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Unite Us1d ago
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$225,000 – $275,000/yr

Senior Director, Data Science & Engineering

Data ScienceData & AI
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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & People Development Lead, mentor, and grow a group of engineering and data science managers, and, through them, their teams of data engineers, analysts, and data scientists.

Requirements Summary

8+ years of progressive experience across software engineering, data engineering, and/or data science, including experience leading multi-team initiatives. 5+ years of people management experience,

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Data ScienceData & AI

About the Role

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  • Lead, mentor, and grow a group of engineering and data science managers, and, through them, their teams of data engineers, analysts, and data scientists.
  • Set and hold a high bar for technical talent across the data organization; define career ladders and growth paths for managers and senior ICs.
  • Manage team-of-teams performance from both a technical and personnel perspective, including performance calibration and succession planning.
  • Own the technical strategy and roadmap for the data platform and Insights product line, partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to balance innovation with business priorities.
  • Establish and enforce engineering and analytical best practices across teams: code review standards, testing, CI/CD, model validation, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Guide architecture decisions across data pipelines, the data lakehouse/warehouse, and applied data science/ML workflows, validating designs in AWS.
  • Drive consistency and efficiency in data pipeline implementations and cross-product data/testing/deployment standards.
  • Own creation and execution of the group's multi-quarter roadmap, sequencing initiatives and aligning timelines with business goals.
  • Manage capacity planning and prioritization across multiple teams, resolving contention and dynamically responding to shifting priorities.
  • Identify and mitigate delivery risks before they become roadblocks, escalating judiciously and without damaging relationships.
  • Act as a thought partner to Product, UX, and Analytics counterparts on the Insights roadmap and broader data strategy.
  • Represent the data organization to senior leadership and executive stakeholders, translating high-level initiatives into actionable team goals and reporting on key performance indicators.
  • Partner with Application Engineers, Product Managers, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable pipeline and platform designs.
  • Identify, recruit, and hire the best engineering and data science talent for the organization, including manager-level hires.

Nice to Have

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Unite Us’ mission is to unlock the potential of every community. Our co-founders started Unite Us in 2013 to serve the people they served with. They witnessed firsthand the barriers and inefficiencies in trying to navigate health and social services, and set out to improve that experience for veterans and their families. Unite Us quickly expanded to serving all people who need connections to care across our country. Through Unite Us’ national network and software, community-based organizations, government agencies, and healthcare organizations are all connected to better collaborate to meet the needs of the individuals in their communities. We drive the collaboration to predict, deliver, and pay for services that impact whole-person health. If you want to do well and do good, join Unite Us.

Requirements

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We offer insurance to team members and eligible partners and dependents, including unlimited virtual mental health and acute medical visits.

Mental health benefits, such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness platform subscription, are available to all team members.

Take what you need, including volunteer days and mental health days. We also offer 14 paid, company-wide holidays.

Paid Parental Leave

Adoptive parents are included.

Join our ERGs to connect and engage with colleagues, like Military Veterans

We offer tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs), flexible spending accounts (FSAs), and commuter benefits.

Enjoy matching, immediate vesting and financial wellness resources

What We Offer

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Life and AD&D - a company paid benefit, with the option to purchase additional coverage for yourself and your dependents

Disability Coverage

Accident Insurance

Pet Insurance

As part of this work at home job, we will provide you with all the necessary equipment to perform your duties, including a computer, mouse, keyboard as well as other items on our approved list of WFH supplies.

Unite Us is committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive culture, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in race, religion, color, national origin, gender, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, medical conditions, and other characteristics. If you require assistance in applying for open positions due to a disability please email us at peopleops@uniteus.com to request an accommodation.

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Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
United States
On-site within the country
Who can apply
US

Listing Details

Posted
September 18, 2026
First seen
September 19, 2026
Last seen
September 19, 2026

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Senior Director, Data Science & Engineering$225k–$275k