Head of Data Platform

This is not a maintenance role.

This is your opportunity to own the data backbone of one of Europe’s fastest-scaling logistics technology companies backed by a $35M Series A and growing faster than 99% of venture-backed startups.

This business is building infrastructure that removes friction from commerce. We are seeking a Head of Data Platform to lead the infrastructure that transforms raw operational data into trusted, decision-grade intelligence. You will own the platform that ensures data is accurate, reliable, and structured to support critical business decisions and automated processes.

🏗 Own and evolve a mature dbt + semantic layer architecture into a global-class platform

🤖 Build infrastructure ready for AI agents and automated decision systems

🎯 Operate at leadership level, shaping how data is produced — not just consumed

🧠 Lead a highly technical, autonomous team of analytics engineers

• Own the end-to-end data platform roadmap transformation, orchestration, semantic modelling, observability
• Scale and mentor a high-performing analytics engineering team
• Partner with engineering teams to define upstream data contracts
• Drive self-serve analytics strategy across product, operations, and commercial functions
• Extend the platform to support ML models, real-time signals, and unstructured data
• Act as the voice of data integrity at leadership level

• Proven experience leading analytics engineering or data platform teams
• Deep hands‑on knowledge of dbt, transformation layers, semantic modelling, and data contracts
• Player‑coach mindset comfortable reviewing PRs and influencing exec stakeholders in the same hour
• Experience in environments where data powers automated or AI-driven systems
• Strong systems thinker with pragmatic judgement

If you’re the kind of data leader who wants to build the single source of truth for a business scaling at extraordinary speed and ensure AI systems act on foundations of absolute trust this is the type of role that defines careers.

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