The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Head of Data to develop our data strategy, aligned to business goals and objectives. This person will lead our Data team of data analysts, scientists and engineers and will be the owner of our proprietary database and data technology.

The Head of Data will be responsible for maintaining and improving the quality of our data and working closely with our Intelligence, Index and Engineering teams. The remit includes overseeing data gathering via web-scrapers and APIs, regular analytics requests and developing and maintaining our suite of data science tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Own our proprietary database, data gathering infrastructure and promote good data governance practices
• Scale and maintain the quality of data used through the business across our numerous data sources
• Work with other teams within the business to provide analytical and automation support to drive business objectives and products
• Managing of a small team of Data Scientists, Analysts and Engineers
• Technical lead across data science, analytics and data engineer work and provide technical recommendations or solutions to problems that can be solved with data

Core Skills

• 8+ years of experience in Data Science or Data Engineering, with at least 3+ years in a managerial or leadership role
• Proven track record of building a multidisciplinary data team
• Strong technical expertise in building scalable data processes
•  Strong technical knowledge or previous experience in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science or Data Engineering practices
• Strong technical development knowledge in Python
•  Experience in managing and building with the GCP suite of services
• Excellent project management, communication and interpersonal skills and experience in Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability for the team’s projects.

Nice to have

• Experience working in a startup or scaleup environment
• Experience in a research, media or consulting environment
• Experience using Generative AI for information extraction
• An general interest in AI and emerging technologies, and their impact on the world
• An interest in financial services sectors such as banking or insurance

If you do not fulfil all requirements in the job description, we encourage you to submit your application nonetheless.

Benefits

• Share options: we offer all employees share options over a 4 year vesting period
• Holidays: 28 days of holiday + public bank holidays
• Flexible working
•  Learning & development budget: £1000/year
• Pension
• Private health insurance