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Head of Data

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has opened up to run the data governance and data engineering teams at one of the most recognized consumer focused businesses in Asia. In this role, you will own the organisation's data strategy while evangelizing the use of data to guide their strategy and build new products and solutions. 

Responsibilities:
  • Run the data engineering and governance teams.

  • Own data strategy and evangelise the use of data to drive key business outcomes.

  • Develop data management, governance and quality guidelines

  • Oversee the development of the data lake and make use of existing data assets to generate business insights, visualise information, and solve problems.

  • Drive experimental data modelling designs within the business.

  • Track business performance against data models and monitor trends in key business KPIs, providing valuable insights to relevant departments for overall business performance improvement.

Required Skills and Knowledge:
  • Track record of overseeing data engineering and data governance teams

  • Experience in building data lakes and end-to-end deployment of data science models will be a plus.

  • Background of working in consumer focused businesses will be an advantage

Requirements:
  • Experience with SQL and reporting techniques with proficiency in data analytics tools (R and/or Python)

  • Hands-on experience with BigData technologies such as Spark, ProtoBuf, DBT etc.

  • Experience with AWS, and with tools such as AirFlow, Kafka, Docker & Kubernetes.

  • Excellent communication skills.

  • Team-builder, results-oriented, proactive and self-motivated.

  • Creative and strategic thinker, innovative problem-solving skills, and highly organised.

  • Ability to handle multiple simultaneous tasks, prioritise and meet tight deadlines, and demonstrate calmness in times of uncertainty and stress.

Salary: Negotiable, S$200k - S$240k depending on skills and experience.

 If you are interested in this role or would like to have a discussion, please contact joel@tenten-partners.com

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