For our global data organization , we are looking for a Director who is responsible for cloud-based data platforms (ideally Azure) as a business backbone and who will further develop our international data landscape both operationally and strategically.

Your tasks:

• You are responsible for the overall strategic and operational responsibility of our cloud-based data platform (Microsoft Azure) as a company-wide single source of truth
• You clearly position the data platform as an entrepreneurial business backbone and represent it to the C-level from a clear management and control perspective
• You evaluate and prioritize architecture and platform decisions
• You translate complex technical topics into clear, business-relevant content for the business and the C-level ( benefits, risks and trade-offs )
• You further develop our global hub & spoke model and establish standards, playbooks and enablement structures
• You are responsible for make-or-buy decisions, the integration of market-ready data & AI solutions and the management of external partners in terms of quality and scalability
• You manage global platform teams as well as external technology and implementation partners
• You drive the company-wide adoption of the platform and consistently focus its further development on scaling and measurable added business value

Your profile:

• You have several years of management experience at director, head-of or comparable leadership level in the area of data, analytics or data platforms – ideally in global organizations
• You have experience in the responsibility and further development of cloud-based data platforms, preferably on Microsoft Azure
• You have experience in setting up and managing scalable data operating models
• You are confident in dealing with make-or-buy decisions and in managing technology vendors and implementation partners
• You can implement complex topics pragmatically and structure and scale organizations
• You have a strong entrepreneurial ownership and doer mentality as well as strong decision-making skills and actively drive topics forward, even in dynamic and challenging environments
• You have a very good command of German and English