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# Head of Data Platform

- **Company:** Solactive AG
- **Location:** Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Hub, Data Infrastructure, Reference Data, DataOps, Snowflake, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Databricks
- **Published:** July 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5804567805

## About the Role

* Experience: 10+ years in data engineering, platform management, or infrastructure leadership, including 5+ years leading large teams.
 * Domain Knowledge: Understanding of financial market data (e.g., pricing, reference, corporate actions, ESG, and alternative data).
 * Technical Expertise:
 + Deep experience with modern data architectures and tools (e.g., Kafka, Airflow, Flink, Iceberg, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS/GCP/Azure).
 + Proven ability to operate large-scale data ingestion and processing systems handling financial or reference data.
 * Leadership: Track record of leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver business-critical systems in complex environments.
 * Soft Skills: Excellent communicator with strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities.

## Description

At Solactive, data powers everything we do. We are looking for a Director, Data Platform to lead the architecture and operation of our internal data hub, ensuring clean, reliable, and timely market data reaches our teams. If you thrive on building scalable, high-impact data platforms, we'd love to hear from you., * Translate market data and client requirements into platform capabilities, aligning technical solutions with business and product objectives.

 * Define and deliver the data platform vision by building and operating a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure that underpins index construction, analytics, and client delivery.
 * Lead and develop a high-performing team of ~30 data engineers and operations professionals, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.
 * Oversee end-to-end data operations from ingestion and normalization of hundreds of external market data sources to reliable internal distribution.
 * Shape data architecture and governance frameworks to ensure data quality, lineage, compliance, and operational excellence.
 * Drive strategic alignment and execution across engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver on shared business outcomes.
 * Promote innovation and systems thinking by evaluating internal and external solutions or services to ensure the platform evolves with new technologies, data sources, and business needs.
 * Communicate vision and progress effectively to stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Partner with HR and senior leadership to attract, develop, and retain top talent, building sustainable leadership and technical depth within the team.


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