For too long, buying or selling a used car has been a headache and a hassle. But at Vroom, we’re changing the game: our innovative end-to-end ecommerce platform and data-driven technology brings all phases of the vehicle-buying and selling process to consumers wherever they are. Our success is only possible with the help of our hardworking Vroommates, who drive better customer experiences every day. Vroom is an exciting, dynamic workplace, and there's no better time to join the team.

Job Summary:

Vroom is looking for a Senior Director of Data Infrastructure to lead strategy and execution as we generate data across the entire organization to combine the data sources for consumption by the operations, product, and technology teams. This will encompass organizing and reporting on the data generated by UACC, CarStory and Vroom. This position will interact with stakeholders where data is generated as well as those needing to report on the data. This role is an opportunity to provide leadership oversight for our Analytics Engineering and BI Engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Set the strategy to design, develop, and deploy reliable data solutions from data ingestion to ready-for-analysis datasets

• Maintain and optimize data pipelines, data models and data warehouse for performance and scalability

• Identify gaps in technology to allow for Vroom’s business segments to be a data driven organizations

• Hold the team accountable for best practices and standards for code maintainability and performance including automated monitoring of data integrity across data systems

• Attract, retain, manage and mentor a team with expertise across all relevant areas of data engineering, reporting, and analysis

• Strategic leadership: Ability to develop, drive and document recommended technology strategy to meet the unique needs of the business and customers

• Proven ability to plan, organize, and manage complex requirements through creation and refinement of processes that drive enterprise data development practices

Competencies:

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience

• Leadership & Executive Presence: Comfortable leading initiatives and reviews with executive stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to hire, develop and retain top technical talent

• Demonstrated capacity to break down complex systems into strategic themes and set the team's direction to navigate them

• Manage multiple teams working on distinct initiatives simultaneously

• Professional experience analyzing data warehouse architectures for consistency, errors, and overseeing plans to improve them

• Experience in one or more cloud computing environments

• AWS, Redshift, dbt

• BI and Data Visualization (Looker or similar)

• Google Analytics

• SQL & NoSQL Databases

• Python or R

• Airflow

• Excel

Commitment to Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity

Vroom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and supporting a work environment where all employees can find their drive. To do that, we champion a workplace where each and every person is treated with dignity and respect and is valued for their unique perspectives and contributions. We believe our values of SPEED (Service, Progress, Employees, Engagement, and Development) are best realized in an environment, whether physical or virtual, where every individual has the ability to bring their whole selves to work and contribute fully.

Vroom maintains a working environment that encourages mutual respect and promotes harmonious and friendly relationships among employees. The company prohibits any form of employment discrimination or harassment against employees, applicants, or other protected persons in the workplace based on a protected characteristic(s), regardless of who the source is of such conduct. Protected characteristics include race, color, religion, creed, sex (including gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition), national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, service in the uniformed services, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. This commitment to antidiscrimination and antiharassment applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment and hiring.

Vroom likewise provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants, employees, or other legally protected individuals in the workplace with a disability to enable them to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment equal to those of other employees, except if the accommodation would pose an undue hardship. The company also makes reasonable accommodations for religious beliefs and practices. 

Vroom complies with all applicable federal, state, and/or local laws relating to equal employment. 

Other Things to Note

This posting is not intended to provide a comprehensive account of the duties and responsibilities that may be required of this position. Duties and responsibilities may change or be added at any time, with or without notice.

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