Skyscanner
Technology
DirectorofProduct-DataPlatformandDecisionTooling
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“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.
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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