Do you thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and purpose-led environment? Do you want to leverage your deep analytical, engineering and leadership skills? Are you a passionate customer-obsessed people leader with a desire to create high-performance engineering teams, delivering engaging customer experiences with a focus on a Fitter Planet? We are hiring a Head of Data Engineering to lead the data engineering organization to take charge of our advanced data infrastructure. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about building the foundations to allow business to leverage data for global impact, this is the role for you.
What you will do:
- Lead overall data engineering strategy and direction for the company. Drive technical choices and align projects with business objectives.
- Lead, manage, and grow a high-performing and diverse data engineering team.
- Develop a culture of high levels of accountability and collective ownership with the team.
- Invest in the career development of your employees with a strong focus on mentorship and learning opportunities.
- Be hands on in the code to DO in addition to lead.
- Drive common processes, quality, and performance improvements, with an emphasis on cross pollination of best practices across teams.
About the role:
We're looking for a Head of Data Engineer within our Digital and Technology team. We build and manage all of the digital solutions across Les Mills that serve over 23k clubs, 100k instructors, and 500k Movers.
Skills and experience you'll need:
- Design and implement robust ELT pipelines: Utilize modern best practices and tools such as Fivetran and dbt to ingest and transform data in our Snowflake data warehouse.
- Implement Data Governance and Engineering best practices including CI/CD pipelines, Terraform configurations and PII data deletion frameworks.
- Ensure reliable data flows: Liaise with data producers across the LMI ecosystem to maintain quality, consistency, and safety.
- Collaborate with leadership: Work closely with the Head of Analytics and Head of Machine Learning to build data pipelines that feed critical analytics and predictive ML-based systems.
About Les Mills:
At Les Mills, we're not shy about saying we're great at unlocking and amplifying our inner drive to achieve our goals.
Today, Les Mills International programs are in 20,000 gyms in over 100 countries – pair that with the boom of our digital subscription service LES MILLS+ (like Netflix for our workouts), and it’s an exciting time to be a part of our global company. Our mission is simple – to create a fitter planet.
You don’t have to be a fitness fanatic to fit in here, but you can make a workout part of your workday. If you want to grow your professional career, Les Mills International could be your place. Our mission is simple – to create a fitter planet.
What’s in it for you:
We operate as a flexible and hybrid workplace with a mix of working in the office and at home as a work scheme that enhances and encourages work/life balance. Whether that be working from home, going to the gym or doing school drop-offs/pick-ups, we want our employees to feel comfortable working in an environment where they can thrive and feel empowered.
We offer some great benefits that include:
- Free gym membership and LM+ Subscription
- 26 weeks full pay primary parental leave
- Health Insurance discount
- Friday drinks
- Monthly companywide parties/events
- Global mobility
- Dog-friendly office
- Volunteer day
- Free fresh fruits & snacks
We are a Gold Supporter of the Pride Pledge organization, committed to providing a flexible, diverse, and inclusive environment. We believe our people are the only way to help us work towards some steep growth goals and industry-leading innovations. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement. We might have something waiting in the wings that you’d be perfect for. We value the concepts of togetherness, support, equity, and respect, and that begins with increasing diversity in our teams.
