RaceTrac
Executive Director of Data Strategy
200 Galleria Parkway SE Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30339 · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago
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About the role
- RaceTrac Company Overview Job Description: The Executive Director of Data Strategy serves as the enterprise's senior authority on data vision, strategy, and value realization.
Responsibilities
- Define and own a multi-year enterprise data strategy aligned to long-term business objectives
- lead the investment thesis, portfolio prioritization, and enterprise funding model for the organization's data agenda.
- own executive accountability for regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
- Lead enterprise data stewardship, issue management, and risk remediation programs with measurable SLAs, executive-level reporting, and sustained defect reduction across the organization.
- Partner at the VP/C-suite level to define enterprise data product requirements, success metrics, and adoption frameworks that drive measurable business value at scale.
- Define and own a multi-year enterprise data strategy aligned to long-term business objectives; lead the investment thesis, portfolio prioritization, and enterprise funding model for the organization's data agenda.
- Establish and govern enterprise-wide data governance frameworks-policies, standards, and controls-spanning privacy, security, data lineage, quality, retention, and AI risk; own executive accountability for regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
- Build and own the enterprise business case framework for data investments; set and report ROI targets-revenue uplift, cost avoidance, risk reduction, and cycle-time improvement-with direct C-suite accountability.
- Lead executive portfolio reviews with Finance, BU presidents, and the C-suite; make strategic rebalancing and investment decisions based on enterprise outcomes and shifting priorities.
- Own the enterprise framework for responsible AI and data readiness-including governance controls, PII handling, data provenance, and model monitoring standards-ensuring compliance across all ML/GenAI initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise data management, governance, and analytics, with at least 8 years in a senior data leadership role overseeing cross-functional programs at scale.
- Deep expertise in enterprise data governance frameworks, data quality best practices, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) with executive-level accountability for risk and controls.
- Executive-level experience with enterprise data platforms, cloud technologies, and large-scale data integration
- ability to set architectural direction and evaluate strategic technology investments.
- Demonstrated ability to align and influence C-suite executives, board members, and cross-functional enterprise leaders on data strategy, governance, and investment priorities.
- Experience with enterprise BI and analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and fluency with modern enterprise-scale data architectures and tooling.
- Deep knowledge of distributed data strategies, cloud and storage technologies, and modern enterprise data architectures (data lakehouse, data mesh, data fabric).
- Ability to translate complex data and technical concepts for non-technical executive audiences
- track record of successfully championing data as a strategic enterprise asset to diverse executive and board-level audiences.
- proven track record of building and scaling high-performing data organizations (50+ person teams preferred).
- exceptional written and verbal communication across all organizational levels.
- Executive judgment, discretion, and presence
- credibility with C-suite leaders across business, technology, and finance
Nice to have
- Exceptional executive communication, presence, and leadership skills
Benefits
- The Executive Director of Data Strategy serves as the enterprise's senior authority on data vision, strategy, and value realization.
- Set the vision and executive accountability for the enterprise data product portfolio
Company info
- RaceTrac Company Overview
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