Director Data Solutions & Engineering (Statara)

Statara is a subsidiary of the Tara Group and operates independently with its own CEO corporate culture clients and work product. The TARA Group provides administrative support services such as HR legal IT and finance which reduces overhead and allows our teams to focus on servicing their clients. 

We are a data technology and communications firm but every project starts with data. Statara’s flagship product Statara Identity Insights is a national database of more than 260 million unique individuals built using industry-leading political data consumer data contact data and predictive models. This data is at the core of all our connected solutions which provide our clients with everything they need to access improve and leverage data for all their project work. Learn more about us at statara.com

Must be located and authorized to work in the US

Role Overview

Statara is seeking a Data Solutions & Engineering leader to guide the design and evolution of client-facing data and analytics solutions while serving as the department head for Data Products & Engineering. This dual mandate combines solution architecture with organizational leadership bridging business needs with Statara’s Data Insights and Activation capabilities.

As department head this person will assume direct leadership of the Data Products & Engineering team—setting technical direction managing priorities and ensuring the reliability and continued evolution of Statara’s core data infrastructure with particular emphasis on Snowflake and modern cloud data architecture.

On the solutions side this role partners closely with Business Development Product Data Science and Engineering to shape scalable solution approaches support pre-sales technical strategy and help ensure complex opportunities are well-defined and feasible.

This role is ideal for a strong technologist with leadership instincts—someone who can own a technical function contribute meaningfully to client conversations and bring structure to how Statara designs and delivers solutions. You don’t need to have done all of this before but you should be ready to grow into the full scope.

Key Responsibilities

Department Leadership: Data Products & Engineering

•       Serve as the head of the Data Products & Engineering department setting vision priorities and technical direction

•       Lead manage and develop team members including coaching mentorship performance oversight and capacity planning

•       Own the operational health of Statara’s data infrastructure including pipeline reliability platform stability and data product quality

•       Drive continued evolution of Snowflake-based architecture and modern data workflows across the organization

•       Align engineering and data product priorities with commercial objectives and the broader product roadmap

Solution Architecture & Strategy

•       Lead the technical shaping of client solutions from initial concept or test through high-level design and delivery planning

•       Translate business objectives into clear data analytics and activation approaches that align with Statara’s capabilities

•       Serve as a key technical voice on complex or novel solution designs

•       Identify opportunities to standardize and scale solutions across clients and use cases

Client & Pre-Sales Support

•       Partner with Business Development to scope opportunities clarify technical requirements and assess feasibility

•       Participate in client conversations as a technical resource translating capabilities into clear business value

•       Support the development of technical demonstrations solution walkthroughs and related materials for key opportunities

Feasibility & Validation

•       Guide data and analytical validation efforts to confirm solution viability scalability and expected outcomes

•       Review data structures assumptions and analytical outputs to ensure technical soundness

•       Support proof points (e.g. pilots prototypes demonstrations) where they strengthen solution confidence

Cross-Functional Alignment

•       Collaborate with Product Data Science and Engineering to align solution designs with platform capabilities and delivery realities

•       Surface risks dependencies and tradeoffs early to maintain momentum and clarity

•       Bridge commercial intent and technical execution across teams

What Success Looks Like

•       The Data Products & Engineering team operates with clear direction strong execution and alignment to company priorities

•       Snowflake-based data infrastructure is reliable well-maintained and evolving to meet growing demands

•       Client opportunities are scoped accurately and efficiently with strong technical grounding

•       Technical solutions are feasible scalable and clearly aligned to business value

•       Cross-functional teams are aligned on requirements risks and delivery plans

•       The solutions function becomes more repeatable effective and scalable over time

Requirements

We’re looking for demonstrated technical depth and sound judgment—earned through real exposure to complex problems—more than a specific career path or title history.

•       Snowflake working experience required. You should have hands-on working knowledge of Snowflake. You don’t need to be a certified architect but you need to be able to contribute to technical decisions confidently in a Snowflake-centric environment.

•       Experience in solutions engineering data engineering analytics data products or a related technical role

•       Familiarity with data integration pipelines data modeling and solution architecture concepts

•       Experience with modern cloud data platforms and analytics workflows; AWS environment experience is a plus as is Alteryx

•       Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and executable solution plans

•       Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including comfort working with complex datasets

•       Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

•       Team leadership experience required—whether through direct management tech-lead roles or running cross-functional workstreams. Formal people-management experience is preferred but not the only path.

•       Experience working across Sales Product Engineering or analytics functions is a strong plus

Plus: Background in data onboarding identity resolution audience strategy martech/adtech or measurement partnerships. Experience in activation programmatic or audience deployment.

Benefits

We believe that a diverse inclusive staff is a fundamental strength. We’re committed to hiring people of all races ethnicities religions ages sex genders sexual orientations and gender identities. Women people of color LGBTQ+ individuals and members of untapped groups are strongly encouraged to apply and are welcome on our teams.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process and employment. If you require an accommodation to apply for or interview for this position please let us know (email Gideon at [email protected]).

We encourage candidates to apply even if their experience does not align perfectly with every qualification listed.

COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION 

Including a 401(k) with generous company matching. 

100% REMOTE WORKING OPPORTUNITY  

Always have been and always will be. 

TOP-NOTCH MEDICAL COVERAGE 

Domestic-partner inclusive health dental vision life cancer coverage and long-term disability insurance for you and your dependents. 

GENEROUS PAID TIME OFF 

23 days of PTO per year.  We believe in work-life balance and encourage you to use your time off. 

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE 

10 weeks of fully paid time off. All genders qualify equally and the policy includes adoptions.  

What We Do

The TARA Group is a holding company with a diverse portfolio of subsidiaries which all harness the power of industry-best data cutting-edge technology unparalleled expertise and trusted relationships to help their clients stay at the forefront of public affairs and advocacy.What We DoOur companies (TargetSmart Statara Tara Media Integral) deliver a diverse set of full-service solutions that combine to provide a comprehensive approach to public affairs and advocacy campaigns.DATA & INSIGHTSLeverage unparalleled data-driven solutions to understand and target your audience.RESEARCH & CONSULTINGReceive mission-critical research and expert guidance to run effective campaigns.MEDIA & OUTREACHDeliver compelling messages and tools to your audience across all mediums.