Head of Data at Online Marketplace

The Company

Pet Media Group (PMG) is the world’s largest operator of online marketplaces within the pet category. We are redefining an entire category of marketplaces - assisting over 10 million consumers every month in finding the pet of their dreams through our trusted and local brands in a way that is both safe and transparent for both pets and their caregivers.

We are a profitable, fast-growing scale-up and have grown rapidly from inception in 2019 to today. As a business, we have been profitable since our first year. Today, we have a profitability of over 40%, meaning we do not rely on outside investors. Our journey has only begun to grow our portfolio of leading brands within the pet vertical, and fundamentally change the way breeders and consumers connect.

We are present in 7 markets today, including the UK and US. Our team is similarly distributed across the world. While this role is remote, we are looking for people within +/-2 hours of CET.

CONTEXT FOR THE ROLE

We are seeking a strategic and dynamic Head of Data with experience from similar roles at digital marketplaces. You will be responsible for driving our data strategy, processes, ways of working and team in order to extract and deliver value from data. You will be critical in providing insights to find game-changing opportunities for growth in support of our mission.

If you are as excited as us about this position and our company, please read on!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Data Strategy: Define the ultimate goals of the data team, and the roadmap to get there. Have a nuanced understanding of when to buy or build a particular solution.
• Data engineering: Maintain and develop our current data warehouse which is built in Big Query / dbt, to ensure data availability and quality.
• Business intelligence: Ensure the data team delivers clear & compelling analyses and data visualisations that are digestible to guide overall business strategy and maintain automated reporting.
• Data science: Leverage AI/ML driven solutions to solve business problems: both user facing and internal-operational (e.g. pricing, supply/demand optimization, fraud prevention etc)
• Team Leadership: Hiring and building out our data team, which today consists of 1 data analyst.
  
  

WHO YOU ARE:

• A marketplace operations & go-to-market expert: You are well aware of the challenges of a 2-sided marketplace, and the key role data plays to unlock value.
• An experienced data-operator: 5+ years of relevant professional experience within data science, data engineering or data analytics with an excellent command of SQL and Python. Experience in using machine learning frameworks in production settings: Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow (or similar)
• Naturally curious and data-driven: You want to get to the root cause of things and you are proficient at using any tools at your disposal to get an answer.
• A strong communicator: You can take complex topics and make them digestible for anyone whether they have a background in data or not.
• Someone who thrives in a startup environment: You’re scrappy and adventurous. You leverage all resources at your disposal (not just the obvious ones). You’re persistent and you take pride in doing more with less.
• Experienced in building and managing teams: Building and managing a hybrid/remote team with different skills: data analysts, data engineers and data scientists.
• A master of execution: You successfully spec, ship, test and iterate to improve our growth rate. You work asynchronously and effectively with your team.
  
  

WHAT WE OFFER:

• A pivotal role in a rapidly growing company with a clear mission
• Every day, you’ll collaborate, solve complex problems and learn more about what it’s like to operate a product currently serving millions of users every month. And best of all - watch your work make an immediate impact on the company, our users and millions of pets.