, boards, or investors, with the accuracy discipline that implies.
• A track record of designing data governance frameworks that enforce metric definitions across competing business units—finance, sales, engineering—without freezing the organization or spawning workarounds.
• Ability to translate between a technical implementation and a business decision, in both directions, without losing either audience.
• Comfort with ambiguity and with owning outcomes rather than tickets. This is a build role.

Preferred

• Experience in a scaling B2B software or technology company, ideally in the ~$10M–$200M ARR/revenue range and during a period of rapid growth.
• Experience reporting on a mixed revenue model — subscription revenue alongside government contracting (fixed‑price, FAR‑based) and professional services — and familiarity with the reporting expectations that come with federal or regulated‑industry customers.
• Python or R for analysis beyond what SQL handles well.

The base salary for this position will fall between $210,000 and $230,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.

Success at 2F Looks Like:

• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
• Being team‑oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy

Perks & Benefits:

This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose‑driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in‑and outside the workplace.

Perks of Joining Our Team:

• Competitive salary
• 100% employer‑paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
• Equity incentive plan
• New hire technology and home office stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Flexible remote work opportunitiesEmployee referral bonus program

Visit our careers page to learn more.

Who We Are:

Second Front Systems (2F) is a public‑benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top‑tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.

One last thing:

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

State notices:

Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
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