Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list.
Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email [email protected].
Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.
We need a VP. Data and Architecture to lead our data strategy, drive insights from complex datasets, and leverage analytics to optimize business performance. This role is pivotal in shaping our data-driven decision-making processes, driving innovation, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
This is a full-time role and will work a hybrid schedule based in Lehi, UT.
What is a day in the life of a VP of Data and Architecture?
- Develop and execute the data strategy to drive business objectives, managing incoming data requests and assigning them to team members according to individual’s ability.
- Lead a team of data experts to act as business consultants and collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business solutions.
- Design data models for both analytics and custom applications.
- Provide easy to consume data directly to partners through Snowflake.
- Administer Pattern’s cloud data warehouse, Tableau, and ETL pipeline, maintaining it architecturally, overseeing its performance and users, and managing associated costs.
- Lead and mentor a team of 30-40 business intelligence engineers, data engineers, and domain analysts.
- Oversee the design and implementation of analytics solutions to solve complex business problems.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends in data analytics and intelligence.
- Establish and maintain data governance policies and procedures.
- Make proposals and suggestions on how to solve data problems and present insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
What will I need to thrive in this role?
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited university.
- Expert experience with SQL.
- Experience with Tableau, PowerBI, or other data visualization tools, and the ability to tell stories and answer questions using these tools.
- Experience using Python and Snowflake preferred.
- 7+ years of leadership experience, managing a team of at least 10 people.
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering and modeling.
- Ability to act as a business consultant and get to the root of what needs to be solved.
- Ability to communicate with stakeholders and understand the proper priority of tasks.
- Proven experience in leading data analytics teams and implementing data-driven strategies.
- Experience with data governance and compliance regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) preferred.
What does high performance look like?
- Successful execution of the data strategy resulting in measurable business impact.
- Timely delivery of actionable insights and analytics solutions.
- Effective leadership and development of the data intelligence team.
- Proactive identification and implementation of process improvements.
What is my potential for career growth?
- As the VP, Data and Architecture, you will have opportunities for career advancement within Pattern. Additionally, you will have access to networking opportunities and continuous learning initiatives to support your professional growth.
What is the team like?
- Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
- Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
- Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
- Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.
What is the hiring process?
- Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team.
- Interview with Pattern’s Chief Architect & Technical Advisor to the CEO.
- Interview with Pattern’s VP of Platform Intelligence.
- Interview with Pattern’s CTO.
- Interview with Pattern’s CIO.
- Professional reference checks.
- Executive review.
- Offer.
How can I stand out as an applicant?
- Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples.
- Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team.
- Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern.
- Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics.
Why should I work at Pattern?
Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce industry! We are a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include:
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Onsite Fitness Center
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Casual Dress Code
- Competitive Pay
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred.
Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
