Principal, Data Analyst - Engineering - US - Freelancer | Digital Products Team

DEPT® is a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates integrated end-to-end digital experiences. The Data Analyst role involves defining and executing the vision for client analytics, driving strategy and innovation, and ensuring high standards of data quality and value delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute long-term strategic initiatives and a multi-year roadmap for data product portfolio, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology architecture
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies, including AI/ML capabilities, to enhance data assets, streamline delivery, and unlock new value for both internal and external stakeholders
• Partner with stakeholders to discover, evaluate, and onboard new data sources to expand the portfolio’s value and relevance for business needs
• Lead the creation and ownership of detailed data briefs and technical requirements to define and guide data querying, transformation, enrichment, and delivery processes
• Collaborate with business units to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and develop data-driven frameworks for decision-making
• Collaborate with product, engineering, architecture, and application teams to ensure successful execution of data initiatives, meeting performance, scalability, and quality standards
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks and dependencies across data product initiatives, ensuring transparency and clear escalation paths to senior leadership
• Advocate for and enforce rigorous standards of data quality, metadata management, data lineage, and compliance across the portfolio
• Partner with Data Engineering and Data Architecture teams to ensure the data infrastructure is secure, scalable, and aligned with future business needs
• Drive the adoption of automation and monitoring tools to enhance operational efficiency, reduce failure points, and optimize the end-to-end data lifecycle
• Provide clear, concise updates on data product strategy, progress, and risks to senior and executive stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with Product Strategy, Product, Engineering, QA, and Business teams to ensure seamless integration of data assets into delivery platforms

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in Data Strategy, or related roles, with demonstrated expertise in defining and executing a multi-year product strategy for complex, large-scale data assets, preferably in a B2B or Enterprise environment
• Strong understanding of modern product management and Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) at a portfolio level
• Deep expertise in understanding data content, data models, and data structures, with the ability to oversee and guide the design and optimization of data structures across the entire product portfolio to ensure scalability, usability, and alignment with business needs
• Solid technical acumen, with experience overseeing data processing pipelines, data warehousing technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift), and data governance tools
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to executive-level, non-technical audiences
• Deep expertise in the Finance, Risk, or Regulatory sectors, with an understanding of the critical importance of data quality and timeliness in these domains
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or Data Science)
• An MBA or Master's degree is a plus