Brainlabs
Head of Data Services

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Head of Data Services
Head of Data Services
Brainlabs is the media agency built to answer one question: what’s actually driving profit?
Founded in 2012 by Daniel Gilbert, we were built by engineers before we were a media agency. Today, 1,000+ Brainlabbers across five continents use our proprietary agents—built on 32 media tools and over 2,500 logged experiments—to help brands connect every channel they plan and buy to one thing: the bottom line.
About the Role
As Head of Data Services, you will lead Brainlabs' data capability across Business Intelligence (BI), Data Science, digital analytics, and Google Marketing Platform, setting the strategic direction, quality bar, and future direction for every team under your remit.
This is a role for someone who combines:
- Deep technical credibility across multiple data disciplines
- Commercial instincts to drive change at scale
- Leadership presence capable of elevating Brainlabs as a industry leader in marketing data
What You Do
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Set the Strategic Direction for Data Services
- Own the vision, roadmap, and practice-wide standards across BI, Data Science, digital analytics, and Google Marketing Platform, ensuring alignment, consistency, and quality.
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Lead the AI Overhaul of Data Services
- Drive the transformation of how data services teams operate, embedding AI into every practice area.
- Build processes, tools, and skills to make faster, more rigorous, and harder-to-replicate data delivery possible.
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Own the Commercial Performance of the Practice
- Accountable for data services revenue and growth.
- Identify expansion opportunities within existing clients, contribute to new business pitches, and nurture a pipeline of high-value data services work.
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Provide Technical Leadership Across Disciplines
- Set the standard for technical excellence in tagging and analytics, marketing mix modelling (MMM), BI, and GMP.
- Maintain depth across disciplines to lead expert practitioners, challenge thinking, and make informed decisions on approach and quality.
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Build and Develop the Leadership Team
- Manage practice leads and senior practitioners within data services.
- Create clear development pathways, structured coaching conversations, and cultivate succession depth.
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Represent Data Services Externally
- Present at C-suite and senior marketing leadership levels.
- Support major client pitches and corners of the market, and contribute to Brainlabs’ thought leadership presence.
Who You Are
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A Multi-Disciplinary Data Leader
- Proven track record of leading marketing data teams across multiple disciplines (e.g., tagging and analytics, MMM, BI) in agencies or in-house.
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Technically Credible Across the Stack
- Adequate depth in analytics, data science, and measurement to lead experts, challenge work, and make sound technical judgments even in complex settings.
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AI-First in Approach
- Clear, practical vision for how AI transforms data services delivery and leadership conviction to execute these changes at team and practice levels.
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Commercially Driven
- History of owning revenue targets, growing book of business, and spotting opportunities where data creates commercial value and inspires client investment.
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A Builder of High-Performing Teams
- Develops leadership capability, fosters technical excellence + commercial drive, and holds the team accountable for consistent performance.
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A Compelling Communicator
- Comfortable explaining data-centric processes to C-suite clients, senior internal leaders, and stakeholders who unlikely to ‘live in spreadsheets’.
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Commercial Growth
- Year-on-year growth in data services revenue with evident new business wins and client expansion.
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AI Transformation
- Achievable measurable adoption of AI, with documented improvements in efficiency and quality.
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Practice Quality
- Consistent high client satisfaction and QA metrics across disciplines, with demonstrable upward trend since your leadership began.
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Team and Leadership Development
- Leaders in your team are developing and performing strongly, backed by clear examples of how you built capability and succession.
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Market Position
- Brainlabs is increasingly viewed as a data services leader, evidenced by new market wins, published thought leadership, and reputation growth.
How to Proceed
We understand job searching can be challenging, and both parties should feel confident of the right fit.
Your participation in a thorough interview process (including skills interviews with our team) will allow you what we learn about each other, so you fully understand whether this role is right for you—and vice versa.
About Brainlabs
Brainlabs actively welcomes applications from candidates of all diversities and backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity workplace, valuing and providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of:
- Age
- Disability
- Sex
- Gender reassignment
- Sexual orientation
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Marriage and civil partnerships
If you need accommodation during the application process due to a disability or special requirement, please let us know.
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