Jeff Sinclair
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Jeff Sinclair

Technology & Data Leader — Engineering, Operations & GTM

Stamford, CT · 20 years in technology leadership · Point72, Stripe & Atlassian

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Data-driven technology executive with 20 years leading engineering, product, and data organizations at high-growth companies including Point72, Stripe, and Atlassian. I combine hands-on software engineering roots with deep data & analytics expertise and sharp operational and commercial acumen — a blend that lets me step into ambiguous, high-scope leadership problems spanning engineering, data, product, operations, and go-to-market (including enterprise sales), and drive them to outcomes. I've built platforms and teams from zero to high scale (millisecond latency, powering growth for some of the biggest companies in their respective spaces), led both engineering and data organizations, and repeatedly been trusted to set vision and win executive buy-in for new capability areas.

20 yrs
Technology leadership
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Companies: Point72, Stripe, Atlassian & Macquarie
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Domains: Data, Engineering, Product, GTM & Ops

Core Competencies

Leadership & Operations

People Leadership Org Design & Scaling Vision & Strategy Executive Stakeholder Management Hiring & Talent Development Performance Management Vendor & Budget Management

Data & Analytics

Data Platforms & Infrastructure SQL Experimentation / A/B Testing Data Science Enablement Business Intelligence Machine Learning Fundamentals

Engineering & Product

Software Engineering Distributed Systems High-Scale, Low-Latency Systems Product Management AI-Accelerated Delivery Agile / Scrum CI/CD AWS

Growth & GTM

Go-to-Market Strategy Enterprise Sales Self-Serve & Sales-Led Motions Self-Serve User Activation Marketing & Sales Technology User Segmentation & Targeting Lifecycle Messaging Strategy Growth Analytics

Professional Experience

Point72

2025 — Present

Stamford, CT · New York, NY

Head of Data Foundation 2025 — Present
  • Lead an international team of 35 software and data engineers building and operating Point72's cloud data platform — Databricks on AWS — plus first-party services, improving reliability and broadening accessibility firmwide.
  • Act as custodians of the firm's internal data — everything Point72 generates from its own activities — and support the Market Data and Alternative Data teams in their use of the firm's cloud infrastructure.
  • Engage business users across the IP organization, including portfolio managers and their teams, on technology solutions such as MCPs, and equip IS business and technology functions with access to data and infrastructure.

Stripe

2020 — 2025

San Francisco, USA

Head of GTM Data Services 2020 — 2025
  • Worked cross-functionally with Data Science, Engineering, and Analytics to prioritize investment in core data and experimentation infrastructure.
  • Established the funding case for the Growth Data Engineering team, building internal applications and data products to support both the self-serve funnel (Growth) and the GTM funnel (Sales and Marketing).
  • Led engineering and data analytics teams in service of these objectives, operating some of the most critical infrastructure relied on by these business teams.
  • Launched Customer Panorama, a firmwide tool that aggregates real-time customer data into insights and metrics on existing and prospective Stripe customers, enabling more effective customer relationship management.
  • Launched Revenue Data Mart — 1,000+ reporting pipelines, Tableau reports, and in-house dashboards for the Self-Service, Marketing, and Sales teams to understand overall business performance and their impact, directly driving sales compensation.
  • Actively involved in shaping the evolution of the GTM business model, performance metrics, and org design.

Atlassian

2012 — 2020

San Francisco, USA

Product Manager, Targeting Platform 2019 — 2020
  • Took ownership of Atlassian's Targeting Platform alongside existing Engagement Platform responsibilities, extending scope into data-powered personalization across Atlassian Cloud.
  • Led a bespoke, millisecond-latency platform providing data to Atlassian's Cloud products.
  • Built the platform into the center of Atlassian's trait and audience infrastructure, enabling consistent, high-fidelity experiences across the funnel and customer lifecycle.
  • Set vision and strategy for the platform and sold it to senior leadership and the C-suite to secure ongoing investment.
Product Manager, Engagement Platform 2016 — 2019
  • Built Atlassian's Engagement Platform product and team from the ground up, merging two independent sub-teams (email and in-product) and taking over leadership of the combined team in 2017.
  • Led engineers and analysts building a bespoke user messaging platform; set vision and strategy and secured funding from senior leadership.
  • Partnered with Product and Marketing to shape messaging strategy for activation, engagement, retention, and win-back across Atlassian's Cloud products.
  • Drove adoption of the platform across Atlassian's product portfolio.
Senior Manager, Go to Market Technology 2015 — 2016
  • Led the Go-to-Market Technology (IT) team, owning the products and systems powering Atlassian's Marketing and Sales business units.
  • Directly managed two IT product managers (MarTech and SalesTech) and supported hiring and management of their teams.
  • Served on the IT leadership team, representing GTM Technology in quarterly and annual planning for budget, performance, and talent management.
  • Owned vendor relationships and contract negotiation for SaaS platforms supporting the GTM organization.
Portfolio Lead 2012 — 2015
  • Set strategy and led execution across Atlassian's entire IT portfolio — spanning Marketing, Sales, Support, Finance, Legal, People, and Data & Analytics — including the client-facing order form, billing, financial/revenue-recognition systems, MarTech stack, Salesforce implementation, and internal data warehouse; managed requirements, testing, and delivery across the engineering portfolio.
  • Led and grew Atlassian's IT Business Analyst team, including hiring, talent development, and recruiting to scale the analyst function; served as IT leader for the San Francisco office — primary point of contact for the President, General Counsel, and CFO.
  • Worked directly with Atlassian's executive team to align the IT portfolio to business objectives, including through the lead-up to Atlassian's IPO.
  • Led key vendor initiatives such as the company-wide GoodData implementation, and ran teams including Systems Administration and Workplace Engineering through periods of reorganization.

Macquarie

2006 — 2012

Sydney, Australia · Bristol, UK · New York, USA

Technical Systems Analyst, Proprietary Trading — New York 2011 — 2012
  • Provided systems analysis for Macquarie's proprietary trading desk across middle office (risk management) and back office (stock borrow/loan, trade settlements) for all active trading strategies.
  • Supported low- and medium-frequency (algo-assisted) strategies and the roll-out of new high-frequency capability.
  • Partnered with a remote engineering team in Singapore on data pipelining and warehousing.
Business Analyst, UK Wrap — Bristol 2010 — 2011
  • Analyzed data quality issues across Macquarie's UK Wrap investment platform and partnered with engineering to remediate them.
  • Worked with an external design agency to deliver UK Wrap 2.0, a revised user experience for public release.
Business Analyst Team Lead, Macquarie Direct — Sydney 2009 — 2010
  • Led a team of up to 14 business analysts across Macquarie's direct-to-consumer products, including Online Trading, Cash Management, and Credit Cards.
  • Owned monthly project and task allocation and performance management for the team.
  • Led delivery of Macquarie's newest online trading platform (Macquarie Edge), working directly with engineers against business requirements.
Business Analyst, Macquarie Private Wealth — Sydney 2006 — 2009
  • Drove requirements, solution design, and user testing across major initiatives: CRM implementation, order management/settlement, the Macquarie Edge trading UI, contract note fulfilment, IPO processing, and KYC compliance systems.
  • Refined and improved the SDLC process used by the Business Analyst team.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Information Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
2004 — 2006
Data Analyst Nanodegree
Udacity
2017 — 2018
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
2016
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Amazon Web Services
2016
Certified Pragmatic Marketer, Level 1 + 2
Pragmatic Marketing
2016
Agile Development with Jira Software
Atlassian
2016
Android Basics Nanodegree
Udacity
2016