Head of Data Foundations & Governance

Intuit, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 234,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit, Inc. seeks a Manager 3 to lead the Customer Success Data Science & Analytics team focused on Data Foundations. You will own the roadmaps, define the financial case, and grow domain leads while influencing at Director/VP levels.

The role blends hands-on data science leadership with strategic governance, data quality, and AI-enabled analytics across customer journeys. You will partner with Finance, Data Engineering, and other stakeholders to deliver scalable data products and trusted

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics/Econometrics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 14+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or data platform work, including 5+ years directly managing data scientists or analytics engineers.
• Demonstrated success leading teams that deliver governed data foundations at enterprise scale and data product ownership.
• Strong hands-on technical foundation in SQL and Python to set architectural direction and review team work.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms and pipeline orchestration and migrating legacy estates.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of senior, staff, and principal data scientists; develop domain leads capable of owning a data domain end to end.
• Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, calibration, and promotion advocacy for the team; build a strong talent pipeline.
• Develop KPI frameworks and define metrics to guide the organization; translate business strategy into analytics and data-architecture problems.
• Drive data quality, governed entities, and semantic layers as the trusted source of truth for Customer Success data domains.
• Lead custom implementations of AI/GenAI capabilities for key business initiatives and guide tool-building for analytics workflows.

Skills

Leadership of data science teams

Data foundations

SQL

Python

Cloud data platforms

Pipeline orchestration

AI/GenAI capabilities

Stakeholder influence

Education

BS or MS in a quantitative field

Tools

Cloud data platforms

Data orchestration tools

Job description

Intuit, Inc. seeks a Manager 3 to lead the Customer Success Data Science & Analytics team focused on Data Foundations. You will own the roadmaps, define the financial case, and grow domain leads while influencing at Director/VP levels.

The role blends hands-on data science leadership with strategic governance, data quality, and AI-enabled analytics across customer journeys. You will partner with Finance, Data Engineering, and other stakeholders to deliver scalable data products and trusted