Senior Director, Data Platform

Overview

We’re a high-growth software company with a big mission : empowering K-12 district teams to do more with less. At LINQ, we help districts transform K-12 school operations with cloud-based software solutions that integrate finance, HR, nutrition management, and payments into a single, secure platform. LINQ reduces administrative burden and is trusted by 30% of school districts across the U.S., serving over 1 billion meals to 17 million students annually, processing payroll for 364,000 educators, administrators, and staff, and engaging millions of families through the LINQ Connect app.

Our team is talented, committed, and problem-solving oriented. You’ll find challenging, meaningful work, a respectful and collaborative culture, and a commitment to constant improvement. Our customers value attentiveness, patience, clear communication, and a solutions-focused approach.

LINQ’s Values:

• Act with Integrity & Build Trust: We operate with the highest standards of integrity, transparency, honesty, and accountability, building a culture where trust is earned and maintained.
• Deliver Excellence: We strive to exceed clients’ expectations, anticipate needs, provide swift solutions, and cultivate lasting relationships through clear and timely communication.
• Embrace Challenges: We pursue growth and continuous learning to stay at the leading edge of innovation.
• Collaborate & Act as One Team: We value diverse skills and perspectives, open communication, and mutual respect to achieve excellence and drive innovation.

The Data Platform team powers LINQ’s internal intelligence and business operations, connecting go-to-market systems, financial processes, and product analytics. The team spans two functions:
Business Systems and Data Engineering
, which collaborate with Revenue, Finance, Product, and Engineering to ensure data flows from source to insight.

We are seeking a Senior Director of Data Platform to lead and unify LINQ’s Business Systems and Data Engineering functions. This is a strategic, hands-on leadership role responsible for the people, tools, and infrastructure powering data-driven operations. You will manage our CRM ecosystem and revenue operations tooling alongside our data and BI stack, operating at the intersection of technology and business strategy with technical credibility and executive communication.

• Own and evolve LINQ’s Data Platform strategy, spanning Business Systems (Salesforce and Rev Ops tooling) and Data Engineering (Snowflake, dbt).
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team across two functions; managers and individual contributors alike.
• Ensure data reliability, governance, and operational excellence across all systems under your purview.
• Partner cross-functionally with Revenue, Finance, Product, and Engineering to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.

• Business Systems
• Own the strategy and operations of LINQ’s Salesforce environment, including Sales Cloud, CPQ, and all connected Rev Ops tooling.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Success to capture business requirements and translate them into scalable CRM solutions.
• Govern data quality, user access, integration architecture, and system reliability across all Business Systems platforms.
• Evaluate, procure, and manage third-party Rev Ops tools to support GTM effectiveness and revenue intelligence.
• Drive adoption and change management as new tools and processes are introduced across revenue-facing teams.
• Own the architecture and operations of LINQ’s modern data stack, including data warehouse, transformation layer, and orchestration/pipeline tooling.
• Lead data modeling strategy, ensuring clean, well-documented, and business-aligned data products across Finance, Rev Ops, Product, and Operations domains.
• Establish and enforce data governance standards: lineage, cataloging, access controls, and data quality frameworks.
• Partner with Analytics, Engineering, and Product to deliver trusted data to downstream consumers: dashboards, reporting, and operational workflows.
• Drive the evolution of LINQ’s data infrastructure from ingestion through transformation…