Define and execute Ravio’s data roadmap across engineering, science, governance, and analytics
Ensure our data platform scales to support thousands of additional customers globally
Align data initiatives directly with product strategy and company objectives
Hire, mentor, and develop exceptional Data Engineers, Analysts, and Data Scientists
Create a high-performance culture that balances ambition with accountability and trust
Establish clear standards for technical excellence, documentation, testing, and CI/CD
Act as a thought partner to founders and senior leadership
Oversee the evolution of our data infrastructure on GCP
Ensure pipelines are robust, observable, cost-efficient, and production-grade
Drive improvements in pipeline reliability, testing, deployment workflows, and monitoring
Lead architectural decisions for new product areas and 0→1 data initiatives
Define company-wide best practices for data governance and compliance
Maintain the highest standards for data quality, validation, and lineage
Own security and privacy practices for sensitive compensation data
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Operations, and Commercial teams
Translate complex data challenges into business outcomes
Enable better decision-making across the company through analytics and insight

8–12+ years in data roles, including significant leadership experience
Proven track record scaling data platforms in high-growth environments
Experience leading and hiring high-performing technical teams
Deep experience with production pipelines
Strong background in modern data stack architecture
Strong programming skills (Python preferred)
Experience with GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Workflows, CloudSQL)
Familiarity with DBT, Terraform
Experience designing scalable data models and pipelines
Proven experience of running ML pipelines in production
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving from 0→1
Bias for action with strong technical judgment
Excellent communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders
High emotional intelligence and empathy
Motivated by building teams and systems that operate at high velocity

Company ownership (everyone gets a meaningful equity stake in Ravio)
37 days paid time off (25 days holiday + 4 wellness days + 8 public holidays)
Up to 6% pension matching scheme
£60 a month wellness allowance (Invest in your physical wellbeing, on us)
£500 per year Learning and Development budget
Private healthcare cover (on a medical history disregarded basis) with AXA
Personal worldwide travel insurance
just in case
Income protection insurance (for full peace of mind in case you cannot work because of sickness or disability)
16 weeks fully paid birthing parent leave, followed by 4 weeks at 50% pay. For non-birthing parents, we offer 8 weeks fully paid leave

Head of Data

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