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Deputy Chief Data Officer (Deputy CDO)Cyprus / Worldwide – Remote (Any Location) · Full-Time · Research Center Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies.
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- Lead part of the Research Center’s strategic initiatives end-to-end — from business case and prioritization to delivery and measurable impact.
- Work directly with C-level executives and business heads: align priorities, commitments and trade-offs, negotiate resources and timelines with clear, numbers-based arguments.
- Own the execution of key cross-functional initiatives across the Research Center: data platform and BigQuery migration, ML projects with complex dependencies, experimentation process, AI for analytics, UX research, data quality / SLA / freshness.
- Unblock stalled projects: when work is stuck between teams or has no clear owner, define scope, owners, next steps and blockers, escalate early and drive it to delivery.
- Manage resources and backlog across teams: prioritize by business value, allocate capacity, manage dependencies between ML, backend, product and analytics, stop or rethink initiatives that don’t deliver.
- Build and run the operating system of the function: monthly reviews, quarterly planning, project reviews, retros, commitment tracking, escalation process and a single status dashboard — working with or without any single person.
- Measure everything in business terms: translate initiatives into numbers, benefits and expected impact; track ROI and results against plan; make sure “we shipped the task” is never mistaken for “the business changed”.
- Strengthen the team leads (Product Analytics, Data Engineering, ML, UX Research): help them set goals, prioritize, give honest feedback and grow as managers.
- Own the operational health of the function: data freshness, platform uptime, ML platform stability, delivery predictability and experimentation throughput.
- 7+ years in data, analytics or ML in product tech companies, including 4+ years in leadership roles managing strong specialists and team leads.
- Experience as a CDO, Deputy CDO or Head of Data / Analytics in a mid-size or large product organization is highly desirable.
- Readiness and ambition to grow into the CDO role: strategic thinking combined with the willingness to own day-to-day execution.
- A broad understanding of all Research Center domains: product and marketing analytics, A/B testing and experimentation, the ML lifecycle from idea to production, data platforms, data quality and SLA, BI / self-service, unit economics. Hands-on depth in at least one of them.
- Proven track record of execution: concrete examples of delivering complex cross-functional data / ML projects to measurable results.
- Strong operational management skills: project decomposition, planning, resource and backlog management, risk management, clean escalation, running many parallel initiatives.
- Business leader mindset: thinks in numbers, benefits and business impact; understands trade-offs between speed, quality, value and risk; always asks “what changed for the business?”.
- Experience working with and negotiating with C-level executives: confident, precise with numbers, persuasive through facts.
- Influence without formal authority: earns trust through competence and results; able to push hard and handle conflict without becoming toxic.
- Systematic, disciplined and persistent; comfortable with ambiguity and multitasking.
- Fluent Russian and English are a must.
What We Offer
~2 min read✓REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
✓The initial pay level or pay range for this role will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process and before the commencement of employment;
✓Work according to the official holiday calendar of your country of residence;
✓Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
✓7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
✓Compensation of kindergarten or school fees for your child;
✓Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
✓50% payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
✓Corporate discount for foreign language lessons;
✓Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
✓Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
✓Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.
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Where is the job
CY
Remote within one country
About this job
- Posted
- 1 day ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- November 4, 2026
- First seen
- November 4, 2026
- Last seen
- November 5, 2026
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- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 67%
- Scored at
- November 5, 2026
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Social Discovery Group is a global tech company and investment firm focused on solving loneliness and isolation through social discovery platforms, AI, and game mechanics.
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