Jonathan Palmer is the former VP of Data at Scopely, a US-based unicorn behind hit mobile games such as Monopoly GO!.
He grew and led the data team at Scopely to 50 people, mostly based in Barcelona.
Before that, Jon was Product Director for Core Data Services at King, the Swedish unicorn behind the hit game Candy Crush. He was also Head of BI at GoCardless, the British unicorn. And he is now field CTO at Omni, the BI & AI Analytics platform.
We cover:
π₯ Workstream #1: scaling the data organization from 10 to 50 people (main teams, organizationβ¦)
π₯ Workstream #2: building a modern data stack to improve performance, simplify hiring, and support hypergrowth
π₯ Workstream #3: evolving roles, developing leaders, and adapting the organization as the company scaled
π₯ The biggest challenges: imposter syndrome, managing change, and cultural differences
π RESOURCES
- Jonβs Linkedin profile
- The book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
π¬ CHAPTERS
00:00 What's Scopely?
01:52 The context when he arrived
02:41 Organizing the data team
08:45 Building a Modern Data Stack
13:44 Adapting the team to new needs
15:37 Fighting the imposter syndrome
16:57 Leading a big team
20:23 Managing cultural differences
23:15 Why he joined Omni
25:00 Jonβs favorite resources
26:13 His best advice
π€© OTHER EPISODES YOU SHOULD LOVE
#8 - Marshmallow: Building the data analytics team at a unicorn
#4 - Ex-VP of Product at Looker, he launched Omni, the challenger in Business Intelligence
#1 - BlaBlaCar : Managing 50 Data People with Manu, VP Data
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