Chief Data & Platform Officer (Annapolis)

Chief Data & Platform Officer

Location: Fully Remote (Company is based in Annapolis, MD)

About the Company:

They are a digital marketing and property tech company based in Annapolis, Maryland. They help communities, hotels, restaurants, and retailers reach prospective customers through location-based advertising, including mobile, video, and streaming TV campaigns.

It’s a growing company, so this role offers the chance to shape its data and technology strategy while leading a seven-person Tech Ops team.

As the Company enters its next phase of growth, it is investing heavily in its technology ecosystem and seeking a strategic executive to lead its data, platform, and AI initiatives.

Position Overview:

The Chief Data & Platform Officer will lead the Company's technology platforms, enterprise data strategy, systems integrations, analytics infrastructure, and AI initiatives.

This executive will build and optimize the technology ecosystem that enables the business to scale, improve operational efficiency, and deliver measurable client value.

This is not a traditional CTO or CIO role focused on IT infrastructure or cybersecurity. However, an understanding of cybersecurity, data privacy, and technology risk is required to help guide platform, data, and AI decisions.

The ideal candidate has built integrated data and platform ecosystems within a high-growth multifamily, PropTech, MarTech, or SaaS organization and has experience leading technology transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Strategy

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and governance for the Company's technology ecosystem, including HubSpot, Asana, website architecture, client portals, reporting tools, workflow automation, and other business platforms.
• Evaluate new technologies, oversee technology vendors, and continuously optimize the technology stack.

Data & Integrations

• Build a centralized enterprise database and establish a single source of truth for business and client data.
• Lead enterprise systems integrations across CRM, websites, client portals, reporting platforms, and internal applications.
• Ensure strong governance around data quality, security, accessibility, and architecture.

Analytics & AI

• Improve marketing attribution, reporting, and business intelligence through Google Analytics, campaign data, and integrated reporting.
• Develop and execute the Company's AI strategy, including AI agents, workflow automation, and client-facing solutions that improve efficiency and innovation.

Executive Leadership

• Lead the Technology Operations department, overseeing platform administration, HubSpot operations, data, workflow automation, systems integration, and business intelligence.
• Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to align technology investments with strategic business goals.

Key Outcomes

Success in this role includes:

• A fully developed HubSpot CMS and client onboarding portal
• Clear ownership of all core technology platforms
• A centralized enterprise database and trusted source of truth
• Connected systems with reliable, automated data movement
• Improved attribution, analytics, and client ROI reporting
• AI-powered solutions that enhance operational efficiency and client experience
• Strong governance of platform architecture, integrations, data quality and privacy, AI governance and technology vendors

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in technology, data, platforms, systems architecture, or enterprise applications
• Proven success building enterprise data infrastructure and integrated technology ecosystems
• Strong understanding of AI, automation, and emerging technologies
• Expertise in data architecture, systems integration, APIs, enterprise platforms, CRM technologies, analytics, and business intelligence
• Experience leading enterprise Hubspot or comparable CRM and platform implementations, migrations, and integrations
• Experience leading technical teams and large-scale technology initiatives
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, data privacy, and technology risk management

Preferred

• Experience in the multifamily industry is a major plus
• PropTech, MarTech, or SaaS background
• Experience integrating CRM, PMS, websites, portals, reporting platforms, and marketing technologies
• Understanding of marketing technology, attribution, and customer analytics
• Experience supporting a high-growth or investor-backed organization

Ideal Candidate

We're looking for a leader who has:

• Built connected enterprise platforms and scalable data infrastructure
• Integrated CRM, websites, portals, reporting, and business systems
• Improved analytics, business intelligence, and marketing attribution
• Built or implemented AI and automation solutions
• Led technology transformation within a growing organization
• Experience in multifamily, PropTech, MarTech, or a related technology environment

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Executive revenue/profit-sharing incentive
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Fully remote work environment

Why Join the Company?

This is a unique opportunity to shape the technology foundation of a rapidly growing organization. You'll lead the strategy behind the Company's platforms, data infrastructure, and AI initiatives while partnering directly with executive leadership to drive innovation, scalability, and measurable business impact.