At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.

Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.

We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team.

Are you ready to join us?

As Head of Insights, you are the driving force behind Statista's insights organization and ensure that the team delivers high-quality, relevant insights based on our data at scale in an increasingly AI-driven landscape. Reporting directly to the Chief Data Officer, you lead six Team Leads and a department of approximately 40 team members, shaping how Statista creates, curates, and delivers data-driven insights to millions of users worldwide.

Your Role

• Define and continuously evolve the strategic value proposition of Statista's insights offering, ensuring its relevance and differentiation in an AI-dominated world

• Drive automation across the insights production workflow to significantly increase output while optimizing team capacity and resource allocation

• Design and implement scalable, AI-first processes that enable your teams to produce insights more efficiently without compromising on quality

• Establish and manage systematic quality assurance frameworks that ensure the accuracy, consistency, and editorial standard of all published insights

• Own topic setting and editorial direction, aligning closely with data production and general production steering to ensure a coherent strategy across the organization

• Collaborate with the Data Engineering team to build and continuously improve the tools, pipelines, and scalable infrastructure needed to support automated insights production

• Leverage analytics and customer usage data to evaluate the impact of published insights, inform topic prioritization, and thus drive measurable value for Statista's users

• Lead, develop, and empower six Team Leads, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration

Your Profile

• A genuine AI-first mindset with a clear vision for how artificial intelligence and automation can transform insights production at scale

• Proven ability to design and implement scalable processes that balance efficiency with quality in a fast-paced, output-driven environment

• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience aligning cross-functional teams such as data production, data engineering, and product around shared goals and priorities

• A data-driven approach to editorial and topic-setting decisions, with the ability to translate customer analytics into actionable insights strategies that drive real impact

• Strong strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution skills, comfortable operating at both the big-picture and operational level

• Outstanding communication skills in English, able to influence and align stakeholders across senior leadership, production, and technical teams

• An analytical, structured approach to decision-making and a track record of using data to drive operational improvements

• Experience in managing teams / managers is a plus

What we offer

In addition to our great team, culture, and our shared goal of empowering people with data, there are many other things that make Statista a great place to work! Join us and benefit from:

• Work from abroad up to 30 calendar days a year

• Hybrid work and flex-time

• International team and social events

• Subsidized urban mobility and access to fitness and wellness options

• Free access to Langdock and all its amazing functionalities

• Career & training opportunities

• Attractive locations and modern offices

• Mental health support with OpenUp

Some of the benefits listed here apply only to the German entity and to Junior-level roles or above.