VP of Data, Analytics and AI - #397502

We’re looking for a VP of Data & AI to join Pleo and lead our existing and ongoing efforts in the area to new heights.

About The Team

You will lead an enthusiastic and talented team of around 45 people, including data engineers, analytics engineers, data analysts and data scientists. Pleo operates in a cross-functional matrix model. Our Data Platform team will report to you directly from an executional & competence standpoint, whereas the various data folks who work decentralized dotted around the business will have you as their competence (aka functional) leader. You will work closely with the leadership teams of our domains to ensure the right seniority and profiles are brought into the domains to solve the ambitions across the business.

This role reports directly to the CTO (Meri) from a functional perspective (which we call competence), and to the Domain Leader of Platform (Stefan) from an executional perspective.

About The Role

• You will set the Data and AI Strategy for Pleo supported by the CTO, and partnering with Domain and Competence Leads across the company
• You’ll be accountable and responsible for our operational data platform, leading the ~20 people that look after Data Privacy, Data Infrastructure, Analytics Enablement and AI Enablement
• You’ll also be the leader of the Data & Analytics Competence – the functional home of all the data folks in the company (~40+ people)
• You’ll take us from a position of largely using data purely for analytics, to a place where we can routinely build data-driven features into our internal and external products (including much-needed investments in MLOps)
• You’ll also lead us through a maturation journey, as we head towards a potential IPO, across a number of fronts, from data privacy to data ownership, data quality to general data literacy
• You will nurture and mature our diverse, equitable, inclusive culture that helps all members feel like they belong
  
  

About You

• You enjoy helping people to achieve their potential (as a people manager)
• You are comfortable translating between business needs and technical requirements, and excel at stakeholder management and partnering across the company
• You know what great looks like for a mid-sized company with big ambitions but some constraints in terms of staffing & costs and are able to translate that into vision & strategy
• You’re adept at balancing trade-offs when building a fit-for-purpose data platform
• You have experience successfully integrating ML or data-driven solutions into products
• You have successfully worked in a cross-functional setup
• You are comfortable in fast-paced environments and enjoy complex problem-solving with peers and team
• In an ideal world, you have some experience of preparing a company for IPO and/or experience of the expectations of a public company
  
  

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon, Copenhagen and London offices or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with your salary in other markets
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• The role could be remote, working EU hours
• Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work
• All of us have a stake in Pleo’s success - ask us about our equity grant scheme
  
  

Why join us?

Working at Pleo means you're working on something very exciting: the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo itself means ‘more than you’d expect’, and it’s been the secret to our success over the last 8 years. So it’s only fitting that we’d pass this philosophy onto our customers to help them make the most of their finances.

We think company spending should be delegated to all employees and teams, that it should be as automated as possible, and that it should drive a culture of responsible spending. Finance teams shouldn’t be siloed from the rest of the organisation – they should work in unity with marketing, sales, IT and everyone else.

Speaking of working in unity, our values tell the story of how we work at Pleo. We have four core values, the first of which is ‘champion the customer’, which means we address real pain points that businesses face. Next up is ‘succeed as a team’, which highlights how our strength lies in our diversity and trust in each other. We also ‘make it happen’ by taking bold decisions and following through to deliver results. Last but not least, we ‘build to scale’, creating lasting solutions that address today’s challenges and anticipate tomorrow’s needs.

So, in a nutshell, that's Pleo. Today we are a 850+ team, from over 100 nations, sitting in our Copenhagen HQ, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid, Montreal and Lisbon offices —and quite a few full-time remotes in 35 other countries! Being HQ'd out of Copenhagen means we're inspired by things like a good work-life balance. If you don't work in the office with us, we'll help you set up the best remote setup possible and make sure you still have time to connect with your team.

About Your Application

• Please submit your application in English; it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join
• We treat all candidates equally: If you are interested please apply through our application system - any correspondence should come from there! Our lovely support isn't able to pass on any calls/ emails our way - and this makes sure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone
• We’re on a mission to make everyone feel valued at work. That’s only achievable if our team reflects the diversity of the world around us - and that starts with you, hitting apply, even if you are worried you might not tick all the boxes! We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply - regardless of race/ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic status, culture or beliefs
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