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Chief Data Officer job title trend since Apr 2011

Leadership · Established · in 0% of HN hiring posts · no open roles tracked

First sighting

The executive who owns data governance, quality and analytics.

first seen Feb 2016, Hacker News

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in February 2016, in a Hacker News Who is hiring post from Catalyze. Closest tracked titles: Chief AI Officer, Head of Data.

  1. PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)Hacker News, Feb 2016 · backs: first sighting
No open postings with this title on the tracked job boards right now. Tracked companies

Lineage

Share of Hacker News hiring posts

7 posts since Apr 2011
November 2026 0 of 207 postings, 0%
3-month averageEach monthFirst sighting

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About this title

The executive who owns data governance, quality and analytics.

Also counted: CDO, CDAO, chief analytics officer

First sighting
...Integration Engineers who will work directly with our Chief Data Officer to support customers, build new solutions, and make data integration...
Catalyze, Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)

No open posting for this title states a pay range yet, so no median is shown. Not a survey of what people earn.