Head of Data and Analytics

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Serbia.

📋 Description

• Outline how data and analytics contribute to growth, product innovation, commercial success, and operational efficiency.

• Manage a team of analysts integrated within product squads and various business functions.

• Expand practical AI applications: natural-language data accessibility, AI-supported insight generation, anomaly detection, automated reporting, and productivity tools for analysts and stakeholders.

• Enhance Novakid's experimentation culture by streamlining the design, launch, measurement, and learning processes for experiments, minimizing the need for heavy analyst involvement at every stage.

• Develop a structured, impactful data science capability encompassing machine learning for business applications, forecasting, support for experimentation, AI-driven product features, and research for new learning experiences.

• Foster clearer ownership of KPIs, improved documentation, and a reliable semantic layer across Product, Growth, Sales, Marketing, and Finance — reducing ambiguity and conflicting interpretations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive leadership experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data functions within rapidly growing digital companies.

• Demonstrated success in transforming analytics into scalable, self-service, AI-enabled models.

• Strong technical expertise in modern data infrastructures, cloud data warehouses (we utilize BigQuery), BI tools, and semantic modeling.

• Proficient in SQL and a solid grasp of analytics engineering principles.

• Experience in leading or restructuring embedded analyst teams.

• Practical, hands-on experience in applying AI to analytics at scale.

• Background in establishing or re-establishing a data science function that supports business needs and product features.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Opportunity to influence the future of AI-enhanced education.

• A vibrant, dynamic team passionate about developing innovative products.

• Unlimited vacation days — we trust you to get the job done.

• Bonuses and stock options — we succeed together.