Director Data Analytics

Location Requirement
This position is open only to candidates who currently reside in one of the following approved locations:

New York, NY; Birmingham, AL; Miami, FL; Tampa, FL; Blue Ash or Cincinnati, OH; or Los Angeles, CA

Job Summary

Director, Data Analytics (People Leader, Program Manager & Technical Lead) 

Green Dot is seeking an experienced analytics leader to serve as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for our largest business partner within BI & Analytics engagement. This Director-level role is fully dedicated to partner-related analytics work and blends senior people leadership, program and project management, and hands-on technical expertise. The ideal candidate can lead and develop a high-performing BI team, manage a complex external partnership with our largest partner, and step into the analytics work when necessary, across SQL and Tableau. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Serve as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for all Partner BI & Analytics initiatives and act as the primary, day-to-day point of contact with external Partner resources. 

• Own and strengthen the strategic working relationship between Green Dot BI and the Partner through clear communication, reliable delivery, and high-quality analytics output. 

• Lead, manage, and develop a dedicated Partner BI team; provide coaching, performance management, and career development. 

• Own intake, prioritization, resourcing, and delivery of all Partner analytics requests across recurring, ad hoc, and project-based work. 

• Provide program and project management leadership, including planning, timelines, risk management, and dependency tracking using Jira and related tooling. 

• Maintain accurate and transparent project boards and reporting for both internal stakeholders and Partner counterparts. 

• Ensure delivery of high-quality, accurate, and well-documented reporting and analytics deliverables. 

• Lead and support dashboard development in Tableau, including requirements gathering, design, validation, and stakeholder enablement. 

• Write, review, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries to support analytics, data validation, and issue resolution. 

• Partner closely with Data Engineering on data models and pipelines, including work in dbt and enterprise data platforms. 

• Oversee and support legacy reporting where required (including MicroStrategy) while driving modernization efforts. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Finance, Operations, Compliance, and Engineering teams in support of Partner initiatives. 

• Identify staffing needs, skill gaps, and hiring plans for the Partner BI team; support recruiting and onboarding efforts. 

Success in the First 6–12 Months 

• Strengthen trust with Partner stakeholders through consistent communication, clear expectations, and reliable execution. 

• Demonstrate strong ownership of the Partner-BI relationship by proactively managing priorities, risks, and delivery timelines. 

• Successfully complete the migration of Partner reporting and dashboards from MicroStrategy to Tableau, ensuring accuracy, stakeholder confidence, and adoption. 

• Improve overall quality, consistency, and documentation of Partner analytics deliverables. 

• Implement a clear intake and prioritization model that balances Partner demand with team capacity. 

• Build a highly engaged, well-supported Partner BI team with clear roles, accountability, and development plans. 

• Provide transparent, executive-ready status reporting that highlights progress, risks, and tradeoffs. 

• Position the Partner BI function as a trusted, strategic analytics partner rather than a reactive reporting team. 

Required Qualifications 

• 10+ years experience in Analytics/BI space with strong experience in technology, database, SQL and analytics tools 

• Proven experience as a people leader, including managing and developing analytics professionals or managers. 

• Strong program and project management experience managing complex, multi-workstream initiatives. 

• Advanced SQL skills with the ability to independently analyze data and troubleshoot issues. 

• Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining dashboards in Tableau. 

• Experience acting as a primary point of contact for senior external partners or clients. 

• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills. 

• Experience using Jira and Confluence for project tracking and documentation. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with dbt and modern analytics engineering practices. 

• Prior exposure to MicroStrategy or similar enterprise BI platforms. 

• Experience leading BI platform migrations or large-scale reporting transformations. 

• Background in financial services, payments, or other regulated environments. 

• Ability to comfortably operate as both a strategic leader and hands-on contributor when necessary. 

**Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship**
**Ability to meet the location requirement outlined above**