Senior Director, Data Development

Why GLS? Purpose

Access to affordable, reliable transportation is essential to leading productive work and personal lives, caring well for oneself, one’s family, and the needs of others. Through advanced analytics and technology, we can more accurately predict credit risk and provide more people with an affordable auto financing option for their next vehicle. That’s what GLS has done for over 10 years, helping more than half a million families meet and improve their transportation needs.

Join a culture of over 1,000 employees who Care Deeply and Think Boldly, driving innovation in an adaptive and positive culture that celebrates successes. We empower and reward individuals and teams who make direct, positive impacts to the business and each other, who take pride in their work and are ever-raising the bar.

Recognized by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Join GLS to grow with us!

• Competitive base pay and performance bonuses, dependent on role
• Medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, supplemental insurance benefits, long-term and short-term disability
• 401K with employer match and 100% immediate vesting
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays to help you balance work and personal life
• Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Annually
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Parental Leave
• Business casual work environment

The Senior Director, Data Development is responsible for leading data integration and business intelligence developers to build business-focused information systems that are stable, scalable, and fast. This role will be responsible for architecture, technology solutions, and services to build and maintain robust enterprise reporting functions and data sharing processes. This role will establish best practices, drive efficiencies, and find innovative ways to operationalize insights across the organization.

• Provide the vision, strategy, and operational framework to deliver reporting solutions that meet the business requirements of the organization.
• Lead a team of developers to deliver high quality and reliable data using continuous improvement principles throughout the delivery and operational support models.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive data sharing program and work with key business stakeholders to provide frequent insight to help them make data-backed decisions.
• Develop data standards working in collaboration with the data architecture team in terms of naming convention, storage, design, and deployments for the DWH.
• Monitor usage and adoption of data applications/reports and own retirement strategy for unused objects.
• Manage large, complex projects including program oversight and execution (Governance, Project Plans, Testing, Design, Requirements, Stakeholder/Communication Plans, Issue/Risk identification & resolution, project resourcing, project budget, etc.).
• Assist in implementing, improving, and documenting data governance practices.
• Contribute to IT Architecture Review Board meetings, protecting the interests of Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence users.
• Spend 30-40% of the week developing, testing, and implementing reporting processes.
• Ensure all data sharing interfaces and reporting processes align to GLS’s Enterprise Architecture and Security standards.
• Assist in identifying, driving, and enforcing best practices for change control, testing, information security, and data governance, making use of Dev Ops principals and the latest in cloud technology.
• Coach and mentor team members to maintain current technology skills and assist with career development objectives; may exercise management authority concerning staffing, performance feedback, talent development, promotions, salary recommendations, and terminations
• Delegation, organization, and priority management i.e., Scrum Master for the team.
• Establish clear expectations with the business and effectively communicates when situations change.
• Perform additional assignments and special projects as required by the needs of the company or as directed by…