Healthcare quality is declining and soaring costs are crushing American families and businesses. At Garner, we’ve developed a revolutionary approach to evaluating doctor performance and a unique incentive model that's reshaping the healthcare economy to ensure everyone can afford high quality care. By providing organizations relief from surging healthcare costs, we've experienced rapid adoption in the market and have more than doubled our revenue annually over the last 5 years, becoming the fastest growing company in our space. To support our continued growth, we're expanding our team by over 50% each year, seeking exceptional talent to shape our unique, award winning culture (for example, USA Today Top Workplaces 2025) designed to cultivate teamwork, trust, autonomy, exceptional results, and individual growth that creates an inflection point in your career.
We’re looking for a Director, Data Platform to build and operate our first-generation data platform to power the company’s long-term data strategy. This role reports to the Chief Technology Officer.
Where you will work:This is a hybrid role and will require up to 3 days in Garner’s New York City office.
What you will do:- Own and drive the execution of relevant quarterly deliverables and long-term data, ML, and AI strategy
- Build and scale a centralized data platform that serves cross-functional needs
- Shape technical roadmaps and designs for shared data systems, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and governance across the data ecosystem
- Oversee the Data Management team, including leadership of critical shared pipelines and infrastructure
- Champion data privacy and security, maintaining trust and compliance at every layer
- Provide strong, values-driven leadership, cultivating a culture of collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence
- 7+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering
- 3+ years of experience building and leading software or data engineering teams, including at least 1+ year of managing Engineering Managers
- 2+ years of experience building large-scale data systems, including ingestion, processing and storage pipelines
- Direct experience owning major data platform components from design to deployment
- Proven track record of exceptional leadership, with the ability to inspire, develop, and lead high-performing teams
- Expertise in distributed systems architecture and best practices for scalable, quality and compliance
- Proven ability to translate complex business needs into scalable technical roadmaps
- Strong grasp of data governance practices, with a focus on reliability, quality and compliance
- Preference for experience managing regulated data and/or healthcare data standards
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in dynamic, fast-paced startup environment, with a hands-on approach and a strong commitment to organizational success
- Preference for experience leading the execution of key quarterly deliverables while shaping and advancing the long-term strategy for Big Data, Machine Learning, and AI
- A desire to be a part of our mission to improve the U.S. healthcare system
The target salary range for this position is $250,000 - $270,000 plus bonus. Individual compensation for this role will depend on various factors, including qualifications, skills, and applicable laws. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to participate in our equity incentive and competitive benefits plans, including but not limited to: flexible PTO, Medical/Dental/Vision plan options, 401(k), Teladoc Health and more.
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Equal Employment Opportunity:Garner Health is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.Garner Health is committed to providing accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].
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Garner Health is a health tech startup that is transforming the healthcare economy by enabling patients to receive high-quality and affordable care. Garner Health has two core offerings: Garner, a benefit program that uses a new approach to data science and incentive accounts to help employees find the best doctors in their communities, and Garner DataPro, a provider recommendation platform that serves referrals based on the most accurate provider performance and directory data in the industry. Garner Health’s offerings utilize over 75% of the medical claims data in the United States to objectively examine patient outcomes based on more than 500 specialty-specific quality and efficiency measures. By analyzing millions of healthcare journeys across 82 distinct medical specialties, Garner Health sets a new industry standard in delivering reliable, actionable referrals and navigating patients to the highest-quality providers. Garner Health is a remote-first company based in NYC.
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Our values connect us in caring deeply about doing something different and hard — transforming the healthcare economy. They create an actionable set of norms for how we operate, including how we make decisions and support one another. Learn about our values here: https://www.getgarner.com/about.
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