Director of Data

This role is an opportunity to:

• Join a rapidly growing national firm at a formative stage
• Make a visible, measurable impact on a rapidly growing business
• Grow your skills, responsibility, and influence as the firm scales
• Work alongside high-caliber, mission-driven teammates who care deeply about doing great work

We are looking for people who don’t just want a job, they want purpose and impact.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Own the company’s data strategy and roadmap, aligned to business priorities
• Lead, mentor, and develop an existing team of data engineers
• Build and evolve the data platform, including ingestion pipelines, data models, and analytics foundations
• Define canonical data models, metrics, and shared business definitions
• Establish standards for data quality, reliability, and monitoring
• Partner with Product and Engineering to embed data into product and operational workflows
• Enable analytics and reporting for stakeholders across the business
• Define governance practices for data access, usage, and consistency
• Identify and mitigate data-related risk as scale and complexity increase

At TopDog Law, everyone is expected to think critically, communicate clearly, and take ownership of their work.

As Director, Data, you will lead the strategy and evolution of TopDog Law’s data platform. This role is responsible for building reliable, well-governed data infrastructure that enables analytics, reporting, and decision-making across marketing, intake, operations, legal, and leadership.

You will define how data is ingested, modeled, and accessed across the organization, ensuring consistency, trust, and usability. You will lead and develop an existing team of data engineers while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to translate business questions into clear data structures and shared metrics. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic direction with practical execution as the company continues to scale.

This role is critical to our success because it:

• Directly impacts [clients / revenue / case outcomes / team efficiency]
• Supports speed, quality, and consistency as we scale
• Helps protect and elevate the TopDog Law brand and client experience
• Strengthens the foundation needed to grow responsibly and sustainably

Within your first 6–12 months, success in this role looks like:

• You consistently deliver on commitments with minimal oversight
• You proactively identify issues and propose solutions
• Your work raises the bar for quality, clarity, and follow-through
• You are viewed as a reliable, trusted partner by teammates and leaders
• You contribute positively to team energy, morale, and momentum

Required:

• 8 or more years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or data platform roles
• Experience leading and developing data engineering teams
• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL or ELT pipelines, and analytics systems
• Proven ability to define metrics and shared data semantics in partnership with business stakeholders
• Experience building reliable, scalable data systems in growing organizations
• Ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership and strategic thinking
• Strong communication skills and comfort working across engineering, product, and business teams
• Experience in regulated or data-sensitive environments is a plus
• Strong communication skills—written and verbal
• Ability to think critically, prioritize effectively, and execute with speed

Nice to Have:

• Experience in a fast-growing or high-volume environment
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving systems
• Experience in legal, professional services, or client-centric organizations

TopDog Law is a nationally scaling, fully-integrated, personal injury law firm built for impact, excellence, and growth. We own the client experience end-to-end, from marketing and intake through litigation, because we believe how we do the work matters just as much as what we achieve.

We are building a high-performance, high-trust, no-ego culture where talented people do meaningful work, grow quickly, and take pride in what they build together. This is not a legacy law firm. This is a rocket ship, and we’re assembling the team that will take it to the next level.

If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love taking ownership and being held accountable, and want to be part of something you can help shape, not just maintain, you’ll feel right at home here.

TopDog Law is not your typical law firm. We believe that world-class marketing, paired with exceptional legal talent and operations, creates better experiences and outcomes for clients and the business alike.

Over the past three years, we’ve grown 2–3x year over year, setting a new standard on the marketing side of the personal injury space and proving what’s possible when strategy, speed, and execution align. Now, we’re applying that same discipline and innovation to law firm operations, case management, and execution as we scale nationally and fully integrate.

We are intentionally building the infrastructure, systems, and teams needed to scale at a national level—without sacrificing quality, culture, or accountability. This is still the early stage of that journey, which means the people who join now have a real opportunity to help shape how the firm operates for years to come.

We don’t hire based on resumes alone. We hire for competence, character, and mindset.

You will thrive at TopDog Law if you:

• You have a growth mindset and seek continuous improvement
• You welcome feedback and adapt quickly
• You ask “What’s next?” rather than “That’s not my job”

• You care deeply about doing great work
• You have your teammates’ backs
• You’re here to build something meaningful and long-lasting

• You show up positive, professional, and solutions-oriented
• You enjoy the work and respect the people around you
• You leave drama, negativity, and ego at the door

• You do what you say you’ll do
• You follow through and communicate early when something’s off track
• You treat the business like it’s yours

• You move with urgency and sound judgment
• You prioritize progress over perfection
• You thrive in fast-paced, high-expectation environments
• You seek feedback, stretch assignments, and more responsibility
• You’re motivated by growth, impact, and building something bigger than yourself

• Real growth: As the firm grows, so do opportunities for advancement and leadership
• High standards, real support: Clear expectations, coaching, and accountability
• Culture that matters: Trust, respect, speed, and integrity, without sacrificing humanity
• Meaningful work: Helping people through some of the hardest moments of their lives

If you’re excited by ownership, accountability, growth, and the chance to help build something exceptional from the ground up - we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of TopDog Law.