Head of Data Strategy

Job Description

Curinos is looking for a skilled and technically strong Head of Data Strategy. Reporting to Curinos Chief Technology, Product & AI Officer, the role focuses on developing and implementing the path towards assembling a comprehensive view of bank customers across consumer, small business, and commercial banking while ensuring strong governance, privacy, and regulatory compliance across all data assets.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Curinos’ enterprise data strategy, spanning acquisition and connection; aligning with business, product, AI, and platform product roadmaps and objectives
• Remove friction from the growth of our data assets by leveraging awareness of data federation, zero-copy access through the latest data technologies such as Databricks, SnowFlake, BigQuery; Open Banking Data protocols and APIs; and key strategic partnerships
• Establish best practices for data ingestion, normalization, enrichment, and distribution across complex financial services ecosystems
• Partner with Curinos business development and incubation resources to lead a portfolio of strategic data and platform partner opportunities, setting priorities, building executive-level engagement, and translating partner capabilities into product, AI, and commercial growth opportunities
• Develop strategic and economic business cases for data partnerships, including data quality, exclusivity, defensibility, integration complexity, regulatory fit, and long-term product applicability
• Drive strategy for PII management, identity resolution, and data linkage across customer, internal and third-party datasets
• Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements including data privacy, information security, and model risk management frameworks
• Own data governance standards, metadata management, lineage tracking, and data quality frameworks
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to standards such as GLBA, CCPA, and emerging regulatory expectations
• Serve as a thought leader internally and externally on data strategy trends within financial services

Desired Skills & Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in data strategy, data architecture, or enterprise data leadership roles
• Strong technical expertise in modern cloud data platforms (e.g., Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake) and data engineering patterns
• Deep understanding of the financial services data ecosystem, including banks, payment providers, connectivity platforms (e.g., Plaid), and data vendors
• Experience identifying, evaluating, negotiating, or scaling strategic data partnerships, preferably involving third-party financial, consumer, identity, payments, or open banking data assets
• Experience working with sensitive financial data, including PII, and implementing identity resolution frameworks
• Familiarity with AI/ML data requirements, feature engineering, and model data pipelines
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills across technical and business audiences
• Experience working in a fast-paced, product-driven and AI-enabled organization preferred

Pay Range

Salary Range: $200,000- $250,000 USD (plus bonus)

Why Work at Curinos?

• Competitive benefits, including a range of Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits to choose from
• Flexible working options, including home working, flexible hours and part time options, depending on the role requirements – please ask!
• Unlimited PTO policy, floating holidays, volunteering days and a day off for your birthday
• Learning and development tools to assist with your career development
• Regular social events and networking opportunities
• Collaborative, supportive culture, including an active DE&I program
• Employee Assistance Program which provides expert third-party advice on wellbeing, relationships, legal and financial matters, as well as access to counselling services

Application

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't meet all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have relevant skills or experience, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need!

Inclusivity at Curinos

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Curinos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.