Senior Data Team Lead

Paymentsense; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Dojo is seeking a Senior Data Team Lead for Customer Operations in Bristol. You will act as strategic lead and technical architect for the data engine enabling core operational pillars like Customer Service, Performance Management, Loyalty and more.

This role blends hands-on analytics with team leadership to deliver value in every sprint. As a player/manager, you will mentor a three-person Bristol-based data team, own the data strategy, and partner with senior stakeholders to ensure data

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of technical data teams in fast-paced settings.
• Expert SQL and dbt with version-controlled data models.
• Deep understanding of transactional, billing, or logistics datasets.
• Strong communication to explain complex data to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strategic vision balancing quick wins with long-term data health.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of three data specialists in Bristol.
• Own two-week sprint planning and translation of requirements.
• Ensure architectural consistency and unblock technical issues.
• Collaborate with Embedded Data Manager forum on global data strategy.
• Partner with senior leads in Logistics, Billing, and Service.
• Contribute to dbt projects and BigQuery workloads.

Skills

SQL

dbt

BigQuery

Looker

Python

Airflow

Fivetran

Airbyte

LookML

GitHub

Salesforce data

Jira

Tools

BigQuery

Looker

GitHub

Jira

Salesforce integration

Airflow

Monte Carlo

Fivetran

Airbyte

LookML

Job description

We’re reinventing payments.

In less than four years, Dojo disrupted the market to become the largest and most loved acquirer in the UK.

Our payments infrastructure, purpose-built for in-person commerce, is game changing. Now, over 150,000 customers across four countries choose to transact billions with us every year.

But we’re just getting started. Our people are the driving force behind our success.

They are our greatest investment and our ultimate competitive advantage.

We hire exceptional people and give them the autonomy, trust, and ownership to thrive.

The results take care of themselves.

The Role

As the Senior Data Team Lead for Customer Operations, you are the strategic lead and technical architect for the data engine that keeps Dojo moving.

This is a manager role designed for a "player/manager" who thrives on building high-performance teams while remaining deeply technical. You will lead a team of three Bristol-based data specialists, overseeing the data ecosystem for our core operational pillars: Customer Service, Performance Management (F&P, Training, Quality), Loyalty, Change, Collections, Logistics and Supply Chain.

The Bristol office is our hub for all customer contact for 150k+ businesses across Europe, supporting Dojo as a scaling business currently in 4 markets and expanding into new countries. Your mission is to bridge the gap between complex operational workflows and actionable data assets.

You won't just manage; you will partner with senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions, refine requirements, and ensure every sprint delivers value that aligns with both Customer Ops priorities and company-wide goals.

What You Will Do

Team Leadership & Delivery

Manage and Mentor: Lead a team of three, focusing on day-to-day wellness, professional growth, and career development.

Agile Orchestration: Act as the lead for two-week sprints, gathering requirements from stakeholders and translating them into prioritised tasks.

Unblock & Align: Work closely with team members to resolve technical hurdles and ensure output remains consistent with our architectural standards.

Collaborative Forum: Represent Customer Ops within the wider "Embedded Data Manager" forum to align on global data strategy and best practices.

Strategic Partnering

Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leads in Logistics, Billing, and Service.

Create Actionable Insights: Interrogate requests to find the "true" business question, contributing to the design of solutions that drive operational efficiency.

KPI Stewardship: Shape and support operational KPIs, ensuring call centres and supply chain partners have accurate, real-time reporting.

Technical Contribution (The "Player" element)

Hands-on Modelling: Lead by example by contributing to our dbt projects and BigQuery environment.

System Evolution: Oversee critical data initiatives such as system migrations (CRM/Billing) and the adoption of best-in-class observability tools.

What You Will Bring

• Leadership Experience: Proven ability to manage technical teams, ideally in a fast-paced or agile environment.
• Analytics Engineering Core: Expert-level SQL and significant experience with dbt for building version-controlled data models.
• Operational Expertise: Deep understanding of transactional, billing, or logistical datasets.
• Communication Mastery: The ability to explain complex data logic to non-technical stakeholders and influence senior leadership.
• Strategic Vision: Experience balancing immediate "high-impact" business needs with long-term technical health and debt management.

Nice to Have

• Tech Stack Proficiency: Familiarity with BigQuery, Looker (LookML), and GitHub.
• Experience with Salesforce data integration.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies using tools such as Jira.
• Familiarity with orchestration and observability tools like Airflow or Monte Carlo.
• Experience with Python.
• Background in Fivetran or Airbyte for data ingestion.

Dojo home and away

We believe our best work happens when we collaborate in-person.

These “together days” foster communication, drive innovation and spark our brightest ideas. That's why we have an office-first culture.

This means working from the office 4+ days per week. With offices across Europe, we know a thing or two about staying dynamic.

Need deep focus? Head to a quiet zone.

Big ideas? Collaboration spaces have you covered.

Just here for a catch-up? Our social hubs make it easy.

Do work that counts, in spaces made for you.

Question: what’s curious, relentless, and customer obsessed? If you’re keen to know the answer, you’re a third of the way to meeting our Dojo values.

If the following speak to you, let’s talk: You’re curious. You have a real desire to learn and create. You’re relentless. You keep going even when it’s easier not to. You’re customer-obsessed. You know how important customers are to what you do.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion at Dojo

From local bakeries to well-known eateries, Dojo payments serve over 150,000 places across the UK.

And something that’s fundamental to creating relevant, innovative products at Dojo is to build teams to reflect the diversity of the businesses we serve.

Our drive to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion is closely linked to helping employees thrive and innovating for better customer experiences.

To make sure you’re the best you can be throughout the recruitment process, let us know if you need any extra adjustments to help you thrive.