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The Head of Data will be responsible for leading and scaling the Data organisation, setting the data strategy, and ensuring that data, analytics, and insights are core enablers of business decision-making across the company. This role owns the end-to-end data function, from data infrastructure and analytics to metrics, modelling, and business insights, and partners closely with senior leadership to drive impact at scale.

Job Responsibility:

  • Define and execute the company’s data strategy, covering analytics, data modelling, metrics, experimentation, and data infrastructure, aligned with business objectives
  • Establish clear data principles, standards, and best practices to ensure high data quality, reliability, and usability across the organisation
  • Drive the evolution of the data platform to support scale, performance, and growing analytical complexity
  • Lead, grow, and develop a high-performing Data organisation of ~25 people, including Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Analysts, Scientists, and related roles
  • Build strong managers and senior ICs, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • Recruit, hire, and onboard top talent as the organisation scales
  • Own the company’s metrics and KPI framework, ensuring consistent definitions, governance, and alignment across teams
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, Risk, Operations, Marketing and Commercial teams to translate business questions into robust analytical solutions
  • Enable data-informed decision-making at all levels of the organisation, from operational teams to executive leadership
  • Act as a trusted partner and advisor to senior leaders and department heads
  • Clearly communicate insights, trade-offs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform and organisational health
  • Improve data literacy across the company and establish a shared data vocabulary to enable more efficient, aligned decision-making

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience in data-related roles
  • 3+ years in a senior leadership or management position
  • Proven experience leading and scaling data teams in a startup or high-growth environment
  • Deep understanding of modern data ecosystems, including: Analytics and BI Data modelling and metrics design Data infrastructure and pipelines
  • Strong intuition for what “good” looks like in data quality, metrics, and decision support
  • Ability to engage deeply with technical discussions without needing to be hands-on day-to-day
  • Strong business mindset, with experience translating business goals into measurable outcomes and KPIs
  • Experience in FinTech, B2C, exchanges, or financial services environments
  • Ability to work autonomously and proactively drive strategy and execution
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a bias toward impact

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Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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On-site work
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