Head of Data

Sydney

$210k + Super

Working with a high-growth SaaS & payments business looking for a Head of Data to shape, scale, and lead their data capability from the ground up. This is a hands-on data leadership role - perfect for someone who has built data platforms before, thrives in startup environments, and wants to own strategy + delivery end to end.

What you'll do

• Lead and grow a high-performing data engineering & analytics team
• Architect, build, and scale our modern cloud-native data platform
• Define and prioritise data use cases with product + business stakeholders
• Establish structure, process, data governance, and best practice
• Mentor engineers while remaining technically hands-on when needed
• Partner directly with the CTO / Head of Engineering on data strategy

What we're looking for

• Proven experience as Head of Data / Data Lead / Data Platform Lead
• Strong cloud data stack background - ideally AWS + Snowflake + SQL + dbt
• Experience designing scalable data architecture & pipelines
• Bonus: exposure to SaaS, payments, or transaction-heavy environments
• Exceptional stakeholder and communication skills - commercially minded
• Comfortable in a 60% leadership / 40% technical split

Why join

• High impact - build the data function from the ground up
• Modern tech environment, engineering-led culture
• Collaborative, human, ego-free team with meaningful ownership

If you're a data leader who loves building, not inheriting - and want to make real impact in a fast-moving product business - apply with most updated CV!