Head of Data Migrations - Migrations Team

As part of GiG’s growth strategy, we are establishing a dedicated Migrations Team to leadthe migration of brands from legacy systems and other platforms into our modern GiGCoreX platform. In the role of Head of Data Migration, you will lead and oversee all data migration initiatives across GiG's product suite, ensuring seamless transitions from legacy systems to the CoreX platform. This role will focus on standardizing migration processes, enhancing automation, and promoting data governance and consistency across CoreX,Magic, LogicX, and DataX.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development: Lead recruitment and onboarding, ensuring team composition aligns with evolving operational needs. Conduct monthly one-on-ones, mentor team members, and define career pathways aligned with GiG’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs): Develop and implement standardized procedures for data migrations to ensure consistency, efficiency, and quality across all projects.
• Migration Templates & Self-Service Capabilities: Expand and enhance existing migration templates, aiming to create self-service tools that empower teams to execute migrations with minimal oversight.
• Migration Support & Maintenance: Oversee the upkeep and support of migrated systems
  post-launch, ensuring smooth operations and addressing any issues promptly.
• Research & Development (R&D): Investigate and integrate automation solutions,
  leveraging existing tools within the GiG ecosystem and incorporating AI technologies to
  accelerate migration processes.
• Migration Trials: Design and conduct migration trials to identify potential issues and
  mitigate risks during actual migration events.
• Case Studies & Documentation: Produce detailed case studies that showcase GiG's
  expertise in data migrations, highlighting successful internal and external projects.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with product, compliance, and delivery
  teams to plan and execute migrations, ensuring alignment with business objectives and
  timelines.
• Migration Status Tracking: Establish mechanisms to monitor and report on the status of
  migrations, integrating with complex project plans to provide real-time updates.
• Data Governance & Consistency: Serve as the ambassador for data governance,
  promoting data consistency across CoreX, Magic, LogicX, and DataX, and ensuring
  adherence to best practices.
• Training & Documentation: Ensure data delivery adheres to governance, security, and
  compliance standards. Document operational processes, incident playbooks, and
  onboarding materials. Facilitate upskilling and training initiatives that enhance your team's technical capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering.
• Proven experience in leading data migration projects, preferably within the iGaming or regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, compliance, and data quality assurance practices.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with structured and unstructured datasets.
• Familiarity with automation tools and AI technologies applied to data migration.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Strong experience with Big Data and streaming technologies including ClickHouse, Kafka and NiFi
• Strong knowledge of Microservices, APIs, GraphQL

Benefits

• Great career development opportunities
• Hybrid working model
• International Health Insurance
• Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR per year)
• Birthday Day Off
• Me Time - 1 day off per year

About Gaming Innovation Group

We are an award-winning iGaming platform and sportsbook provider supplying industry-leading solutions to our partners and their players. We specialise in helping online and land-based operators expand their iGaming and sports betting business on a global scale, focusing on innovation and customisation to power localised customer experiences and intimate user journeys. As a regulated markets specialist, we offer compliant entry into 36+ complex regulated markets around the world.

Our powerful iGaming platform is built to be scalable, open and user-centric, rapidly integrating with our partners' existing tech and preferred third parties. It provides a personalised user experience through our suite of real-time marketing tools, real-time data, and real-time rules engine, allowing our partners to build their own automated bespoke rules, without the need for coding knowledge.

Our sportsbook is built mobile-first and provides a premium player experience through our Bet builder, comprehensive Live betting capabilities and Player props. Our partners benefit from tailored odds, personalised margins, and risk management strategy, increasing the players’ personalised experience. Our partners benefit from an in-house trading team available 24/7 through direct communication channels, delivering unparalleled agility and service to all our partners, around the clock.