Skyscanner

Technology

DirectorofProduct-DataPlatformandDecisionTooling

£140–210k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director of Product - Data Platform and Decision Tooling at Skyscanner. Skills: Data Platform, Decision Tooling, Product Management. Own a trusted data platform. Lead platform reliability”

What You'll Achieve.

Faster experimentation; Production-ready ML; Stronger data quality; Scalable delivery; Experimentation velocity; Personalisation; Revenue impact; Cost control; Better product decisions

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Platform leader at scale, Product-minded and commercially sharp, Confident with data-powered products, Quality and ownership obsessed, Cross-functional by nature, Direct and pacey, Strategic but sleeves-rolled-up

What You'll Do.

Own a trusted data platform

Lead platform reliability

Lead platform usability

Lead platform governance

Lead platform economic performance

Ensure product teams can test

Ensure product teams can learn

Ensure product teams make decisions quickly

Power production-ready ML

Enable AI-assisted self-serve analytics

Build for agentic data engineering

Shape AI and automation for data engineering

Strengthen data movement

Strengthen data transformation

Strengthen data maintenance

Strengthen data serving

Turn data quality into capability

Shape the operating model

Define interfaces between teams

Connect technical investment to outcomes

Drive experimentation velocity

Drive personalisation

Drive better product decisions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product engineering teams; Analytics teams; Data science teams; Business teams; AI platform teams; Data platform teams

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

About Skyscanner  Everyone loves travelling, but planning is not without its challenges ✈️. That's why we've spent 20 years building tools that turn travel-planning chaos into a breeze. Today, around 160 million travellers count on us every month to skip the whole “47 browser tabs open” phase and find flights, cars, and hotels quickly and easily 💻.  Joining Skyscanner means becoming part of a global brand that's striving to become the planet's go-to travel hack accessible for all 🌍.  Our vision? To be the world's number one travel ally. (Ambitious? 💪 Yes, but, hey, that's what got us here)  About the role  (Hybrid)  Data has been at the heart of Skyscanner’s decision-making for over 20 years, and now our platform capability is stepping into an even bigger spotlight. You’ll own the foundations that help us turn data into trusted decisions, personalised product experiences, and measurable business impact at scale.  You’ll keep today’s platform dependable while building what comes next: faster experimentation, production-ready ML and decisioning, stronger data quality, clearer ownership, and scalable delivery that does not need a small army to keep it moving. Think platform leadership, product judgement, commercial impact, and just enough travel chaos to keep things interesting. Inspired by the structure and tone of the example JDs.   You can be based in Barcelona, Edinburgh or London where we adopt a hybrid working policy of working in the office twice a week.  What you’ll be doing  - Owning a trusted data platform: You’ll lead the reliability, usability, governance, and economic performance of the platform the whole data organisation depends on.  - Making experimentation fly: You’ll ensure product teams can test, learn, and make decisions quickly, with clean assignment, accurate exposure capture, and confidence in the numbers.  - Powering production-ready ML: You’ll help data and ML signals move from promising ideas to dependable traveller-facing experiences, with

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