Head of Data
CuspAI
Head of Data
CuspAI is seeking a Head of Data to lead the data team and set the company's data strategy. The role involves building and owning the data strategy, driving data acquisition and partnerships, and leading a team of data professionals. The ideal candidate has substantial experience in data strategy at a research-intensive organization, a PhD in a related scientific field, and deep familiarity with the materials and chemical data landscape.
Head of Data
CuspAI is seeking a Head of Data to lead the data team and set the company's data strategy. The role involves building and owning the data strategy, driving data acquisition and partnerships, and leading a team of data professionals. The ideal candidate has substantial experience in data strategy at a research-intensive organization, a PhD in a related scientific field, and deep familiarity with the materials and chemical data landscape.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Build and own CuspAI's data strategy in partnership with the leadership team.
- Establish a framework to identify high-value data opportunities and architect scalable acquisition pathways.
- Make and defend build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions.
- Set up and drive initiatives to acquire and build proprietary data assets.
- Scope, stand up, and oversee data generation programmes end to end.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of prospective data partners.
- Own relationships with research leads and co-design data strategies.
- Identify, evaluate, and propose new data partnerships to the Partnerships team.
- Collaborate with Finance on the data budget.
- Design and run the data request process.
- Act as the single point of accountability for data commitments.
- Lead, grow, and develop the Data team.
- Set standards for data quality, provenance, and interoperability.
- Represent CuspAI's data work to external partners and collaborators.