Data Analytics Technical Lead

Introduction

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About our Support Functions

A global organization. It's not just those in our industrial sites and technical centers that are vital to Umicore's growth. Across our support functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve - whether it's by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we've already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

About the context

Umicore is deploying a new data analytics platform combined with a Data Mesh architecture and governance model. This approach is designed to streamline the way of working and maximize value for both Business Units and the Group by enabling them to fully leverage their data assets. While our data mesh strategy focuses on establishing strong governance and business ownership in a domain-drive approach, or new data platform aims to enhance business insights and drive value through digital initiatives like Analytics, Data Science, and AI.

This data platform in Azure is based on dbt, Databricks, and Azure Data Factory. It enables our Business Units make the most of their data by creating solutions that enhance business insights and drive value through digital initiatives like Analytics, Data Science, and AI. The job opening is in the Data Solutions Center of Excellence, which provides tooling and technical capabilities to the teams that develop and run data products. Additionally, the team provides technical lead expertise to the build-and-run teams.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Specialist to join our dynamic team.

Your tasks

About the Role

This role is pivotal in guiding and coaching our data engineers while continuously improving our data platform. Your focus will be the BI tech lead role on the short and mid-term, with the opportunity on the longer term to cross-cover platform capability development.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership:
• Mentorship and Coaching:
• Collaboration:
• Best Practices:
• Security and Compliance:
• Standards Definition:
• Problem Solving:
• Platform Improvement:
• Innovation:

You will be a team member of the Data Solutions Center of Excellence, in Corporate Information Systems. You will report hierarchically to the Head of Business Applications.

will be Brussels. Travel to the other Umicore sites might be required on occasional basis.

Your profile

Qualifications:

• Education:
• Experience:
• Technical Skills:
• Leadership Skills:
• Communication:
• Problem-Solving:
• Collaboration:
• Personality: Enjoy working with people, service-minded towards customers while guarding good practices in coding and security.

We offer

Location

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. As you would expect from a world-leading organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

• Education:
• Experience:
• Technical Skills:
• Leadership Skills:
• Communication:
• Problem-Solving:
• Collaboration:
• Personality: Enjoy working with people, service-minded towards customers while guarding good practices in coding and security.

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. As you would expect from a world-leading organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?