Head of Data

ClassDojo, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As Head of Data at ClassDojo, you will lead the Data Science and Analytics Engineering teams to transform data into a strategic asset that directly shapes product decisions, drives experimentation, and improves company-wide operations—ensuring data is a core driver of product direction, not just a support function.
• You will lead a team of ~15 data professionals in a hands-on leadership role, combining people management with individual contribution to solve complex product questions, design experiments, define metrics, and integrate AI into data workflows to accelerate insight generation and decision speed.
• You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to align data initiatives with business strategy, particularly in growth, engagement, and monetization, turning data into actionable outcomes that impact millions of teachers, students, and families globally.
• You will build and scale a high-performing data organization by establishing trusted metrics, clear data definitions, robust frameworks for decision-making, and a strong hiring bar—fostering a culture of curiosity, rigor, and innovation that reflects ClassDojo’s talent-dense, entrepreneurial team.
• You will have the opportunity to pioneer the future of education technology by leveraging ClassDojo’s unique global network—used in over 95% of US schools and reaching 45 million children across 180 countries—to create learning experiences that go beyond traditional schooling, using data and AI to personalize and enhance educational outcomes at scale.
• You will grow as a strategic leader by operating at the intersection of data, product, and executive strategy, gaining visibility and influence across the company while mentoring and developing a high-caliber team in a distributed, mission-driven environment that values innovation, autonomy, and impact.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience leading a data team of 10–20 people in a hands-on capacity, balancing people management with direct involvement in technical work such as analysis, experimentation, and model development.
• Demonstrated ability to drive measurable product or business impact through data, with a track record of translating insights into product improvements, growth initiatives, or monetization strategies.
• Strong product mindset—thinking in terms of outcomes and user impact rather than just analysis, with comfort operating in ambiguity and creating structure where none exists.
• Deep understanding of how AI is transforming data workflows, with a clear point of view on integrating AI to improve efficiency, insight generation, and automation in data science and analytics processes.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering effectively with Product, Engineering, and Leadership teams to shape strategy and align data initiatives with business goals.
• Commitment to maintaining a high hiring bar and building a strong, inclusive team culture that values curiosity, rigor, and continuous learning.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $240,000–$321,000 USD based on geographic location (higher bands for CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT; lower for all other US states), reflecting ClassDojo’s commitment to fair and market-competitive compensation.
• Fully remote work arrangement with flexibility to live anywhere, provided you have significant hours overlap with one of the Americas time zones to enable effective collaboration.
• Opportunity to work on a mission-driven product used by over 45 million children in 180 countries, directly contributing to the future of education and learning experiences beyond the traditional classroom.
• Access to a talented, entrepreneurial team drawn from top companies like Instagram, Netflix, Dropbox, Stripe, Uber, and Y Combinator, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Support for professional growth and development, including resources to stay at the forefront of data science, AI, and analytics advancements.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including accommodation for disabilities, special needs, and consideration of qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Skills & Technologies

Remote

$280k-321k

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About ClassDojo, Inc.

ClassDojo is a San Francisco-based educational technology company that provides a communication platform connecting teachers, students, and families. Founded in 2011, the company offers tools for classroom management, student portfolio sharing, and real-time messaging, enabling educators to share updates, photos, videos, and feedback with parents. The platform is used in over 95% of U.S. K-8 schools and supports 35+ languages, aiming to build positive classroom culture and strengthen school communities through transparent communication and engagement.

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