Head of Data

About Birdie

At Birdie, we’re reimagining care for older adults. We’re building the technology that powers the future of home healthcare, empowering care teams with tools to deliver better, more dignified care, and enabling older people to thrive in their own homes for longer. Our all-in-one solution powers millions of care visits every month, equipping care providers with the tools they need to deliver exceptional, efficient care.

We’re not here to tinker at the edges. We’re here to radically transform a broken system.

That’s why we’ve built an all-in-one platform that supported over 60 million care visits and enabled care for 116,000 individuals in 2025, and we continue to grow our impact. We’re scaling fast, but staying true to our purpose. That’s why we’re proud to be a B Corp, using business as a force for good.

Founded in 2017, Birdie is backed by world-class investors like Index Ventures, Sofina and Omers. In 2023, we ranked #6 in the Deloitte Fast 50, making us one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK. You can check out more about our impact and recognition here.

But speed isn’t the point. Impact is.

Your mission

As Head of Data at Birdie, your mission is to turn data into one of our most powerful assets: rebuilding the platform that powers how we understand care, and creating analytics products that give our customers the insight they need to deliver better outcomes for older adults.

How you will contribute

• Own and drive our customer-facing analytics product, working closely with the product team to design and ship data features that create real value for care providers.
• Lead the modernisation of our data platform, making architectural decisions that make our platform reliable, scalable and fit for external use.
• Define and communicate a data strategy that connects platform investment to product outcomes and earns buy-in from senior stakeholders across the business.
• Build and lead a high-performing data team, establishing clear ways of working that protect focus and reduce reactive, ad-hoc demand.
• Act as the bridge between technical data capability and product thinking, ensuring what we build is both technically sound and genuinely useful to the people using it.

You'll thrive here if...

• You have designed or materially rebuilt a cloud data platform and can make architectural tradeoffs without needing a technical translator.
• You have shipped analytics or data features to external users and understand what it takes to make data trustworthy and useful for non-technical customers.
• You are equally comfortable presenting a data strategy to leadership and getting into the detail of a data model with your team.
• You build alignment through credibility and communication rather than authority, and you enjoy working across product, engineering and commercial teams.
• You are motivated by mission-driven work and want the data you build to ultimately improve the lives of older adults and the care teams who support them.

What You’ll Get From Us

We believe people do their best work when they’re supported, trusted and inspired. Here’s how we build a world-class employee experience:

Compensation

• Competitive base salary, reviewed against benchmarks annually
• Generous stock options - because we’re building this together
• Bi-annual performance cycles with individual compensation reviews

Learning & Growth

• Annual personal learning budget and access to training, coaching and mentorship
• Time and space for growth - you set your development goals, we back them

Flexible Working

• Hybrid working - 2–3 days per week in our incredible London HQ
• Budget to set up your home workspace
• Regular in-person meetups, socials and offsites

Time Off

• 33 days holiday (25 days + public holidays)
• Extra day off on your birthday (use it whenever you like!)
• Company shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• 2 volunteering days each year to give back to causes that matter

Family-first Policies

• Industry leading paid primary and secondary caregiver leave
• 5 paid days for fertility treatments for those who need it
• Private health insurance with AXA
• Wellbeing perks via Happl (gym discounts, mental health support, and more)

Other Perks

• Cycle to work scheme
• 4% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5% (UK)
• A deeply human, radically transparent culture

Why Birdie?

Because you want to do meaningful work that improves lives - and grow at speed while doing it. We’re building more than a product - we’re building a movement. A movement to show that tech, when built with empathy and integrity, can change lives.

We’re a team of entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers. Join us to shape the future of care, work alongside ambitious, kind people, and help reimagine how society cares for its older adults. We dream big, act fast, and work collaboratively with one goal in mind: to create a world where we all age with confidence.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture. That means creating a hiring process that gives everyone a fair chance regardless of background, identity or lived experience.

Need adjustments or support during the application process? Let us know. We’re here to help.

Ready to build the future of care?

Apply now. Be part of something that matters.

Key skills/competency

• Data Strategy
• Data Platform Modernization
• Analytics Product Development
• Team Leadership
• Cloud Data Architecture
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Modeling
• Product-Led Data
• Data Governance
• Healthcare Technology