Head of Data Platform & Analytics

Media Markt
Rotterdam, Netherlands
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Tech stack

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

Job description

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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

Benefits & conditions

  • 30 days vacation & company pension plan
  • Employees discount & Fitness Collaborations
  • Training & leadership programs
  • Open corporate culture & Teamwork
  • Mobile work (50/50)

About the company

Our best solutions arise when diverse perspectives come together. Diversity is key to achieving our vision of becoming the Experience Champion in Consumer Electronics. We value diversity, promote equal opportunities, and foster inclusion - join our team!

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