Head of Data

About the Role

Lead the development of HappyCo's data strategy and infrastructure, unifying fragmented data into a powerful property graph to drive analytics, insights, and AI features.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company's overall data strategy and roadmap for analytics, ML, and data platform evolution.
• Design and implement a canonical entity model and property graph connecting operational data.
• Oversee the architecture and evolution of the data platform, including data warehouses and pipelines.
• Enable internal teams with reliable analytics and insights, moving towards AI-driven recommendations.
• Prototype and implement predictive models and AI product capabilities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, or analytics.
• Experience designing data architectures and data models for complex operational systems.
• Strong experience with data warehouses and distributed data processing systems.
• Hands-on experience building analytical models or machine learning systems.
• Proven ability to translate business questions into data-driven solutions.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Experience with modern data platforms (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Experience building data pipelines and transformation workflows.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with machine learning workflows and model deployment.
• Experience with entity resolution, data modeling, or knowledge graph concepts.
• Experience mentoring and developing data professionals.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving startup environment.