Head of Data

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 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. 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. 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 (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. 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