Head of Enterprise Data Engineering & Analytics

Second Harvest Food Bank; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible Time Off (4–5 weeks)

11 paid holidays

Retirement plan

Job summary

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is seeking a Director of Data Engineering & Analytics to build and guide a small enterprise data function. You will set standards, own the data product portfolio, and ensure data quality across food flow, programs, and operations.

You will review data models and transformations, lead a federated data strategy, and partner with IT and business owners to deliver measurable value. Hybrid work with a strong mission to end hunger.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years building and operating data platforms, analytics engineering or enterprise reporting capabilities.
• At least three years of people leadership and management experience.
• Experience leading a durable cross-functional data program.
• Technical foundation to review Python, SQL, dimensional models, pipeline design, and production support practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small engineering-led enterprise data and analytics team with clear roles and standards.
• Own the enterprise data product portfolio and backlog with focus on 3 material products.
• Set architecture and engineering standards across ingestion, transformation, semantic models, testing, and release.
• Review material data models, Python, SQL, and governance controls; troubleshoot delivery risk.
• Establish metric certification and data ownership practices with clear definitions and lineage.

Skills

Data platform leadership

People leadership

Python & SQL concepts

Dimensional modeling

Data governance & quality

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Power BI

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

ERP systems

CRM systems

Job description

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is seeking a Director of Data Engineering & Analytics to build and guide a small enterprise data function. You will set standards, own the data product portfolio, and ensure data quality across food flow, programs, and operations.

You will review data models and transformations, lead a federated data strategy, and partner with IT and business owners to deliver measurable value. Hybrid work with a strong mission to end hunger.