Head of Data Science

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FeverUp

Madrid

Hybrid

Posted April 20, 2026

Job Description

Hey there!
We’re Fever, the world’s leading tech platform for culture and live entertainment.

Our mission? To democratize access to culture and entertainment. With our proprietary cutting-edge technology and data-driven approach, we’re revolutionizing the way people engage with live entertainment.

Every month, our platform inspires over 300 million people in +55 countries (and counting) to discover unforgettable experiences while also empowering event creators with our data and technology, helping them scale, innovate, and enhance their events to reach new audiences.

Our results? We’ve teamed up with major industry leaders like Netflix, F.C. Barcelona, and Primavera Sound, presented international award-winning experiences, and are backed by several leading global investors! Impressive, right?

To achieve our mission, we are looking for bar-raisers with a hands-on mindset who are eager to help shape the future of entertainment!

Ready to be part of the experience?

Now, let’s discuss this role and what you will do to help achieve Fever’s mission.

Location: Madrid

About the Role

We are looking for a Head of Data Science to lead and scale a world-class team, driving high-impact business optimization across Fever.

In this role, you will act as a strategic partner to the business, translating ambitious goals into a clear, structured, and actionable Data Science roadmap. You will play a key role in shaping how data and advanced analytics are leveraged to improve decision-making and unlock growth opportunities.

As a leader, you will be responsible for building, mentoring, and developing a high-performing Data Science team, fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.

At the same time, you will operate as a hands-on practitioner, maintaining strong technical depth. You will review model designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure the highest standards of scientific rigor across all initiatives.

This is a unique opportunity to combine strategy, leadership, and technical expertise to drive meaningful impact at scale.

What You’ll Do

Lead a team of Data Scientists that work in several different capacities to improve the overall decision making capabilities at the company to drive business optimisation and connect people to the best and most relevant experiences.
Scale up the team into a world-class Data Science team owning the full hiring funnel from job definition to offer.
Refine the culture and team dynamics to nurture and grow a cutting-edge Data Science team providing clear mentorship and career growth plans while instilling a culture of intellectual rigour and fast iteration.
Act as internal evangelist for a data-driven culture, influencing product, commercial, and operations teams to embed advanced Data Science and AI solutions into key business workflows.
Help drive the adoption of AI within the Data Science team and the wider organisation augmenting the team’s capability and throughput while retaining scientific excellence and rigour.
Drive projects end-to-end in partnership with cross-functional teams with our stakeholders in business, product, and engineering to devise data-driven solutions to optimise Fever’s business.
Lead the design and deployment of models driving the highest impact within Fever’s business in areas such as marketing optimisation, dynamic pricing, investment decision support, etc.
Own the experimentation framework (A/B testing, causal inference, incrementality measurement) used to evaluate experiments’ effectiveness at scale.
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