About Us
Intrepid Asia is a leading Ecommerce and Digital Solutions Provider in South East Asia. We offer end-to-end omni-channel ecommerce management, a wide range of Digital Marketing Services and advanced Market Intelligence, all powered by state of the art inhouse Technology to our client base of leading international brands across all key marketplaces and social platforms in all 6 SEA countries. Brands love our regional presence, our excellent data-driven and growth-focused services which are enabled by the strongest team in the industry, and our advanced marketing and tech capabilities.
We are growing rapidly and as the exclusive partner of Flywheel in SEA, we offer many exciting opportunities to work with leading brands across multiple categories and key industry players. By joining us, you will work on the cutting edge of digital commerce in SEA, and experience what it takes to drive a successful ecommerce business end to end.
Head of Data Analytics
An ideal candidate should possess both technical expertise and a strong business acumen. The candidate must be well-versed in the modern data stack, which has evolved significantly over the past five years. The successful candidate will oversee the overall end-to-end data architecture for an Enterprise Data Platform. This role requires deep expertise in data architecture, cloud platforms, and emerging data technologies to drive value. The ideal candidate is deeply technical and capable of guiding the technical direction for a large organisation.
Roles and Responsibilities
End-to-End Data Product Strategy:
- Lead the operationalization of our end-to-end data product strategy, aligning it with the company’s strategic goals.
- Develop an end-to-end Business Intelligence framework based on requirements, recommending appropriate architecture, analytics, and reporting solutions.
Data Governance & Quality:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive data governance framework.
- Establish data quality standards and procedures to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to address data quality issues and restore trust in the data.
Data Architecture & Engineering:
- Provide strategic direction and leadership for data architecture and engineering initiatives.
- Ensure data systems and platforms are designed and implemented to support next-generation data and analytics capabilities.
- Mentor and guide the analytics engineering team, enhancing their skills in data architecture and engineering best practices.
Team Leadership & Development:
- Manage and lead the Analytics and Analytics Engineering teams, fostering development and ensuring the fulfillment of the development agenda for all team members.
- Act as a senior advisor, offering expert guidance on complex data projects and challenges.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Partner with business leaders (country CEOs and HoDs) to understand their data needs and deliver actionable insights.
- Communicate data strategies, initiatives, and results to stakeholders clearly and effectively.
- Drive a data-driven culture across the organization, promoting the value of high-quality data in decision-making.
Ideally, You Have:
- Experience in building a strong data analytics team, resolving successful data quality issues in the previous organisations.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in data engineering, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role.
- Deep knowledge and expertise in the data lifecycle, data modelling, and data consumption.
- Experience in designing and implementing data privacy, data governance, data catalogue, and lineage programs.
- Extensive knowledge of modern data stacks and infrastructures, including AWS Cloud, data warehouse/data lake/data mesh, data integration tools, Airflow, DBT, Snowflake, Redshift, etc.
- Business acumen with an understanding of the retail, e-commerce, and finance landscapes.
- Experience working directly with business partners and leaders, and managing issue escalation.
- Experience managing and developing team members, mentoring colleagues to achieve career objectives, and resolving performance issues.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to derive requirements, architect solutions, and simplify and explain complex problems to diverse audiences, including executives.
What we offer:
- Excellent and competitive compensation package
- Professional and open international working environment – culturally integrating the best of all cultures to take the best of each and ensure we build an energetic, commercial, and fun working atmosphere.
- You are one of the pioneers of a new and cutting edge Intrepid product underpinned by strong tech. You have a key position in the Intrepid Insights team working on a unique product solving complex data challenges.
- Ample opportunity for personal and professional development, both on the job and through regular training (Ecommerce topics, technical skills, soft skills and leadership training) made available on our proprietary learning platform Intrepid University
- You will work with many brilliant co-workers who are movers and shakers of the industry, as well as with leading brand and ecosystem partners across all categories to shape their presence across all ecommerce platforms in the years to come, and will have a broad view on the latest developments in the South East Asian e-commerce ecosystem
Note: we will not be accepting any unsolicited resumes or CVs from headhunting or recruitment agencies at this point. Any CVs or profiles shared with us will not be entertained, and in the event of dispute, Intrepid will not be liable for any material compensation to third parties
