Head of Data & AI

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Head of Data in Germany.

This role offers the opportunity to build and lead a data and AI function from the ground up within a fast-growing digital product environment. You will define the data strategy, deliver production-grade machine learning models, and establish a high-performing team. Working at the intersection of product, engineering, and analytics, your contributions will directly influence engagement, monetization, personalization, and risk controls. The role requires hands-on leadership, strategic vision, and the ability to translate complex data insights into actionable business outcomes. You will also guide the integration of AI/LLM capabilities into both product experiences and internal tools, ensuring scalable and impactful solutions across the organization.

Accountabilities

• Define the vision and roadmap for the data function, prioritizing initiatives for maximum business impact.
• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing Data team while coordinating with external agencies until internal resources are established.
• Partner with product, engineering, marketing, operations, and leadership to translate business goals into measurable outcomes.
• Lead applied AI/LLM initiatives, including semantic search, assistants, automation, and content generation tools.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain machine learning models for personalization, engagement prediction, churn, LTV forecasting, and fraud detection.
• Establish and enforce MLOps and data engineering best practices, ensuring model monitoring, retraining, and pipeline reliability.
• Implement scalable data infrastructure for experimentation, inference, and production workloads, including LLM pipelines and evaluation systems.
• Communicate complex modeling trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
  

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Requirements

• 6+ years in Data Science or ML Engineering, with at least 2 years in senior leadership or ownership roles.
• Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost).
• Proven experience deploying and operating ML models in production environments.
• Expertise in one or more areas: recommendations/personalization, time-series forecasting, or fraud/risk modeling.
• Familiarity with modern data stacks and pipeline tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt, BigQuery, Snowflake) and MLOps practices.
• Strong experimentation mindset and ability to link modeling work to measurable business impact.
• Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and leadership capabilities.
  
  

Benefits

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• Opportunity to define and lead the data science and AI function with direct impact on products and business outcomes.
• Close collaboration with senior leadership and cross-functional product and engineering teams.
• Fully remote role with a structured time-off policy including vacation, personal days, sick leave, parental leave, and local holidays.
• Work in a fast-growing, innovative, and mission-driven digital product environment.
  
  

Why Apply Through Jobgether?

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