Freelance Data Transformation Lead

Location: Europe (Remote, EU time zones)
Start: July 2026
Contract Length: 6 Months
Commitment: 5 days per week

Overview
We’re hiring a Freelance CDO to help a fast-growing scale-up define how data is structured, governed, and used across the business. This is a hands-on, operational leadership role requiring high level of strategical responsibilities with additional executional tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement a data operating model
• Resolve core data modelling decisions
• Establish data governance, ownership, and GDPR-compliant practices
• Enable consistent data usage across finance, operations, and marketing
• Advise C-level stakeholders on data strategy and investment
• Design the future data organisation

Requirements

• 10+ years in data leadership (CDO / Head of Data / similar)
• Proven experience building data capability from scratch
• Background in regulated, multi-market B2B, SaaS environments (fintech beneficial)
• Strong in data governance, federated models, and business-level data modelling
• Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (e.g. Databricks, Unity Catalog)
• Able to operate credibly at C-level and drive business alignment
• Additional experience delivering AI/ML use casses on governed data beneficial

Please ensure your CV reflects relevant experience to be considered.