Head of Data

Gearset Limited; United States; Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long Term Incentive Plan

Free lunch in the office

25 days holiday + bank holidays (extra

Company Pension Plan

Bupa health care and dental

Enhanced family leave

Bupa Menopause Plan

Life Insurance & critical illness

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

Gearset Limited is seeking a Head of Data to own the data strategy and lead a multi-disciplinary team across analytics, data engineering, and data science. You will translate product telemetry and customer data into actionable insights, build self-serve analytics, and embed data into strategic decisions across the business.

You will drive data governance, modern data tooling, and a culture of responsible data usage, while collaborating with GTM Strategy & Operations to align metrics and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing multi-disciplinary data teams and delivering a company-wide data roadmap with measurable business outcomes.
• Experience defining a Data team's approach to AI/ML-driven analytics, including evaluating where LLMs and generative AI tooling can improve data workflows or self-serve analytics.
• Deep expertise in SQL and data modelling, coupled with a strong grasp of software engineering principles applied to data (version control, automated testing, CI/CD).
• Strong background working with cloud analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Line manage and develop a multi-disciplinary data team spanning analytics, analytics engineering and data engineering.
• Own the data strategy and roadmap, prioritising short and long-term objectives in partnership with stakeholders across the business.
• Partner with cross-functional leadership to embed analytics into strategic decisions and provide self-serve tooling and support.
• Guide the future of the data platform, ensuring ingestion of data to provide trusted, reusable foundations for company-wide reporting.
• Develop a data community and deliver training that teaches responsible use of data.
• Set and hold team to software engineering best practices for governing the data platform (version control, automated testing, CI/CD).
• Lead objective setting and prioritisation for the data function, and report progress against key business metrics to GTM leadership.
• Own data tooling budgets and vendor selection processes.
• Work with Legal and Compliance to ensure the data platform and its use meet data protection obligations (UK GDPR).

Skills

Data team leadership

AI/ML analytics

SQL

Data modelling

Cloud analytics

CI/CD

Education

Tools

Airbyte

Fivetran

Stitch

Job description

What you'll achieve

• Line manage and develop a multi-disciplinary data team spanning analytics, analytics engineering and data engineering, building business capability within the team.


• Own the data strategy and roadmap, prioritising short and long-term objectives in partnership with stakeholders across the business.


• Partner with cross-functional leadership and non-technical stakeholders to align on priorities, embed analytics into strategic decisions, and provide self-serve tooling and support.


• Guide the future of the Data platform, ensuring the ingestion of necessary data to provide trusted, reusable foundations for company-wide reporting.


• Develop a data community and deliver training that teaches responsible use of data.


• Setting and holding team accountable to software engineering best practices to govern the data platform, including version control, automated testing and CI/CD.


• Lead objective setting and prioritisation for the data function, and report progress against key business metrics to GTM leadership.


• Own data tooling budgets and vendor selection processes.


• Work with Legal and Compliance to ensure the data platform and its use meet data protection obligations, including UK GDPR.

and business processes.Build and nurture an internal data community, ensuring key business metrics are clearly defined, consistently monitored, and embedded seamlessly into our strategic decision-making.

Gearset has been a data-driven SaaS company from day one, and we're looking for a Head of Data to shape the future of how we collect, model, and leverage our rapidly growing ecosystem of telemetry and customer insights. Reporting to the SVP of GTM Strategy & Operations, you will guide a multi-disciplinary data Team to foster a thriving internal data community, drive self-serve analytics adoption, and embed data into the heart of our strategic decisions as we scale.

What's the opportunity for a Head of Data at Gearset?

• You'll own Gearset's data strategy, lead the Data Team and shape the direction for how Gearset collects, models, and utilises data across the entire business.


• Translate an increasing wealth of product telemetry, a growing customer database, and cloud-native backend systems into actionable insights that drive better company-wide decisions.


• Empower teams across Gearset to independently access and learn from our data, enabling them to make high-impact changes to our product (Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake), transformation tools (dbt), and modern visualisation software (Omni, Looker, Tableau, Power BI).


• Experience establishing data governance and data quality standards.


• Experience driving self-serve analytics adoption and data literacy across non-technical teams.


• Ability to influence senior leaders, define key business metrics, and translate complex data analysis into proactive solutions that drive strategic company decisions and value.

About you

• Demonstrated experience developing multi-disciplinary data teams (analytics, data science, data engineering) and delivering a company-wide data roadmap with measurable business outcomes.


• Experience defining a Data team's approach to AI/ML-driven analytics, including evaluating where LLMs and generative AI tooling can improve data workflows or self-serve analytics.


• Deep expertise in SQL and data modelling, coupled with a strong grasp of software engineering principles applied to data (version control, automated testing, CI/CD).


• Strong background working with cloud analytics platforms.

Great to haves

• Experience working with data in a B2B SaaS company.


• Experience with data integration tools, such as Airbyte, Fivetran or Stitch.


• Working knowledge of privacy laws and compliance frameworks, such as GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA.

Salary and benefits (the stuff you'd expect!)

• Salary is 100k - 120k (depending on experience)


• This is a full-time role, working Monday to Friday, with flexible home working.


• For this role, you'll spend around 4 days a month in the office.


• Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to 1500 per year.


• Top end hardware provided.


• Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan.


• Free lunch in the office.


• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year).


• Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%).


• Bupa health care and dental insurance.


• Enhanced family leave from day 1, including 26 weeks full maternity/adoption pay, OTE-inclusive.


• Bupa Menopause Plan offering specialist consultations and support.


• Life Insurance & critical illness cover.


• Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits.

Location

• Cambridge, United Kingdom


• Full time


• Hybrid


• GTM Strategy & Operations