Head of Data - Maternity Cover

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global operates MoneySuperMarket, MoneySavingExpert, Quidco, and B2B partnerships that help UK households save money through financial products and services.

What you will do

• Lead and develop the Data Product and Data Analytics teams, including performance, capability, succession, and engagement.
• Set and deliver the Data Product and Data Analytics strategy, roadmap, and priorities.
• Work with the CDTO to define and deliver the Group Data strategy and operating model.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Commercial, Finance, Marketing, and Operations to deliver data products, analytics, insight, and automation that improve customer, commercial, and operational outcomes.
• Prioritise automation opportunities and ensure data products, reporting, and self-service insight are trusted, scalable, and easy to use.
• Lead Data-wide engagement and communication and support Executive and Board reporting on progress, value, priorities, and risks.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading complex Data, Analytics, or Data Product teams, including developing leaders and building high-performing teams.
• Experience setting strategy, prioritising competing demands, and translating priorities into clear plans and delivery roadmaps.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to identify how data, analytics, and data products can improve customer, operational, and business outcomes.
• Broad understanding of the wider Data function and how data product and analytics teams work together to deliver trusted, scalable data capabilities, including data governance, quality, KPI definition, and self-service insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders and communicate clearly in Executive and Board settings.

Nice to have

• Experience developing and scaling AI automation, AI-enabled analytics, or self-service data products.

Culture & Benefits

• Up to 27 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Pension contribution of up to 6% from the employer and a bonus scheme.
• Digital Doctor on demand, financial coaching, and access to a mental health platform.
• Work-from-anywhere scheme for two weeks per year.
• Mentorship, training, and an individual LinkedIn Learning licence with access to more than 16,000 courses.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, fairness, equity, and reasonable accommodations during the application process.