Data Lead - OpenData Europe

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 23 April 2026
LOCATION
Remote
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

SQL Data Analytics Product Management Data Strategy Data Engineering Customer Feedback KPIs Healthcare Regulations

FULL DESCRIPTION

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is seeking a Data Lead for their OpenData Europe team. This fully remote role in the UK, Germany, or Spain involves leading product strategy, identifying market opportunities, and managing a team of data stewards. The Data Lead will be responsible for architecting data strategy, driving customer success, and staying ahead of healthcare regulations.

What You’ll Do

  • Own the Product Plan: Serve as the end-to-end owner for the designated product, actively scaling its customer footprint and driving product strategy.
  • Lead a squad: Manage an agile team of data stewards that complete research and data entry tasks for your assigned geographical coverage.
  • Architect the Data Strategy: Make the critical, high-level product decisions governing how we source, transform, update, and analyze country datasets to maximize customer value.
  • Innovate & Execute: Translate market needs into a strategic roadmap for dedicated squads of data engineers, analysts, and product operations. You will actively identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to build data pipelines that scale with quality.
  • Drive Customer Success: Partner directly with strategy, sales, and services teams to gather customer feedback, iterate rapidly, and ensure the product is continuously improving.
  • Champion Data Excellence: Set and enforce rigorous KPIs for data coverage, completeness, and accuracy, maximizing data quality.
  • Navigate Complex Markets: Stay ahead of healthcare regulations, compliance requirements, and market shifts, adapting the product roadmap to turn market complexity into a competitive advantage.

Requirements

  • Speed & Quality Focus: A detail-oriented professional who executes with speed and quality.
  • Product Experience: 2+years of experience in data analytics or product management, with a proven track record of extracting value from complex datasets.
  • Management Experience: Minimum of 2 years of first line management experience, leading teams of internal employees or external contractors.
  • Ruthless Prioritization: Strong product intuition with the ability to manage a backlog, balancing long-term product scope, strict data quality standards, and customer feedback.
  • Technical Fluency: Proficient in SQL. You don't just rely on dashboards; you can query the database directly to investigate issues, validate data quality, and prototype solutions.
  • Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related quantitative field.
  • Communication: Fluent in English (C1 or higher), enabling you to effectively manage global stakeholders and translate complex technical concepts into business strategy.

Nice to Have

  • Life Sciences Expertise: Experience building data products specifically for the life sciences industry, spanning data sources, data modeling, sourcing, analysis, and delivery.
  • Business proficiency (B2 or higher) in an additional language (e.g., French, German, Polish, Arabic), with an emphasis on complex languages and non-latin alphabets.
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