Head of Data & Insights
Fastned
Head of Data & Insights
Fastned is seeking a Head of Data & Insights to lead a multidisciplinary data team spanning Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Data Science & AI. This remote leadership role involves setting the data strategy, partnering with stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality data products. The ideal candidate has at least 8 years of people management experience and a strong background in data disciplines.
Head of Data & Insights
Fastned is seeking a Head of Data & Insights to lead a multidisciplinary data team spanning Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Data Science & AI. This remote leadership role involves setting the data strategy, partnering with stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality data products. The ideal candidate has at least 8 years of people management experience and a strong background in data disciplines.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate, and develop a multidisciplinary team covering Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Data Science & AI.
- Create a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture based on trust, ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Build an effective team structure and ensure the team has the capabilities needed to support Fastned’s strategic ambitions.
- Define and maintain a clear vision and strategy for Data & Insights, aligned with Fastned’s overall business strategy.
- Translate strategic priorities into a focused roadmap, clear objectives, and measurable outcomes for the team.
- Balance long-term capability building with the delivery of high-value insights and solutions for the business.
- Strengthen Fastned’s data culture by acting as a strategic partner to business owners, helping them frame questions, identify opportunities, and make better decisions using data.
- Contribute to Fastned’s annual objective-setting process and ensure that data-related objectives are clearly defined and effectively tracked.
- Communicate complex analytical topics clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ensure that the team delivers reliable, accessible, and actionable data products, analyses, and models.
- Promote high standards for data quality, documentation, reproducibility, and responsible use of data.
- Help create the foundations for scalable self-service analytics and effective decision-making across Fastned.