Data Lead

Stepful
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 180,000 - 210,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Stakeholder management","Player-coach mindset"]

Own Stepful’s data function—data infrastructure, analytics, and insights that drive decisions across the student lifecycle and business performance. Lead and mentor a team of three data analysts and engineers while staying hands-on with production SQL and Python. Build and scale the end-to-end data platform (pipelines, warehouse, transformation layer, BI tooling), define core metrics, and partner on experimentation and strategic deep-dive analyses.

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Data Lead

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Job Summary

Own Stepful’s data function—data infrastructure, analytics, and insights that drive decisions across the student lifecycle and business performance. Lead and mentor a team of three data analysts and engineers while staying hands-on with production SQL and Python. Build and scale the end-to-end data platform (pipelines, warehouse, transformation layer, BI tooling), define core metrics, and partner on experimentation and strategic deep-dive analyses.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead, mentor, and grow a team of three data analysts and engineers.
  • •Own Stepful’s data platform end to end, including pipelines, warehouse, transformation layer, and BI tooling, ensuring reliability and scalability.
  • •Define and maintain core metrics across the student journey and business performance (CAC, LTV, retention).
  • •Build dashboards and self-serve analytics for trustworthy data across teams.
  • •Partner on experimentation and deliver deep-dive analyses shaping strategic decisions, while writing production SQL and Python and establishing data governance and quality practices.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 210,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kFsaHsaCommuter BenefitsRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of data experience across analytics and data engineering, with at least 2+ years managing a team.
  • •Proven success as a player-coach who can set direction, manage people, and still ship their own work.
  • •Expert-level SQL and strong Python with hands-on experience across the modern data stack (dbt, Snowflake/BigQuery, Airflow, Looker/Metabase).
  • •Strong product and business sense connecting data work to outcomes.
  • •Experience designing and analyzing experiments (A/B tests) in a high-growth environment.
Experience:7+ yearsAnalyticsData engineeringHigh-growth environmentA/B testingEdTechHealthcare
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCommunicationStakeholder managementPlayer-coach mindset
Tech Stack:SQLPythonDbtSnowflakeBigQueryAirflowLookerMetabaseA/B testingData pipelinesData warehouseBI tooling

Company Brief

Stepful
Stepful provides a digital platform offering tools for habit formation, goal setting, and small daily actions to help users improve productivity, wellbeing, and long-term personal development through structured routines and tracking features.
Industry: Wellness & Preventive Health
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