Director of Data Management and Operations
CHAOS Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
Posted 13 days ago · $233k-292k
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days CHAOS Industries's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 93% of CHAOS Industries's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at CHAOS Industries
- high 93 stale, 1 reposted of 146 open
- Hiring momentum
- 237 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from CHAOS Industries's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for CHAOS Industries.
About this role
As the Director of Data Management and Operations at CHAOS Industries, you will oversee the entire data lifecycle, ensuring data governance, quality, and accessibility across various teams. Your role involves collaborating with engineering teams to align data operations with company needs, managing teams responsible for data governance, and establishing processes for data capture during test events. This position requires a blend of technical expertise and operational leadership to enhance data systems and ensure reliable data availability for analysis.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of CHAOS Industries as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of experience across data engineering, data platforms, data governance, analytics infrastructure, test data, or similarly complex technical environments, including significant team leadership
- 3+ years of management experience, ideally with prior experience managing teams incorporating non-exempt or contract employees
- Strong knowledge of ETL, data modeling, metadata, lineage, data quality, observability, and modern data engineering practices
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field
- Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to turn ambiguous needs into clear standards, systems, and operating processes
- Demonstrated ownership of production data pipelines from source ingestion through transformation, quality assurance, publication, and consumption
Nice to have
- Experience with Palantir Foundry or a comparable enterprise data platform; deep Foundry experience is strongly preferred
- Radar or defense systems experience
- Experience planning or supporting test events and coordinating the operational logistics required to reliably collect and transport data
- Experience designing permissions and access-control processes in environments with significant security, compliance, audit, or data-handling requirements
- Experience supporting data collection from physical systems, sensors, laboratories, manufacturing, or field testing
What you get
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
- 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
- FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
- Free daily lunch
- No meeting Fridays
- Unlimited PTO
Worth weighing
- Role requires full-time on-site presence in El Segundo, CA
- Regular travel to CHAOS test sites and other company locations is expected
- Support for critical test events and field operations may be required outside standard business hours
- No salary listed beyond a range of $233k-292k, which reflects only the targeted base compensation and excludes additional earnings
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Listed by CHAOS Industries on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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