Head of Data

Sydney or Melbourne | Hybrid, 3 days in office
260-280k Base + Super + Bonus

The opportunity

A well-established consumer payments business with a global footprint is hiring a Head of Data. They’ve just launched a new payments product and are expanding fast across new markets and networks.

Data sits at the centre of what’s next. The platform is already mid-migration to Databricks. What’s needed now is a leader who can sharpen the strategy, rebuild the team’s capability and turn data into something the whole business trusts and uses.

This is not a blank slate. It suits someone who has rebuilt a data function before, shifted how a business values data, and enjoys the challenge.
What you’ll do

• Set a clear, commercially grounded data strategy and roadmap
• Review the platform migration and decide what needs to change
• Lead, coach and grow a team of data engineers and analysts
• Stand up governance, ownership and a single trusted view of the customer
• Partner with Marketing on customer data, CDP and martech integration
• Own platform cost and budget decisions
• Drive self-service analytics and data literacy across the business

What you’ll bring

• Proven people leadership. You’ve grown a data team and managed performance, not just led on the tech
• A track record of driving change and building credibility for a data function
• Hands-on depth in modern data platforms, ideally Databricks or similar
• The ability to tie data investment to revenue, cost and risk
• Experience setting up governance and operating models
• Martech or customer data experience is a big plus
• Fintech or payments background is a bonus

Why this role

• Report directly to the executive team, with full ownership of data
• Genuine mandate and budget to shape the function
• A business at an exciting growth point

Interested? Apply now or reach out to Ben Davies at Preacta for a confidential chat.

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