Head of Data

Details

Saily is looking for a Head of Data to take ownership of the entire data vertical, including data ingestion, modeling, pipelines, analytics, and how teams use data to make decisions. This is a hands-on leadership role managing a team of Data Analysts while owning the technical direction and architecture behind Saily’s data function.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data function across analytics, modeling, and data pipelines.
• Lead the Data Analytics team by setting priorities, direction, and operational standards.
• Own Saily’s data architecture end to end, from raw data and pipelines to analytical models and business insights.
• Define data models and structures, including schemas, semantic layers, metrics, entities, and relationships.
• Make data understandable and usable for people and AI.
• Own and evolve analytics infrastructure and tooling.
• Work with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and other teams to understand their needs and develop a clear data strategy.
• Act as the main point of contact for data across Saily.
• Establish standards for data quality, documentation, governance, and reliability.
• Build and shape the Data team as Saily grows.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience across Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, or similar data-focused roles.
• 4+ years of experience in a leadership role.
• Strong hands-on experience with data modeling and schema design, including dimensional modeling, semantic layers, metrics, entities, and relationships.
• Solid understanding of data pipelines and modern data architecture.
• Excellent SQL skills and experience with modern analytical data stacks.
• Experience owning a data or analytics function, architecture, or a major part of one.
• Experience leading Data Analysts or Analytics Engineers, setting priorities, and developing the team.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and business leadership.
• Strong product and business thinking, with an understanding of how data should influence decisions.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to build from scratch, make decisions with incomplete information, and take ownership beyond an immediate area.

Tools and Technologies

• Coding Agents
• SQL
• dbt
• BigQuery
• ClickHouse
• Looker
• Airflow
• Internal analytics tooling

Benefits

• Online and in-person training, access to Coursera and Skillshare, mentorship, and internal career opportunities.
• Extra vacation days, sick leave, special-occasion leave, and parenting leave.
• Premium private health insurance available in Lithuania and Poland.
• Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic subscriptions, resilience and mindfulness training, and mental health events.
• In-house gyms, Multisport and Urban Sport cards, online workouts, and physical well-being support.
• Company workations abroad.
• The ability to work from anywhere.
• Gifts for birthdays, work anniversaries, weddings, and new family members.
• Summer camps for children and flexible working arrangements for parents.
• Team-building activities and company events.
• Access to the Vilnius headquarters and its workspace facilities.