Head of Data - New York

Career Launch; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch is seeking a Head of Data for opportunities with partner employers in New York. This senior role focuses on building data and AI capabilities that drive product outcomes, decision quality, and operating performance.

You will own data platforms, analytics governance, and data strategy; set the technical direction for data, ML, or applied AI initiatives; and translate business priorities into measurable data products and experiments.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in ML, data science, analytics, or related discipline.
• Strong statistical, technical, and experimental judgment.
• Experience taking data or model work from discovery to production.
• Ability to connect technical work to revenue, risk, or operating outcomes.
• Clear communication with executives, engineers, analysts, and nontechnical partners.

Responsibilities

• Own data platform, analytics, governance, and data strategy.
• Set technical direction for data, machine learning, or applied AI initiatives.
• Turn business priorities into measurable models, data products, experiments, and production systems.
• Establish standards for data quality, evaluation, privacy, and responsible model use.
• Partner with engineering, product, security, and business leaders on implementation and adoption.
• Communicate tradeoffs, limitations, and results clearly to technical and executive audiences.
• Develop team capability through hiring, mentoring, documentation, and repeatable operating practices.

Skills

Senior data science / ML

Strong statistical judgment

Production deployment experience

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Career Launch is accepting applications for Head of Data opportunities with partner employers in New York. Career Launch works with experienced professionals seeking full-time roles and gives partner recruiters one profile to review across relevant searches.

The specific employer, team, work arrangement, interview process, and final compensation are disclosed before a candidate is submitted to an employer.

The role

These searches are for senior professionals who can build data and artificial intelligence capabilities that improve products, decisions, and operating performance. The strongest candidates combine functional depth with ownership, executive communication, and a record of measurable results.

What you may own

• Own data platform, analytics, governance, and organizational data strategy.
• Set the technical direction for data, machine learning, or applied artificial intelligence initiatives.
• Turn business priorities into measurable models, data products, experiments, and production systems.
• Establish standards for data quality, evaluation, monitoring, privacy, and responsible model use.
• Partner with engineering, product, security, and business leaders on implementation and adoption.
• Communicate tradeoffs, limitations, and results clearly to technical and executive audiences.
• Develop team capability through hiring, mentoring, documentation, and repeatable operating practices.

What we are looking for

• Senior experience in machine learning, data science, data engineering, analytics, or a related discipline.
• Strong statistical, technical, and experimental judgment.
• Experience taking data or model work from discovery into monitored production use.
• Ability to connect technical work to revenue, customer, risk, or operating outcomes.
• Clear communication with executives, engineers, analysts, and nontechnical partners.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Compensation and location

The anticipated base salary range across represented Head of Data searches in New York is $210,000 to $330,000 per year. Final compensation depends on the employer, scope, level, experience, and work arrangement and may include bonus, commission, or equity where applicable.

Equal opportunity

Career Launch and Career Launch evaluate candidates without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law. Hiring decisions are made by the applicable partner employer.