Director, Data Platform & Data Engineering

Navan is the all-in-one super app that makes travel and expense easy so you can focus on being there, not getting there. Say goodbye to spending hours on the phone trying to change your flight or saving stacks of receipts to manually input expenses. From EAs and finance teams to travel managers and employees, Navan empowers people to focus on the things that matter most to them — all while providing companies with real-time visibility, savings, and control.

Navan’s investors include visionaries like Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Ventures, Greenoaks, Zeev Ventures, and entrepreneurs Lee Fixel, Adam Bain, and Elad Gil. Valued at $9.2B, Navan is well-positioned for continued growth as it continues its takeover of the travel and expense market.

In April 2023, Navan expanded in the Indian market with the acquisition of Tripeur, a modern, people-centric corporate travel and expense management company. The group’s fifth acquisition in under two years, Tripeur joined the Navan Group alongside Spanish meetings and events specialists, Atlanta Events & Corporate Travel Consultants; Berlin-based modern travel management company, Comtravo; leading Scandinavian travel agency Resia AB; and London-based high-touch TMC, Reed & Mackay — the latter of which remains a standalone brand.

At Navan, we’re never satisfied with the status quo, and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation. All voices are valued here and you’ll have the resources, tools, and training you’ll need to do the best work of your life.

As a leader within our global Data team, you will manage the data warehouse, integrations, and BI tools for Navan. You will work closely with stakeholders across Analytics, Finance, Product, and Engineering, supporting our global Travel and Expense businesses. You will help define our data systems and build ‘data as a product’ for a rapidly maturing company. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in developing and maintaining performant data systems, from ingestion, integrations, and pipelines, to warehouses and orchestration. This leader will also leverage a strong business acumen to interpret data and make a difference every day. We are looking for someone who wants to be a part of a fast moving, fast-growing company; you should be able to go hands-on when necessary, while also driving a long term plan to up-level team processes and performance. We take great pride in our diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives and we strongly believe this is helping us to grow as a successful and impactful team.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of data warehouse and data platform initiatives across the organization.
• Manage and scale a team of data engineers, architects, and integration specialists to support ongoing data operations and innovations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to ensure data platforms support business intelligence, analytics, and reporting needs.
• Partner with independent business units across the globe to create a unified view of company data assets, while conforming to local laws and regulations.
• Design, implement, and optimize ETL processes and data models, ensuring data integrity and high performance across all systems.
• Oversee data governance, quality, security, and compliance policies to ensure that all data initiatives meet regulatory standards.
• Monitor and enhance the performance of the data platform infrastructure, ensuring scalability and stability as the organization grows and matures.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend improvements and ensure competitive edge in data capabilities.
• Align data strategies with business goals and act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders to communicate complex data requirements.

What We’re Looking For:

• 7+ years of experience managing systems in at least 3 of following areas: data warehousing, business intelligence tooling, integrations, data engineering, reporting tooling.
• 3+ years of management experience, including working with matrixed cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of database management, ETL processes, and data modeling techniques: expertise in modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery), cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), and orchestration/ETL (Airflow, DBT, etc).
• Experience managing data governance frameworks, including security, privacy, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
• Ability to work hands-on in building data models and managing data systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor teams, fostering collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.