Senior Director of Data, Ruggable

$200-220k

+ Bonus

SQL

AWS

Python

Tableau

Looker

Redshift

Snowflake

BigQuery

dbt

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

2+ days a week in office

Washable rugs

Job no longer available

Washable rugs

201-500 employees

B2CManufacturingDesignInterior designConsumer GoodseCommerce

Job no longer available

$200-220k

+ Bonus

SQL

AWS

Python

Tableau

Looker

Redshift

Snowflake

BigQuery

dbt

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

2+ days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2CManufacturingDesignInterior designConsumer GoodseCommerce

Company mission

Ruggable's mission is to help improve the lives of people and pets in need, while also working towards more responsible business practices.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of people management experience with a proven track record of designing and implementing complex data solutions
Experience with the Ruggable data stack: AWS (Redshift & Lamdas), dbt, Meltano, Fivetran
Excellent SQL knowledge and expertise using modern data programming languages like Python to manipulate data
Experience creating dashboards and reporting using visualization tools like Looker (preferred), Tableau, or PowerBI
Understanding of CI/CD methodologies and how to establish Data Ops pipelines to orchestrate end-to-end data workflows

Desirable

Experience with BigQuery and Snowflake
Experience leveraging LLMs for summarization, discovery, engagement and visualization
Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced, swiftly-changing startup environment
BA/BS in Math, Computer Science, Analytics, Data Science, or other quantitative field desirable

What the job involves

Ruggable is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic data leader to join our Technology Team
As the Senior Director of Data, you will be directly responsible for Ruggable’s data engineering strategy and the delivery of our data platform/product
You will help foster and manage a group of highly skilled engineers to oversee our roadmap, data ingestion, modeling, etc
We are looking for someone to transform our global data ecosystem to meet the needs of our scaling teams/business
You will work closely with members of our senior leadership and executive teams and will be a tremendous part of our success story
In this role, your leadership and expertise will shape, drive and define our global data engineering and analytics strategies in support of business initiatives and roadmaps
Design, build & extend our data platform and backend services to support a broad range of requirements and use cases across the organization
Lead our data infrastructure, working with vendors and platforms to support high reliability, robustness and performance
Lead the decision making process for building and onboarding new technologies and ensuring best fit within our existing infrastructure
Work closely with our Product team to identify and deliver against company objectives
Lead and mentor a team of Data and Analytics Engineers to ensure that we accomplish company-wide data objectives
Assess gaps in current data ecosystem and determine best approach to fill

Our take

Whilst rugs are a staple of interior design and home energy efficiency, they have historically proven a tough solution for people with kids, pets, or messy lifestyles. So Ruggable’s washable, spill-proof rug solution would have come as a welcome innovation when the company launched just over a decade ago. The product consists of a heavier duty base, and a decorative ‘rug layer’ on top, and Ruggable has been consistently expanding the design range of this product ever since.

One obstacle Ruggable will face is that washable materials have developed enough in the decade since Ruggable was founded to allow competitors to gather speed with simpler products. Brands including home design giant Dunelm, for example, offer rugs that are fully washable, without having to separate out the pieces.

Where Ruggable is certainly strong is branding. The company has done well to get products trending, with a successful focus on bloggers and major news outlets. Excellent reviews and superior product exposure are strong keys to success, especially in a period where DTC sales are king.