* Full time, fully-remote role
* Competitive base salary benchmarked to your local Head of/VP-level market rate (ie. salary circa $180K AUD and Super and Performance Bonus)
* Opportunity to shape the function
Our client is a specialist growth consultancy that helps businesses scale through product-led growth, data, and automation by delivering strategy, execution, and embedded expertise to drive measurable, long-term results.
Head of Data & Engineering who is a senior technical leader, responsible for solution architecture, client delivery, team leadership, and AI-driven process strategy. This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic oversight and direct technical contribution (coding, architecture decisions, troubleshooting).
Key Responsibilities
* Client Engagement & Delivery
o Own end-to-end client relationships (scoping → delivery → advisory).
o Translate business needs into scalable, well-architected data solutions.
o Lead technical pre-sales, including proposals and solution design.
o Ensure delivery quality and proactively resolve issues.
* Architecture & Technical Leadership
o Define reference architectures across:
+ Data ingestion
+ Warehousing
+ Transformation
+ Activation
o Set standards for event tracking, CDPs, attribution models, and BI layers.
o Make build vs. buy decisions and keep the company at the forefront of AI-enabled data workflows.
o Stay hands-on with queries, pipelines, and debugging when needed.
* Team Leadership & Coaching
o Lead a distributed international team (engineering, MarOps, Webflow).
o Develop team members into well-rounded technical consultants.
o Implement structured feedback and performance systems.
o Integrate AI agents and automation tools into team workflows.
* AI & Process Strategy
o Drive an AI-first delivery model across the business.
o Build reusable frameworks, templates, and playbooks.
o Ensure AI is embedded in all processes where possible.
* Internal Operations
o Own internal data infrastructure and reporting systems.
o Improve version control, QA, incident response, and knowledge management.
To be successful in the role, you will have:
* 10+ years in data or analytics engineering, including 3+ years in a VP, Director, or head-of-function role ideally within a consulting environment or start-up / scale up.
* Hands-on experience as lead architect for modern data platforms: CDPs, data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, attribution models.
* Strong SQL and Python; cloud data warehouses, dbt (or equivalent), event tracking platforms.
* Hands-on CDP and customer engagement tool experience (e.g. Segment, Customer.io, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Braze).
* Demonstrated ability to manage clients commercially: proposals, scoping, stakeholder management.
* Track record building distributed technical teams in a multi-client or consultancy environment.
* Genuine AI-first mindset: active user of AI tooling in daily work.
Preferred Experience
* Automation tools (e.g., n8n, Make) and AI orchestration
* Background in growth, MarTech, or RevOps
* Experience in high-growth or PE-backed companies
Role Details & Compensation
* Full-time, fully remote (global team across AU, PH, EU)
* Occasional travel required
* Competitive base salary benchmarked to your local Head of/VP-level market rate (ie. salary circa $180K AUD and Super)
* 15–20% performance bonus
* Additional learning & tech allowance
This role will suit you if you are a hands-on technical leader who has built and scaled data systems, thrives in client-facing environments, and can blend engineering, strategy, and AI innovation to drive both delivery excellence and internal transformation.
How to Apply
If you are a self-motivated and experienced senior technical leader with a passion for solving problems for clients with confidence, with a strong focus on AI integration, we encourage you to apply for this unique opportunity!
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