Senior Director of Data, Confluent
$251.6-295.6k
Plus annual bonus and equity
Data streaming platform
Job no longer available
Data streaming platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$251.6-295.6k
Plus annual bonus and equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help every organization harness data in motion so they can compete and thrive in the modern world.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent’s enormous potential
- 15+ years of experience in the Data, from companies with a heavy reliance on Data
- 10+ years of experience managing a multi discipline Data team, with experience overseeing Data Science, BI, Data Engineering, and Analytics
- Experience running and building large high performing & diverse teams across multiple geographies with multiple levels of management (40+ team members)
- Deep knowledge of modern data stack and infrastructures, i.e., Cloud Data warehouse, data integration tools, Airflow, DBT, Tableau, etc
- Working knowledge of programming languages, i.e. SQL, Python, Java/Scala
- Experience with Kafka or Confluent in a Production environment
- Experience implementing data foundations, data marts, and building a single source of truth
- Experience implementing Data governance & lineage programs
- Experience implementing machine learning models for predictive business outcomes
- Business acumen with an understanding of GTM, Product, and Finance landscapes
- Strong ability to communicate cross-functionally, derive requirements and architect; to synthesize, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences, including executives
What the job involves
- As the Senior Director of Data, you will lead and grow a team of high performing Data Engineers, Data Scientists, BI Developers, and Analysts
- You will articulate and execute the overall vision & strategy of the Data team, including a heavy focus on business partnership, data architecture, and our Customer Zero program
- Own and drive the vision, strategy and roadmap for Data and lead the team to execute. Specifically, be responsible for building:
- A world class Customer Zero program
- Foundational datasets & data marts to promote self-service analytics
- Maturation of our approach to analytics, moving closer away from descriptive analytics towards more predictive & prescriptive analytics
- Implement an approach for holistic prioritization to ensure resources are aligned to the highest impact and highest value initiatives
- Build and scale a world class, multi-geo team of professionals across all disciplines within Data
- Engage with Product & Engineering teams to deliver analytics and Data Science solutions to improve Confluent’s products, adoption, and consumption
- Partner with GTM to evolve our approach to Customer 360, including building additional predictive models
- Build a comprehensive Data Governance & compliance program
- Mature Data team processes for support, agile, monitoring, and incident response
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and partners, including Product, Engineering, Business Systems, and functional operation teams, to align on Data teams’ dependencies, roadmap, priorities, engagement model, and key processes
- Be a thought leader, identify high impact project opportunities and process changes, and improve productivity of the overall Data Team
Our take
Confluent is a commercial company built on top of the open-source Apache Kafka project. Confluent and Kafka have developed a streaming data technology that processes massive amounts of information in real-time. The streaming database technology was developed at LinkedIn as a way of moving massive amounts of messages. The company decided to open-source that tech in 2011, and Confluent launched as the commercial arm in 2014.
While the base open-source component remains available for free download, it doesn’t include the additional tooling the company has built to make it easier for enterprises to use Kafka. Confluent's value add is in those additional tools, including a cloud version of the product and a marketplace for sharing extensions to the platform.
Confluent expanded strategic partnerships with Microsoft and acquired Immerok, and in 2023 expanded its cloud platform. 2024 saw further product expansions with the launch of the Confluent Migration Accelerator, all exemplifying how the company is living up to its name by rocket-boosting the benefits of Apache Kafka integration for companies.
Now, it looks like IBM is eyeing the company for acquisition and Confluent looks to be a natural fit. Long positioned as the real-time backbone behind modern application, Confluent would gain global scale and an even deeper enterprise reach under iBM, while cementing its role at the center of AI-driven architectures. For COnfluent, the deal would marka shift from fast-growing independent disruptor to foundational infrastructure player powering the next wave of enterprise AI.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2020
$250m
SERIES E
Jan 2019
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $455.9m
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Jay Kreps
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Confluent in 2014, Jay spent 7 years at LinkedIn, holding various roles including Principal Engineer and Principal Staff Engineer.
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