Director of Data, Articulate
$201-301.4k
+ This position is also bonus eligible.
AWS
GCP
Tableau
Looker
Airflow
Azure
Snowflake
Mixpanel
dbt
Expert level
Remote in US
SaaS training & development platform
Posted today
SaaS training & development platform
501-1000 employees
B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsContentTrainingLearningSaaS
Posted today
$201-301.4k
+ This position is also bonus eligible.
AWS
GCP
Tableau
Looker
Airflow
Azure
Snowflake
Mixpanel
dbt
Expert level
Remote in US
501-1000 employees
B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsContentTrainingLearningSaaS
Company mission
To empower people to live better lives.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in the realm of data, proven experience leading technical teams, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- 12+ years of data engineering experience with 4+ years leading engineering teams
- Deep expertise in analytics engineering, data science, data infrastructure, data pipelines, and data warehousing
- Strong background in cloud technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Experience with modern data tools (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, etc.)
- Experience with modern BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Mixpanel, etc.)
- Track record of building and scaling engineering teams
- Track record of measurable business impact
- Experience implementing engineering best practices and governance
- Proven track record implementing tech stack tooling and driving best practices, including self-service analytics tools
- Experience creating and overseeing the development of technical and training documentation
- Strong project management skills with focus on roadmap execution
- Experience in high growth, SaaS/B2B environments
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Desirable
- Knowledge of machine learning infrastructure
- Experience with agile development practices
- Advanced degree in relevant field
What the job involves
- The Director of Data is responsible for leading and scaling our data team across data engineering, analytics engineering, and data science
- This technical leadership role reports to the CTO and partners closely with our Data Strategy Manager to ensure alignment between business needs and technical implementation
- The focus is on building robust data systems, developing engineering talent, and driving operational excellence
- Drive technical strategy and architecture for data platforms, infrastructure, and tooling
- Establish best practices, governance frameworks, and quality standards
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and approaches to improve data capabilities
- Partner with Data Strategy Manager to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Ensure data security, compliance, and privacy standards are maintained
- Evaluate, implement and drive adoption of new data tools and technologies
- Develop comprehensive training programs and documentation to enable self-service data access
- Create educational resources and technical guidance for cross-functional partners
- Attract and build a high-performing team through strategic hiring and talent development
- Foster a culture of excellence through innovation, adaptability, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of data engineers, analytics engineers, data scientists, and analysts through effective coaching and career development, with a keen attention to quality and consistency with best practices
- Partner with Data Strategy Manager to align team capabilities with business priorities
- Oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of data architecture and infrastructure
- Drive efficiency and reliability improvements in data pipelines and systems
- Implement processes for monitoring, alerting, and incident management
- Manage technical debt and system scalability
- Ensure successful delivery of technical initiatives on time and with high quality
- In partnership with the Data Strategy Manager, design and execute technical roadmaps that balance quick wins with long-term scalability
- Establish metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness of self-service data initiatives
- Build frameworks for tracking tool adoption and usage across the organization
Our take
Articulate is a SaaS based training platform for SMBs and Enterprises, aiming to empower anyone – not just learning professionals – to deliver training to a business.
The business was founded in 2002 as a plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, and was entirely bootstrapped until a 2021 funding round of $1.5 billion. Since its launch, it has grown significantly - now serving over 100,000 organizations and upwards of 100 million learners customers across the globe, including every single one of the Fortune 100.
The company has invested in aggressive expansion, and is already the most dominant player by far in course-authoring apps. This isin part due to capitalizing on the significant opportunity in targeting businesses that are looking to move from in-person to online-based learning.
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Insights
Led by a woman
Top investors
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2021
$1.5bn
SERIES A
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Student debt repayment - Get up to $2,400 annually ($200/month) in student loan repayments
- Flexible PTO
- Fully remote (we'll help set up your home office with awesome equipment and technology)
- We offer $100 a month toward well-being
- We offer Fortune 500-level medical, dental, and vision coverage for our employees and their dependents
- We offer a baby bonding benefit of up to 17 weeks paid leave to primary and non-primary caregivers
- We offer all employees up to $3,000 tax-free annually for child care assistance
- Tuition reimbursement - Continue your education in any subject you want. We provide up to $5,250/year for classes at a code school or accredited college
- Transgender benefit - We offer medical coverage for gender-affirming surgery and supplemental procedures, along with paid leave for recovery
- We match up to $500 of employee donations each calendar year to nonprofit organizations
- We offer $4,000 annually to travel to seek legal abortion services
- Contribute to your choice of Fidelity 401k plans. Articulate will also contribute 3% of your salary to your 401k whether you decide to contribute or not
- Give your loved ones peace of mind. We provide life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability benefits to all employees
- We cover 100% of eleven therapy sessions and eleven therapeutic coaching sessions per year with a licensed therapist through the Modern Health platform for each employee and their dependents
- Health savings account (HSA) - We contribute $1000 for family and $500 for individuals annually to help cover co-pays and other medical expenses
- Get coaching in social, physical, financial, and mental well-being. We offer unlimited life-coaching sessions with certified coaches through the Wellness Coach platform
- We value our employees and the important milestones in their lives. We celebrate with cupcakes, Slack shoutouts, and virtual parties
- We support the growth and development of our employees through coaching, internal training, and skills training opportunities
- We offer our employees time off to volunteer in meaningful ways within their communities and beyond
- We offer service sabbaticals to support our employees in doing the work to advance human rights, civil rights, and environmental health
- Cash for Change - Our employee-guided corporate giving program supports organizations advancing human rights, civil rights, and environmental health
Company values
- We are all human
- We are all connected
- We are all works-in-progress
- We are responsible for ourselves and accountable to one another
- We are focused on results and strive to make a positive impact in the world
- We are called to create an equitable, sustainable, and empowering workplace
Company HQ
NoMad, New York, NY
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Leadership
Adam Schwartz
(Founder, CEO & Executive Chair)Founded Articulate in 2002 with a vision to make it easier for the world to learn. Previously served as General Manager for a division of Knowledge Universe.
Lucy Suros
(Director & Vice Chair of the Board)Served as CEO of the company from 2021 to 2023. Previously acted as Marketing Consultant for The Content Bureau and as PR Director for Switzer Communications.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Articulate
- We're committed to hiring people with minoritized identities and supporting these employees at every level in the organization. We employ inclusive hiring strategies, coach managers on inclusion, and regularly audit salaries and development opportunities to ensure equity company-wide
- We're creating thriving spaces and positive experiences for all employees. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) create a sense of belonging, cultivate relationships, and build support structures between people with similar backgrounds and experiences. We incorporate DIBs programming into our annual company retreat and sponsor professional development organizations focused on marginalized communities
- We're continuously expanding our capacity to support each other across various identities. We offer training and coaching to help our team understand how to build and participate in an inclusive culture—at work and throughout their lives. For example, every Articulate employee participates in "Look Deeper: Race" training, which includes discussions on how we collectively build a diverse culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging amongst our Articulate and Rise.com teams. We also regularly hold virtual lunch and learns, have virtual guest speakers, and offer educational e-learning courses on celebrations and histories of various cultures
- We work to provide employees with clear guidance and institute company-wide practices that support our diversity and inclusion efforts. Our DIBs committee is composed of a rotating group of Articulate employees (including executives) who foster a culture where employees feel empowered, accepted, respected, valued, and safe in all our differences. The committee explores ways we can improve practices related to DIBs and develops strategies for strengthening the hiring, support, and retention of underrepresented employees
- We measure how we are doing meeting our diversity and inclusion goals through an annual engagement survey. The DIBs committee analyzes results, highlights themes, and makes recommendations for improvement
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