Head of Data Strategy & Insights

Tech Jobs for Good; Alameda (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care options

Dental & Vision coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

First 5 Alameda County is seeking a Senior Director of Data Services to shape analytics strategy and lead a cross-functional team. You will oversee dashboards, data quality, and governance while guiding data warehouse and API integrations.

You will partner with program teams to deliver decision-support tools and promote a data-informed culture across the agency. Hybrid work schedule applies in California.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, data, evaluation, or related field.
• Seven years in data analytics with at least five in leadership roles.
• Experience leading data programs, budgets, and vendor management.
• Strong executive communication for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead data services with priorities aligned to agency goals and manage staff, budget, contracts, vendors, and projects.
• Establish PM and performance practices to strengthen capacity and delivery.
• Oversee analytics, dashboards, reporting, and longitudinal data systems to support priorities.
• Define data quality standards, documentation, validation, and governance.
• Provide strategic leadership for data warehouse, architecture, pipelines, and API integrations.
• Ensure data products are accurate, accessible, and communicate performance clearly.
• Lead AI usage with privacy, quality, governance, and oversight in partnership with Evaluation.

Skills

BI platforms

Data visualization

Communication

Executive relationship building

AI governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in public policy/data/evaluation

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

SQL

Python/R

Job description

First 5 Alameda County is seeking a Senior Director of Data Services to shape analytics strategy and lead a cross-functional team. You will oversee dashboards, data quality, and governance while guiding data warehouse and API integrations.

You will partner with program teams to deliver decision-support tools and promote a data-informed culture across the agency. Hybrid work schedule applies in California.