Senior Director, Data Platform
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LINQ
Job Description
We’re a high-growth software company with a big mission: empowering K-12 district teams to do more with less.
At LINQ, we get K12. That’s why we help districts transform K-12 school operations with best-in-class, cloud-based software solutions built to help districts return more resources to classrooms. Integrating finance, HR, nutrition management, and payments into a single, secure platform, LINQ reduces administrative burden. LINQ is trusted by 30% of school districts across the U.S. to help them operate more efficiently and serve over 1 billion meals to 17 million students annually, process payroll for 364,000 educators, administrators, and staff, and engage with millions of families through the free LINQ Connect app.
Our team? They’re talented, committed, and fiercely loyal problem-solvers. At LINQ, you’ll find challenging and meaningful work, a team that respects and uplifts one another, and a commitment to constant improvement. Our customers love us because we’re attentive, patient, communicative, and solutions focused. They know they can count on us to not only anticipate their needs but to deliver the right answer every time.
About The Team:
The Data Platform team powers LINQ’s internal intelligence and business operations; connecting the dots between go-to-market systems, financial processes, and product analytics. The team spans two distinct but closely integrated functions: Business Systems and Data Engineering. Together, these functions are central to how LINQ drives decisions, measures outcomes, and scales operations across the organization. This team partners closely with Revenue, Finance, Product, and Engineering to ensure that data flows cleanly from source to insight.
About The Role:
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 that power our data-driven operations. You will manage our CRM ecosystem and revenue operations tooling alongside our data and BI stack. This role operates at the intersection of technology and business strategy, requiring equal parts technical credibility and executive communication.
Primary Objectives:
- Own and evolve LINQ’s Data Platform strategy, spanning Business Systems (Salesforce and RevOps 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.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Business Systems
- Own the strategy and operations of LINQ’s Salesforce environment, including Sales Cloud, CPQ, and all connected RevOps 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 RevOps tools (e.g., Gong, Clari, ZoomInfo, or similar) to support GTM effectiveness and revenue intelligence.
- Drive adoption and change management as new tools and processes are introduced across revenue-facing teams.
- Data Engineering
- 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, RevOps, 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 to delivery.
- Leadership & Strategy
- Hire, develop, and retain strong technical and operational talent across both functions.
- Set clear team direction, priorities, and OK
