HeadofData

ABOUT THE COMPANY Opareta builds the data infrastructure and physical distribution tools that mobile money agent networks across Africa run on. Our customers range from the continent's largest telcos and banks down to the individual agents, who are the last mile of financial inclusion in markets like Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Zambia. Years of transaction-level data across these networks have given us a moat that we're only beginning to turn into products. ABOUT THE ROLE We're hiring a Head of Data to lead that next chapter. This is a foundational role: you'll inherit a small squad and a working stack, and you'll own the function end-to-end — strategy, architecture, hiring, and the data products themselves. You'll report directly to the CEO and Head of Product, with a seat at the table for commercial conversations, partner integrations, and roadmap decisions. Data is treated as a first-class function here, not a service desk. WHAT YOU WILL DO You'll need to operate at two registers: strategic (defining where the data function goes over the next two to three years) and hands-on (writing SQL, debugging pipelines, shipping dashboards) until the team you build can take more of the latter off your plate. We're a seed-stage company growing into something larger, which means real ambiguity, real constraints, and unusually high leverage on the decisions you make in your first year. 1. Strategic leadership: - Data Strategy & Roadmap: Lead evolution of our data-driven products and infrastructure (in collaboration with product and engineering leaders) with an eye for new products that we can uniquely bring to market because of our data moat - Architectural oversight for our data warehouse, ETL pipelines, and reporting layers as well as significant problem-solving on integrations with new partners - Organizational design: structure the team - you will identify additional key hires (e.g. data/analytics engineer or BI specialist) to complement your technical strengths - SLAs: Defi