Head of Data

Location: London

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work. 

Find a job that lets your imagination run wild! 
WildBrain is made up of a team of innovators and creators who bring industry-leading kids’ content and brands to families globally. We inspire imagination, put creativity first and believe in the power of storytelling. We are constantly connecting the powers of our global team, making WildBrain a collaborative, openminded and passionate environment to work in.  To work at WildBrain means you get to create stories that lets imaginations run wild. Join our team today and make us part of your story!  

About the Role 

Reporting to the VP of Tech, the Head of Data leads the Data Team and as such owns the approach and implementation for any data focused delivery and is responsible for keeping the data-ecosystem operating to meet service agreements and commitments. DTG itself designs, develops and delivers technology and data driven solutions for colleagues across WildBrain using a mixture of in-house built and commercial (typically SaaS) solutions to meet the customers visions and objectives. This role leads the provision of data skillsets, setting the directional strategy and lifecycle, approach for our data landscape, standards and best practice, and supporting their colleagues to work within collaborative and high performing multi-skilled teams. This role leads a mixture of data skillsets (encompassing Data Analytics, Data Science, Data Management).

• Responsible for creating a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming environment for everyone DTG ensuring that everybody feels supported to be their authentic self, is able to grow.
• Work with the other members of the DTG Leadership Team to transform DTG into a high performing, learning culture.
• Line Management of the Data Job Family, including undertaking 1:1’s, role development, performance management.
• Responsible for the recruitment, retention, training, coaching, and career development of data role holders within DTG.
• Ensuring that the data team delivers high-quality, reliable, scalable solutions on schedule.
• Working closely with product management to align data activities with prioritised business deliverables.
• Implementing processes and tools to increase the productivity and efficiency of the data team.
• Responsible for defining data lifecycle activities and being ultimately accountable for the delivery of the data capability to meet the agreed roadmap.
• Accountable for data ownership governance and maintains the data standards, policies and principles.
• Evaluates and proposes how the effective and efficient data quality targets are achieved.
• Tracks and assesses our data legacy position and promotes priority activities to reduce as required.
• Engage with external product suppliers, vendors and delivery partners. Including holding them to account on compliance with governance, standards and best practices

• The strategic vision to create, change and develop a growing data practice focused on outcomes
• Experience of running multinational, distributed data teams at scale
• Experience of reviewing, recommending and creating change across a geographically dispersed organisation
• Experience at managing numerous, diverse stakeholders, often operating under tight timescales and managing numerous competing priorities to successful outcomes.
• Experience working directly with on and offshore delivery teams to create and refine changes.
• Prior experience working within a data function such as a Head of Data, Data Manager, Insights Manage, Lead Data Analyst, Lead Data Scientist, Lead Data Engineer; having worked with mixed-skillset teams.
• A passion for data, its use and how data can be used to shape the future.
• Must have experience using GCP, SQL, Python and an understanding of AWS

What We Offer 

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality.

Our Commitment  

Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required. 

About WildBrain 

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart. 

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.  

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.