Head of Data job title trend since Apr 2011
Leadership · Fading · in 0.54% of HN hiring posts · 8 open roles at 7 companies · median $324k · first seen Dec 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 23h ago7 of 7 companies
Open roles
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Senior Director, Data Science RedditRemote - United States$317k to $444k | Reddit | Remote - United States | $317k to $444k |
Senior Director, Analytics Engineering, Data Analytics & AI SnowflakeUS-CA-Menlo Park$292k to $383k | Snowflake | US-CA-Menlo Park | $292k to $383k |
Director, Data Science FigmaSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$290k to $376k | Figma | San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | $290k to $376k |
Director, Analytics, New Verticals Consumer DoorDashNew York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Sunnyvale, CA$255k to $375k | DoorDash | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Sunnyvale, CA | $255k to $375k |
Director, Data Center Operations Together AISan Francisco$250k to $300k | Together AI | San Francisco | $250k to $300k |
Senior Director, Analytics & Data Science CrusoeSan Francisco, CA - US | Crusoe | San Francisco, CA - US | Not stated |
Head of Analytics NebiusIsrael | Nebius | Israel | Not stated |
| Director, Analytics, Commerce PlatformDoorDashNew York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA$255k to $375k | DoorDash | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA | $255k to $375k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
283 posts since Apr 2011September 2026 1 of 256 postings, 0.39%
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About this title
Leads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.
Also counted: head of analytics, VP data, director of data science
First sighting
New York, NY (aka NYC) Profitably: http://profitably.com VP of Data: http://jobsco.re/vL9OP0 Profitably is web-based planning and analysis software...
Median posted salary $324k from 6 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
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