Director of Data Strategy & Analytics

AIR Communities; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rent discount

Insurance (medical/dental/vision)

401K with company match

Paid vacation & holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

AIR Communities is undergoing a major data transformation to unify two legacy systems into a single Analytics Data Warehouse (ADW). We seek a Director of Data Science who can translate business needs into technical direction, and coordinate with IT and business leaders to deliver business-ready insights.

The role blends business-facing leadership with technical fluency, focusing on requirements, data models, and reporting to support the company's analytics-enabled decision making.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of analytics, finance, or data management experience.
• Bachelor's degree required (field open if experience is strong).
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Power BI (required).
• Experience with Databricks, Azure, API integrations, and/or Python (a strong plus).
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specs and vice versa.
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Multi-family real estate industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with system consolidation or M&A-driven data integration a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and IT/engineering for ADW, translating needs into technical requirements.
• Lead requirements gathering across multiple business units and reconcile data definitions from pre-merger systems.
• Partner with IT to evaluate data models, schema design, and migration plans from a business-fit perspective.
• Build Power BI reporting and dashboards to support stakeholder needs during and after the transition.
• Report progress, risks, and key decisions to leadership.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Data modeling

Azure

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

API integrations

Job description

AIR Communities is undergoing a major data transformation to unify two legacy systems into a single Analytics Data Warehouse (ADW). We seek a Director of Data Science who can translate business needs into technical direction, and coordinate with IT and business leaders to deliver business-ready insights.

The role blends business-facing leadership with technical fluency, focusing on requirements, data models, and reporting to support the company's analytics-enabled decision making.