Head of Data

Happyco

On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level data leaders who thrive in both strategic planning and hands-on technical work within the property management software domain.

Best fit for

Data architects who can unify fragmented systems into a canonical model
— “unifying fragmented operational data into a canonical entity model”
Leaders comfortable with AI-driven product feature development
— “expanding into AI-orchestrated, event-driven workflows”
Collaborators who bridge product vision with technical execution
— “translate product ideas and business questions into reliable data systems”

Things to consider

Expect significant architectural transformation of legacy systems
— “modernizing legacy systems while expanding into AI-orchestrated”
Role requires direct contribution to modeling and analytics
— “contributing directly to data modeling, analytics, and machine learning initiatives”

How to stand out

Showcase experience building property graphs for operational data
— “property graph that powers analytics, benchmarking insights”
Demonstrate translating business questions into AI product features
— “enable intelligent product capabilities”
Highlight cross-functional leadership with product and engineering teams
— “Working closely with Product and Engineering”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Executive

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

lead the development of HappyCo’s data strategy and infrastructure
unify fragmented operational data
power analytics, benchmarking insights, and AI-enabled product features

Typical background

senior data leadership experiencehands-on data modeling and analytics

Skills & requirements

Required

Data StrategyData InfrastructureData ModelingAnalyticsMachine LearningEvent-driven ArchitecturesAi-orchestrated Workflows

Preferred

Agentic AI SystemsLangchainAgent FrameworksPrompt EngineeringClaude CodeCopilot

Stack & domain

Data StrategyData InfrastructureData ModelingAnalyticsMachine LearningAi-orchestratedEvent-driven WorkflowsStrategic LeadershipTeam BuildingOperational ExcellenceCross-functional PartnershipExecutive EngagementProperty Management SoftwareAIData Science

About the role

Original posting from Happyco via Lever

HappyCo is a company where people can grow their careers and work with like minded people, with no egos or politics. HappyCo is values driven and offers a flexible, supportive culture. Join HappyCo and Make Work Happy!
About HappyCo
HappyCo builds modern property management software that helps owners and operators deliver better living experiences at scale. As we continue to evolve our platform, we are entering a period of significant architectural transformation—modernizing legacy systems while expanding into AI-orchestrated, event-driven workflows that will define the next generation of our product.
The Role
The Head of Data will lead the development of HappyCo’s data strategy and infrastructure, with a primary focus on unifying fragmented operational data into a canonical entity model and property graph that powers analytics, benchmarking insights, and AI-enabled product features.
This role is both strategic and hands-on. As the company’s most senior data leader, the Head of Data will design the architecture for HappyCo’s data platform while also contributing directly to data modeling, analytics, and machine learning initiatives.
Working closely with Product and Engineering, this role will translate product ideas and business questions into reliable data systems that generate meaningful insights and enable intelligent product capabilities.

Source: Happyco careers (Lever)