Senior Director of Engineering and Data (Ref : 191253)

Title : Senior Director of Data Engineering & AI

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Salary : $250,000-300,000 + Bonus + Stock

Location : Miami, FL (onsite)

Industry : Retail / Consumer Goods

Contact : nicholas.david@forsythbarnes.com

This is a full-time position, not eligible for C2C or C2H.

I have partnered with a leading consumer brand looking to hire a Senior Director of Engineering to drive their Intelligence Engineering capabilities. This org serves as the data and AI backbone for the company, processing billions of transactions, delivering advanced analytics and GenAI solutions.

This role will drive cross-functional teams to build scalable, cost-efficient, and high-quality data products that empower employees, stakeholders, and customers alike.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in large-scale data / analytics leadership; 7+ years managing multi-team organizations.
• Proven success delivering production AI / ML systems and modern data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Kafka, dbt, Airflow).
• Expertise in data governance, FinOps, and privacy-by-design (GDPR / DSAR, SOX).
• Strong communicator able to align executives and engineers around a shared data / AI vision.
• Hands-on with modern AI stack (Snowflake Cortex, vector databases, LangChain); experience in big tech companies or SaaS organizations preferred

Responsibilities