Head of Data Platform & Analytics

Media Gmbh

Ingolstadt, Germany

9 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Ingolstadt, Germany

Artificial Intelligence

Data analysis

Google BigQuery

Information Engineering

Data Governance

Data Warehousing

SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse

Google Data Studio

Large Language Models

Data Analytics

Looker Analytics

Build and scale a modern cloud-based data ecosystem as the foundation for analytics and AI
Establish a data product operating model serving BI, data science, and AI use cases
Ensure analytics-ready and ML-ready data for AI agents and LLM-based applications, predictive models, forecasting, optimization
Enable AI-powered analytics, incl. "chat with your data" Drive the evolution from reporting
predictive & prescriptive analytics
Define and embed data governance (ownership, quality, standards) into the platform
Lead and scale a team of Data Analytics Engineers
Act as a senior interface to Data Science, AI, Business, and IT teams

Do you have experience in Leadership?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Extensive experience in data, analytics, or data platform leadership roles

Proven experience modernizing or replacing legacy DWH / BW landscapes including establishment of Data Governance
Strong understanding of Data Engineering (pipelines, transformations, scalability), Analytics & BI (semantic layers, self-service), Data Science & ML (feature readiness, training vs. inference needs)
Experience in enabling data for AI / ML use cases at scale
Strong people leadership and enterprise stakeholder management
Experience with GCP-based data ecosystems, incl. BigQuery (analytical & ML-ready data modeling) and Looker / Looker Studio (semantic layer, governed self-service)
Familiarity with ML pipelines and feature concepts (offline / online features)
Exposure to LLM-based analytics and AI agent architectures
Understanding of governance, security, and compliance in cloud environments
Product- and value-driven mindset
Systems thinker (m/f/d) across analytics, AI, and governance
Pragmatic builder (m/f/d) with strategic perspective
Credible sparring partner (m/f/d) for business and AI leadership