Chief Data Officer

Wyatt Partners; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyatt Partners is searching for a Director of Data to join a product-focused consumer tech company valued at several billion pounds. The role requires designing and delivering a data organization model while partnering with the Executive team to enhance strategic decision-making through analytics. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in leading data functions within high-growth environments and will address data governance, self-serve enablement, and data protection responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a Data function in a high-growth environment.
• Proven ability to design effective data organization and team models.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver an effective Data organization to maximize impact.
• Oversee Data Governance, Management, and Quality.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Management

Data Quality

Influencing Skills

Data Strategy Alignment

Tools

BigQuery

Airflow

dbt

Looker

Job description

Wyatt Partners are retained on a Search for a Data Leader to join the leadership team of a product-focused consumer tech company with a multi-billion £ valuation.

Technical Perspective:

• Data from all customer interactions is stored in a single BigQuery project.
• Data models are built using Airflow + dbt, with Looker used for dashboards and analysis.

While there is room for improvement in deploying ML models and tool sharpening, the current setup is generally in good shape.

Organizationally, however, the ‘Data Function’ has struggled to keep pace with the company's growth and evolving needs.

Initially, a small data team with a company-wide self-serve capability and high data literacy supported early growth. Scaling this approach to our current size (~2000 employees) has proven challenging.

There are approximately 80 data staff, working within interdisciplinary teams across product groups, reporting to leaders with varying data expertise and expectations.

The role's key challenges include:

• Designing and delivering an effective Data organization and team model to maximize impact.
• Partnering with the Executive team to influence strategic decision-making through analytics.
• Overseeing Data Governance and Data Management, including Data Quality, Self-Serve enablement, Metadata Management, Data Protection, and Privacy.
• Aligning with the Business Strategy and executing the Data Strategy accordingly.
• Building influence across the organization and developing key relationships.

We seek a candidate who has previously led a Data function and addressed similar challenges within a high-growth environment.

Please apply for the Director of Data role below.