Head of Data
Core
Own the intelligence layer for a financial operating system for SMBs, balancing reactive data quality work with long-term strategy and AI readiness.
Role type
Senior IC Head of Data (player-coach)
Builds
Data infrastructure, pipelines, data models, and AI-ready data layers for a payments platform serving service-based businesses.
Domain
Fintech / Payments / SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Data architecture & infrastructure design, Python, SQL, ML-based data enrichment, entity resolution, data governance, business strategy translation, AI data patterns (RAG/embeddings)
Preferred skills
Fintech/payments domain experience, vector databases, structured data prep for LLMs
Technologies
Python, SQL, vector databases, embedding pipelines
Responsibilities
Design data infrastructure (pipelines, models, real-time vs batch), develop data strategy with leadership buy-in, bridge technical engineering with business context, establish data governance and quality standards, lead complex entity resolution projects, prepare datasets for ML workflows, move organization toward self-serve analytics, ensure data availability for AI engineering functions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope