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Director of Data Strategy - Strategic Analytics

Location: Remote (U.S.) with ~25% travel

About the Company

Our client is a leading, private equity–backed manufacturing platform serving consumer-facing end markets. The business operates across a highly fragmented industry and has grown rapidly through an aggressive acquisition strategy, completing more than 20 acquisitions in recent years.

With a national footprint of nearly 30 facilities, the company is now entering its next phase—focused on operational integration, standardization, and building the infrastructure needed to scale effectively. A key priority is creating a unified data environment to support better decision-making, improve performance visibility, and enable future advanced analytics capabilities.

The Opportunity

This is a highly visible, foundational role reporting to the CIO and sitting at the center of the company’s transformation agenda.

As Director of Data & Analytics, you will define and implement the enterprise data strategy—establishing KPI standards, governance frameworks, and a unified data operating model across the organization. You will act as the bridge between business leaders, IT, and external partners, ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and directly tied to operational decision-making.

This is not a traditional IT or data engineering role. The company is seeking a business-first operator—someone who uses data to drive real-world outcomes, not just build infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings a consulting-style mindset and is comfortable translating ambiguous business problems into structured, data-driven actions across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define Enterprise Data Strategy: Build and execute a roadmap to unify data across systems, plants, and functions
• Standardize KPIs & Metrics: Establish a company-wide KPI dictionary tied directly to business performance and decision-making
• Build Data Governance Frameworks: Define ownership, data contracts, and governance processes to improve data quality and accountability
• Drive Data Quality at the Source: Partner with operations and finance teams to fix root-cause data issues within ERP and plant systems
• Lead Post-Acquisition Data Integration: Create repeatable processes to onboard acquired businesses into a standardized data model
• Translate Data into Action: Work directly with business leaders to turn insights into operational improvements across plants
• Manage External Partners: Oversee data platform vendors and offshore teams, ensuring outputs align with business needs
• Enable Scalable Decision-Making: Build the foundation for consistent reporting, performance tracking, and future AI capabilities

What We’re Looking For

• 8–12+ years of experience in data, analytics, or strategy roles with a strong operational focus
• Background in top-tier strategy consulting or similar environments where data was used to drive business decisions and execution
• Demonstrated ability to translate data into operational improvements—not just reporting or dashboards
• Experience in manufacturing, multi-site operations, or acquisition-driven environments strongly preferred
• Strong cross-functional leadership across operations, finance, commercial, and IT
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and bringing structure to fragmented systems
• Ability to influence stakeholders ranging from plant leaders to executive teams



Why This Role

• Opportunity to build and own the data foundation for a rapidly scaling, acquisition-driven platform
• High visibility with executive leadership and direct impact on company-wide performance
• True “business athlete” role at the intersection of strategy, operations, and data
• Ability to drive tangible operational outcomes—not just analytics outputs 

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