Director/Head of Data & AI

As Director/Head of Data & AI, you will own topics critical to Upvest's product and business success. You will define and drive a data product strategy that transforms Upvest's vast volumes of transactional, market, and client data into a competitive differentiator, own the AI product roadmap end-to-end, and build and lead a world-class data & AI product function.

What you'll do

• Define and drive a data product strategy that transforms Upvest's data into a competitive differentiator for clients, internal teams, and regulators
• Establish a clear vision for how Upvest's data creates value through client-facing insights, internal intelligence, and productised data capabilities embedded within the Investment API
• Own the AI product roadmap end-to-end: identifying the highest-impact use cases, prioritising ruthlessly and driving them through to production
• Translate AI capability into productised value with clear ROI, whether deploying LLM-powered tooling, building intelligent features into the Investment API, or enabling real-time risk and compliance signals
• Define the operating model for the Data & AI product function — setting standards for discovery, delivery, and stakeholder alignment across Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Product
• Build and scale your team, attracting great talent, coaching your team, and creating a culture of ownership and high standards

What you'll need

• 7+ years in product and data management, with significant experience owning data, analytics, data science or AI products in B2B environments
• Proven track record in a regulated fintech, finance, or banking environment, with deep understanding of API-first SaaS products
• Experience translating AI/ML capabilities including LLMs and ML systems into productised value with measurable ROI
• Fluency in modern data stacks: understanding what they enable and how to prioritise investment (e.g. Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, Dagster, Lakehouse/Warehouse patterns, MLOps)
• Demonstrated ability to define and own a data and AI product roadmap with clear business outcomes
• Strong command of modern product toolkits: continuous discovery, outcome-focused roadmaps, OKRs, and fast validation cycles
• Proven experience creating cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and senior leadership
• Experience building and scaling inclusive, high-performing product or data teams

What they offer

• Best-in-class AI tools: €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available
• Professional development: €1,500 annual budget for personal and professional training
• 30 days of annual leave and sports benefits
• Confidential professional coaching and flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year
• Competitive, above-market salary and employee equity program participation