Head of Data

Head of Data

Southwest London - on site (5days)

up to £90k + Bens

TRIA are exclusively supporting a fast growing sport & hospitality group, comprising professional football, community programmes & premium hospitality as they hire their first Head of Data. The group is experiencing significant growth and investing in its technology, data and guest experience. In this role, you will lead the build of a modern data capability from the ground up.

If you enjoy making decisions, introducing tooling, setting engineering standards, and rolling up your sleeves, this opportunity could be for you.

As the organisation's first Head of Data, you will:

Build a new data environment, from tooling, governance, and engineering practices
Introduce modern data engineering tooling, pipelines, and modelling
Deliver hands‑on engineering work (75% of the role)
Establish data security and governance frameworks
Line manage a small team
Manage relationships with 3rd‑party vendors and technical partners
Champion data adoption and literacy across the business

You'll report directly into the Technology Director and work closely with senior stakeholders to define priorities and deliver high‑value outcomes.

This is a blank canvas role - ideal for someone who loves building, shaping, and taking ownership.

What You'll Be Working On

Designing and owning a centralised business data lake/warehouse
Introducing best‑practice ETL/ELT pipelines across multiple operational systems
Implementing data security, auditing, and GDPR compliance
Driving data availability for reporting, analytics, and operational decision‑making
Creating scalable, reliable, well‑structured data models
Supporting self‑service analytics across the business

You'll also be the person who finally brings clarity, structure, and trust to business data that is currently fragmented and under‑utilised.

We are looking for someone who is:

A strong, confident character who can influence, challenge, and make decisions
Technically excellent - particularly in data engineering and platform building
Experienced defining or rebuilding data environments in SME or scale‑up settings
Comfortable introducing new tooling, tech, and ways of working
Hands‑on and pragmatic - this is not a purely strategic role
Experienced leading or line managing at least one engineer/analyst

This role requires you to be on site 5 days a week. If you can not commit to this, please do not apply.

If your experience matches and you would like to be considered, then please apply with an up to date CV.

Unfortunately, sponsorship cannot be offered for this role