Head of Data

The role

This player-coach role involves owning the data function end-to-end and building out the team. You will design experiments, build data models, and partner with business stakeholders to drive decisions.

What you will do

• Own the data function end-to-end including strategy, roadmap, and platform health.
• Build and develop the team by hiring across data science, analytics/BI, and data engineering.
• Drive marketing measurement and experimentation.
• Write SQL, build dbt models, and work in notebooks.
• Ensure pipelines and infrastructure are reliable, performant, and cost-efficient.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to shape data instrumentation and QA data at the source.
• Own the data narrative with the executive team.

Required qualifications

• AI Fluent, including democratization and enablement of the whole Tomo team.
• Strong data science and experimentation foundation in statistics and experimental design.
• Proficient in SQL and the modern data stack.
• Ability to operate across data science, analytics/BI, and data engineering.
• Strong business and stakeholder fluency.
• A zero-to-one track record of being an early data hire, building a team, or being a senior IC ready for leadership.
• Hands-on marketing analytics / paid-media measurement.

Nice to have

• Mortgage, fintech, or proptech experience.
• Familiarity with Snowflake, dbt, Databricks, Fivetran.

Benefits

• Equity Ownership: All teammates receive stock options
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for you and your dependents with some plans 100% covered
• Work-life balance and a generous paid time off policy
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan

About the company

Tomo is a digital mortgage company on a mission to eliminate the greed and complexity in lending. It is a fintech startup backed by investors including Ribbit, Citi Ventures, NFX and Progressive Insurance.