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VP of Data (Vice President of Data) jobs: 355 open roles, pay, industries and skills

355 open Vice President of Data jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as VP Data, Vice President, Data, SVP Data, Senior Vice President of Data, EVP Data. Listings that state pay show a median of $191,000 a year.

The market for Vice President of Data work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Vice President of Data jobs
355

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$191,000

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State with the most openings
New York (93)

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Industry hiring the most
Financial Services & Banking (56%)

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Listings that are remote
34%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
51%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a VP of Data does

Vice president role in Data & Analytics.

A vice president of data runs data platforms, analytics, data science and AI work for a company or a large business unit.

Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • VP of Data
  • VP Data
  • Vice President of Data
  • Vice President, Data
  • SVP Data
  • Senior Vice President of Data
  • EVP Data
  • Executive Vice President of Data
  • VP of Analytics
  • VP of Data Science
  • Data VP

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Vice President of Data jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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VP of Data salary

From 94 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$168,000
Median
$191,000
Upper quarter
$250,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for VP of Data jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where VP of Data jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills VP of Data jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 117 Vice President of Data listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in VP of Data listings

  1. 1. machine learning34%
  2. 2. risk management26%
  3. 3. sql20%
  4. 4. onboarding17%
  5. 5. change management15%
  6. 6. python14%
  7. 7. power bi14%
  8. 8. aws12%
  9. 9. snowflake12%
  10. 10. databricks10%

Across all Data & Analytics openings

  1. 1. python11%
  2. 2. sql11%
  3. 3. machine learning8%
  4. 4. aws5%
  5. 5. azure4%
  6. 6. etl3%
  7. 7. agile3%
  8. 8. databricks3%
  9. 9. excel3%
  10. 10. snowflake3%

AI skills for VP of Data jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

51% of 112 open Vice President of Data listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 23% of all Data & Analytics openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI strategy and use cases24%
  2. 2. Responsible AI23%
  3. 3. AI governance and risk23%
  4. 4. AI adoption and change management21%
  5. 5. AI workflow automation20%
  6. 6. AI tools in daily work17%

Do AI skills change vice president of data pay?

For Data & Analytics roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for vice president of data alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Data & Analytics listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +47.9% (about $64.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$207,000
median, from 2,388 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$137,500
median, from 339 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Data & Analytics ladder

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Job titles under VP of Data

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for VP of Data roles

  • JPMorgan Chase 64
  • Confidential 43
  • Publicis Groupe 17
  • BNY 13
  • Kemper 9
  • Testing Site - JPMC 7
  • Citigroup 5
  • Bain & Company 5
  • SMBC Americas 4
  • Moody's 4
  • Sedgwick 4
  • Spectrum Science 4

VP of Data questions

What does a VP of Data do?
A vice president of data runs data platforms, analytics, data science and AI work for a company or a large business unit. Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.
What else is a VP of Data called?
The same job is also written VP Data, Vice President of Data, Vice President, Data, SVP Data, Senior Vice President of Data, EVP Data, Executive Vice President of Data, VP of Analytics.
How many VP of Data jobs are open?
355 verified open Vice President of Data jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a VP of Data make?
Among 94 open Vice President of Data listings that state pay, the median is $191,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $168,000 and $250,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are VP of Data jobs?
New York (93), Texas (32), California (30), New Jersey (27) have the most open Vice President of Data listings. About 34% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a VP of Data the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $219,500.
Which industries hire for VP of Data roles?
Financial Services & Banking (56%), Technology & Software (14%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (11%), Media & Entertainment (7%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do VP of Data jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Vice President of Data listings are machine learning, risk management, sql, onboarding, change management.
Do VP of Data jobs ask for AI skills?
51% of 112 open Vice President of Data listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI strategy and use cases.

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