Director, Data

Welcome to Brightline! We are seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Data to lead our data function, including analytics, engineering, and governance. This Director-level role is responsible for driving data excellence across the organization by fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making, building trusted data infrastructure, and partnering cross-functionally to support self-service and operational analytics. You will be a player-coach, overseeing a team of analysts and engineers, and play a key role in setting the data vision at Brightline. This is an ideal role for a data leader who combines technical acumen with business insight, and who thrives on cross-functional collaboration and creating scalable systems that empower teams to make better decisions.

Responsibilities:

Data & Analytics Strategy

• Define and execute a company-wide data roadmap aligned with Brightline’s business, clinical, and growth priorities.
• Translate strategic goals into measurable data initiatives that improve visibility, performance, and outcomes.

Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of data analysts and engineers, fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and accountability.
• Establish clear ownership, career pathways, and operating rhythms that empower the team to deliver business impact.
• Cross-Functional Partnership
• Partner closely with Operations, Clinical, Growth, and Product leaders to translate business questions into data-driven insights.
• Align teams around shared metrics and dashboards that drive transparency and informed decision-making.

Data Governance Lead data governance and quality programs that ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with privacy standards like HIPAA and GDPR. Define data ownership and implement best practices for documentation, validation, and data lineage. Metrics & Measurement Create and maintain standardized company-wide KPIs that align to organizational goals and performance tracking. Champion a culture of measurement, ensuring leaders have actionable insights at their fingertips. Tooling & Architecture Scale and optimize Brightline’s modern data stack (dbt, Snowflake, Stitch, Tableau, Sigma) to meet the needs of a growing hybrid care business. Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure our data architecture supports scalability, reliability, and speed. Continuous Improvement Continuously evaluate and improve data workflows, automations, and processes to reduce technical debt and increase efficiency. Identify opportunities for advanced analytics, experimentation, and predictive modeling to enhance clinical and operational impact.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics) or equivalent practical experience.

8+ years of experience in data, analytics, or data engineering, with 3+ years in leadership roles managing people.

• Demonstrated success leading teams and delivering cross-functional data initiatives in high-growth or healthtech companies.
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills, including experience with modern data transformation tools such as dbt.
• Experience working in a regulated industry such as healthcare, and familiarity with data protection regulations such as HIPAA or GDPR
• Proficiency with BI tools such as Sigma, Tableau, or Power BI
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of building trust and credibility across business functions.
• Strong project management and prioritization abilities, with comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

We offer several benefits, perks, and stipends:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, and 401k 12 Company Holidays, Holiday Shutdown, Flexible Time Off, Parental Leave Health and Wellness Stipend, Home Office Reimbursement and Professional Development Reimbursement Stock Options At Brightline we have built a total rewards philosophy that includes fair, equitable, competitive, geo-based compensation that is performance and potential based. Our strategy is based on robust market research, including external advisory specializing in national compensation, and thoughtful input from every level of our organization. It is a combination of a cash salary, equity, benefits, wellbeing, and opportunity. In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the annual base salary range for applicants is $200,000-$220,000. Our Commitment to Building a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workforce

At Brightline, we believe that Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging are essential to the foundation upon which our mission is built. We are committed to:

building a future where all families can access inclusive, high-quality care creating an environment that encourages our employees to show up authentically, reach their highest potential, and have an equal opportunity to thrive systematically evaluating and improving our inherent beliefs, observed behaviors, structures, and systems ensuring that every employee, candidate, client, and family we serve is valued and respected About Brightline Brightline is a therapy and psychiatry practice that delivers expert pediatric, teen, and parental mental health care to families and kids up to age 18. Brightline’s virtual and in-person outpatient services include diagnostic evaluation, therapy, psychiatry services (e.g. medication management), and psychological testing (to assess learning differences, school readiness, executive functioning difficulties [e.g. ADHD], and autism). In addition to Brightline’s generalized support, we offer focused programs including those that support anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, ADHD, and disruptive behaviors. Founded in 2019, Brightline has delivered care to tens of thousands of families with industry-leading results. We’ve been nationally recognized for clinical excellence and innovation for several years — recent awards include the Fast Company 50 Most Innovative Companies (2022) and Behavioral Health Business Companies to Watch Award (2024). Brightline is based in Palo Alto and is backed by investors including Boston Children’s Hospital, Northwell Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Google Ventures, KKR, and Oak HC/FT.