Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Data Analytics professionals, owning coaching, regular check-ins, performance management, competency development, career conversations, annual reviews, training and certification planning.
- Provide functional and technical leadership across our Data Product teams, staying close to delivery, challenging analytical approaches and acting as a sparring partner for complex analytics, data modelling and BI topics.
- Stay technically hands-on where your expertise adds value, contributing to selected analytics initiatives, solving complex data challenges and supporting your team with Senior Data Analyst-level expertise without taking over their day-to-day delivery responsibilities.
- Shape Data Analytics as a capability, establishing and evolving standards, best practices and ways of working across analytics engineering, data modelling, Power BI, self-service analytics and AI-assisted development.
- Work in partnership with Product Managers and Data Engineering leadership in our matrix organization. Product Managers drive the product roadmap and business priorities, while you ensure that the right people, skills, technical quality and development environment are in place to deliver successfully.
- Help scale our Analytics organization, partnering with the Director Data on workforce planning, recruiting, screening, onboarding and the development of internal and external talent.
- Create an environment where people can grow, ensuring your team has the clarity, feedback, support and opportunities required to continuously strengthen both technical expertise and business-domain knowledge.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on Data Analytics or Analytics Engineering background, with technical capabilities comparable to a Senior Data Analyst and a strong understanding of SQL, data modelling, BI and modern analytics architectures.
- Experience working with modern cloud analytics platforms.
- Proven people-management experience, ideally 3+ years leading Data Analytics, Analytics Engineering or comparable technical teams, including coaching, performance management, hiring, feedback and career development.
- Understanding of data, analytics and data modelling beyond the technology itself and experience in at least one relevant business or data domain.
- Comfortable leading people in a matrix organization.
- Enjoys working at the intersection of people, business and technology.
- Communicates confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working remotely within Germany with monthly presence in Cologne.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Databricks, Power BI/Microsoft Fabric and the Microsoft Azure ecosystem is highly beneficial, but we also value strong experience with comparable modern data and analytics technologies.
Benefits
- Work from Home: If your job does not require you to be present in the office, we can arrange the place you work from individually - even for up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU.
- Redcare events: We promote teambuilding through creative team events, and celebrate our successes together at regularly scheduled parties.
- Kindergarten Grant: We offer our employees who pay for childcare in kindergarten 100,00 € (total) per month.
- Mental health: Get quick professional help from psychologists from nilo if you feel overwhelmed in your personal or professional life. Anonymously and free of charge.
- Personal Development: We are all constantly learning. That's why we support and foster your career development through internal & external training and help you grow.
- Mobility: Your commute matters to us. We provide our employees with a fully costed Deutschland Ticket which can be used at any time.
- Sports & Health: Your well-being is our top priority. Therefore, we offer you a range of opportunities to improve your health. Profit from a membership (M) package at Urban Sports Club, providing a variety of sports offers tailored to your interests.
Additional Information
- Travel expenses related to anchor days in Cologne are fully reimbursed.
- While this is a remote position based in Germany, it may require occasional on-site collaboration at our offices in Berlin or Cologne, depending on business and team requirements.
