Remote Director, Enterprise Data & Integration

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. seeks a Director of Data & Integration Services to lead EDF’s enterprise data strategy, integration architecture, and analytics roadmap in a remote US setting. Partner with Finance, Marketing, CRM, HR, and others to modernize data capabilities and enable trusted analytics.

You will guide Snowflake-based platforms, API-first integrations, DataOps, governance, and data quality while mentoring a growing team and aligning tech with EDF’s mission and values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering with at least 10 years of experience in data engineering, enterprise integration, data architecture, BI, or related areas.
• Experience developing enterprise data and integration strategy within a complex, multi‑system environment, balancing vision with security, cost and value.
• Strong experience with cloud data platforms, preferably Snowflake, and modern data engineering architectures.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python; ability to review, troubleshoot, and guide production data solutions.
• Experience implementing data governance, metadata management, data lineage, data quality, and stewardship practices.
• Experience with Git/GitHub, CI/CD, automation, and Observability.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute EDF’s enterprise data and integration strategy, architecture, and multi‑year technology roadmap.
• Lead evolution of Snowflake‑based data platform and modern data engineering capabilities.
• Establish scalable API‑first, event‑driven, cloud‑native integration patterns across enterprise systems.
• Advance data governance, metadata, lineage, data quality, and stewardship capabilities.
• Mentor and develop a growing team of data and integration professionals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve mission impact and efficiency.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Governance

Enterprise Data Strategy

Communication with Executives

Education

Bachelors in CS/IT/Data Engineering

Master’s degree may substitute up to 2 years

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Fivetran

Informatica

Snowpipe

REST API

Job description

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. seeks a Director of Data & Integration Services to lead EDF’s enterprise data strategy, integration architecture, and analytics roadmap in a remote US setting. Partner with Finance, Marketing, CRM, HR, and others to modernize data capabilities and enable trusted analytics.

You will guide Snowflake-based platforms, API-first integrations, DataOps, governance, and data quality while mentoring a growing team and aligning tech with EDF’s mission and values.