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Head of Data

Own data for the whole company. Every price, forecast and risk number that a customer acts on starts with our data.

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Team
Data
Location
Remote, US + customer site travel
Type
Full time
Base salary
$180k to $230k + equity
Data | Remote, US + customer site travel | Full time | Reports to the CEOOpen roleJOB-2026-HD-001

Own data for the whole company. Every price, forecast and risk number that a customer acts on starts with our data. You decide what data we hold, how it fits together, who can use it, and how we prove that it is right.

What you'll do

  • Data Strategy: Decide what data the company holds, buys and builds, and why
  • Architecture: Set the direction of our data platform and the standards that it follows
  • Data Operations: Oversee every feed, pipeline and dataset across the company
  • Trust: Make every number we show accurate, current and traceable to its source
  • Governance and Security: Own who can see what, our data licenses, and the data terms with each customer
  • Data as a Product: Turn our data into products that customers and our own teams use

How we will measure it

  • Numbers a customer acts on that trace to source: allFails when a customer finds a wrong number first
  • Datasets with an owner and a definition: allFails when nobody can say who owns a number
  • Time to bring a new customer's data liveFails when it stays flat or rises

Required

  • Owned data end to end for a company or a business unit
  • Worked where data drove pricing, trading, risk or planning decisions
  • Set a data architecture and saw it through to production
  • Defended a number to an auditor, a regulator or a customer's finance team
  • Can still read the code and the SQL behind any number

Preferred

  • Commodity, manufacturing or supply chain data
  • Data standards such as BCBS 239 or FIBO
  • Market data licensing

Not the role for you if

  • You want a large team before you deliver results
  • You need someone else to tell you what data matters

How we hire

  1. 1 ApplyReply in 5 days
  2. 2 CEO call45 min
  3. 3 Working session2 hours
  4. 4 References1 week
  5. 5 Offer2 days after refs

Vadar Alpha builds commercial intelligence for companies that make and move physical goods. Our software helps them buy inputs lower, sell outputs higher, and protect every margin in between.

Base salary $180,000 to $230,000, plus equity, performance pay and health coverage (QSEHRA). We review applications through December 31, 2026.

How to apply
Send one thing you built, ran or wrote, and a paragraph on your first 90 days.
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Head of Data
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Who reads it
A person reads every application
Vadar Alpha is an equal opportunity employer. Need an accommodation to apply? Email jobs@vadaralpha.com.