Director of Data Science and Analytics

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San Mateo, CA
230K-280K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Our mission is to protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way.
The Role
Lead analytics strategy for marketing, build a high-performing analytics team, and use data to support decision-making and optimize marketing efforts.
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Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

 

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

 

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Our Growth Engineering and Operations team leverages a first-principles mindset to uncover innovative paths to scale revenue. We use engineering, automation, and data-driven experimentation to solve challenges where traditional marketing efforts often stall. As Director of Data Science and Analytics, you will play a key role in building intelligent, scalable systems that power our growth engine. Your team’s work will be highly visible across the organization and instrumental in developing a cutting-edge platform and measurement framework that enables marketing teams to deliver personalized, timely, and impactful campaigns at scale. This role combines deep technical expertise, business intuition, and a creative approach to problem-solving to drive efficient, high-impact growth initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and drive the analytics strategy for Marketing by establishing clear metrics, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards to measure, forecast, and optimize outcomes.
  • Build and lead a high-performing analytics team, fostering a culture of curiosity, analytical rigor, and cross-functional collaboration. 
  • Partner with leaders across Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Product to deliver actionable insights, support strategic decision-making, and identify new market opportunities.
  • Oversee the design and implementation of analytical models and reporting systems that provide end-to-end visibility into marketing performance, strategic initiatives, and customer engagement. Champion best practices in data governance, automation, and analytics tooling to enhance scalability and operational efficiency within the marketing analytics function.
  • Support annual planning, resource allocation, and long-term growth initiatives by aligning analytics strategies with broader business objectives. 
  • Lead the development and continuous improvement of marketing attribution models to evaluate campaign effectiveness, inform investment decisions, and enable data-driven optimizations across channels.

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience in analytics, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, or related fields, with a strong track record of success in senior leadership roles.
  • Advanced proficiency with analytics and business intelligence tools such as SQL, dbt, Looker, and Python.
  • Demonstrated success in building, mentoring, and leading high-performing analytics teams, as well as managing complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Proven ability to foster strong, collaborative relationships across GTM teams and influence outcomes through partnership.
  • Strategic thinker with a strong ability to translate data into actionable insights that drive executive-level decision-making.
  • Exceptional communication and data storytelling skills, with the ability to clearly present complex analyses to diverse audiences.

Annual Pay Range

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$230,000$280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy. 

Top Skills

Dbt
Looker
Python
SQL

What the Team is Saying

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Maddie Ondrejech
Account Executive
“Working at Verkada has been an incredible experience! The company culture is truly unmatched – supportive, dynamic, and driven by a strong sense of teamwork. Leadership consistently empowers us to grow while staying aligned with Verkada's goal to make the world safer and more secure through innovative security solutions. “
Maddie Ondrejech
Jane Wang
Max Shen
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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
2,000 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Verkada is the world’s largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform, offering a seamless blend of tech and safety. With six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace systems, and intercoms — all integrated on one cloud platform, Verkada is designed for simplicity and scalability. Our real-time insights help organizations keep their spaces safe and comfortable while taking swift action to minimize security risks, workplace hassles, and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016 and backed by over $460M in funding, we’ve grown fast, with 16 offices spread across four continents, 2,000+ employees, and 26,000+ customers in 85+ countries — including 82 of the Fortune 500.

Created by Stanford computer scientists and security experts, alongside Cisco Meraki’s co-founder and COO Hans Robertson, Verkada calls San Mateo, CA home. We also have offices in Salt Lake City, Tampa, Phoenix, Austin, London, Sydney, Taiwan, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Mexico City, Seattle, Tokyo, and Korea.

Why Work With Us

Verkada’s products start with safety – video security cameras, door-based access control and alarms, and extend to operations, environmental sensors, visitor and mailroom management.

All of our products can be accessed within one cloud ecosystem, bringing the intuitive and easy-to-use nature of consumer security products to the levels of scale

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At Verkada, we have a thriving onsite culture with a world-class Workplace Team committed to designing innovative spaces that spark creativity.

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