Head of Data

About Ukio |

We are one of the most promising startups of 2025 with headquarters in Spain. We were founded in Barcelona, and since then, we've expanded to include offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Berlin, and Paris. This is only the beginning as we've got our sights set on spreading to the rest of Europe and later to include other continents as well 🚀.

Ukio's mission is to empower individuals to live where they want, when they want 🌎. We do this by disrupting the traditional residential real estate market, providing fully furnished and artfully designed apartments for stays starting at one month. We remove all the hassle around finding a rental with no long-term contracts, security deposits, broker fees, moving/buying furniture, etc., giving choice and flexibility to allow people to plant their roots anywhere 💥.

Backed by Europe's best Venture Capital firms, this year will be vital in our growth as we look to further build out our team, further establish ourselves in our current markets, and expand our reach into multiple new markets 🔥. We are currently ranked in the top 10 startups in Spain by Linkedin, and we have successfully raised a Series A investment round of €27 million that will help propel our growth throughout Western Europe and bring us closer to reaching our goals🥇.

Our culture |

We honor diversity, compassion, and honesty above all else in our team. We’ve already got a great mix of dedicated, collaborative, and results-driven people and are looking for more like minded folks to join our team. In true startup fashion, we always embrace the unknown and grant full autonomy to our team members to act as the owners of their projects and tasks. We are creators who embrace dynamic environments and take on and build up projects from scratch.

Our team is composed of everyone from foodies to athletes, adventure seekers to art buffs. We know fun, and we always have a team event on our calendars, so are you ready to join us?

We’re looking for a Head of Data to lead Ukio’s data strategy and scale a data-driven culture across the company. This is a foundational leadership role, reporting to the CTO, with direct impact on how we make decisions and grow.

You’ll define and own the data roadmap, build and mentor a high-performing team, and partner with Product, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and the C-suite to ensure data is accessible, trusted, and actionable.

Responsibilities |

• Define and own the company’s data strategy, setting a clear roadmap.
• Scale a data-driven culture, promoting data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Build and lead a high-performing team, attracting and developing top data talent.
• Partner with key teams (Product, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and the C-suite) to ensure data is accessible, trusted, and actionable.
• Establish and enforce data governance standards, ensuring compliance and high data quality.
• Develop scalable data infrastructure, optimizing pipelines, storage, and processing.
• Drive self-service analytics, enabling teams to independently access and explore data.
• Deliver key insights to executive leadership, supporting strategic decision-making.
• Ensure data quality and reliability, identifying and resolving inconsistencies.
• Turn data into a competitive advantage, aligning data strategy with business goals.

Requirements |

• 3+ years of experience in data leadership, analytics, or business intelligence, including managing high-performing teams.
• Proven experience aligning data with business strategy in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations that drive growth, efficiency, and customer experience.
• Strong SQL skills to query and manipulate large datasets efficiently.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and visualization.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Metabase, Tableau, Power BI) to create dashboards for stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills—you can speak both business and tech.
• Startup experience or working in fast-scaling environments is a big plus.
• Experience presenting analysis findings from management to C-level executives to support decision-making processes.
• Empower users across the organization by helping them to better understand our data structure and how to extract the most value out of it.
• Experience or interest in data science, predictive modeling, or AI/ML applications is a strong plus.