Director of Data jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-08, Skillenai has indexed 5 job postings with the title “Director of Data” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Data engineering.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-08
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Frequently asked questions about Director of Data jobs
+How many Director of Data jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 5 job postings with the title “Director of Data” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08.
+What skills do Director of Data jobs require?
Across Director of Data postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08, the skills mentioned most often are Data engineering, LLMs, analytics, Machine Learning, Data privacy.
+Which cities are hiring the most Director of Data?
As of 2026-10-08, Director of Data postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Toronto.
+Is Director of Data a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 5 Director of Data postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08. The skill mentioned most often in Director of Data postings is Data engineering, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Director of Data?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Director of Data postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Director of Data
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before Director of Data
Roles after Director of Data
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Data Platform Director | 1 |
| Before: Education Program Manager | 1 |
| Before: ML Engineer | 1 |
| After: Technical Product Manager | 1 |
| After: Lead Data Engineer | 1 |
| After: Data Manager | 1 |
| After: Data Analyst | 1 |
| After: Chief Technology Officer | 1 |
| After: Product Manager | 1 |
Skills most often required for Director of Data
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Data engineering | 4 | 80.0% |
| LLMs | 3 | 60.0% |
| analytics | 3 | 60.0% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 60.0% |
| Data privacy | 2 | 40.0% |
| Fivetran | 2 | 40.0% |
| AI tools | 2 | 40.0% |
| data quality | 2 | 40.0% |
| data modeling | 2 | 40.0% |
| Atlan | 2 | 40.0% |
| Looker | 2 | 40.0% |
| data security | 2 | 40.0% |
| data pipelines | 2 | 40.0% |
| analytics engineering | 2 | 40.0% |
| Monte Carlo | 2 | 40.0% |
Top companies posting Director of Data jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Pebl | 2 |
| Spoileralert | 1 |
| Patlytics | 1 |
| Faire | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Director of Data
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 1 | 20.0% |
| Palo Alto | 1 | 20.0% |
| San Francisco | 1 | 20.0% |
| Toronto | 1 | 20.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08, matching postings whose canonical role is “Director of Data”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Director of Data
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-10-08
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