Head of Data and Analytics

Sanity

full-time

Posted on: 9/16/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $280,000 - $330,000 per year

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About the role

Build and scale the data team: recruit and manage data engineers, analytics engineers, and data analysts
Foster a high-performing, collaborative culture focused on delivering actionable insights
Balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership and team development
Establish scalable processes and best practices as the team grows
Own our data strategy and ensure alignment with business objectives
Design scalable data pipelines, architecture, and governance using modern tools like BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Amplitude and Looker
Partner with engineering to enhance product telemetry and data collection
Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring systems
Work with product, sales, marketing, and leadership teams to deliver insights that drive business outcomes
Build dashboards and self-service analytics capabilities
Lead strategic analyses on customer behavior, product adoption, and business performance
Translate complex data into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Based in: Bay Area, with requirement to come into our San Francisco office at least 2 days a week
5+ years in data roles
3+ years building and scaling data teams at a fast-growing SaaS startup
Drive to create change and ability to define strategy to develop Data and Analytics requirements and priorities
Deep understanding of SaaS metrics and how data drives business strategy
Outstanding ability to influence stakeholders and translate technical concepts into business insights
High accountability and sense of urgency with bias toward action and problem-solving
Ability to do IC work when needed
Strong in SQL, Python, data modeling
Experience with modern data stack (BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Amplitude, Looker)