Data Platform Manager

• Lead and mentor a small, global team of data platform administrators and architects
• Assign tasks and projects based on team members' skills and expertise
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback for team development
• Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment

• Ensure high availability and performance of all in-scope data platforms
• Develop and implement strategies for platform upgrades and enhancements
• Monitor and optimize platform capacity to support data growth, including the robust KPI management
• Implement robust security measures across all data platforms

• Research and evaluate new data platform technologies and solutions
• Propose and implement innovative solutions to improve data quality and performance
• Stay current with industry trends in data platforms
• Lead proof-of-concept projects for new data platform capabilities

• Establish and maintain SLAs for data platform administration services
• Monitor and report on SLA compliance
• Implement processes to ensure consistent service delivery within agreed SLAs
• Continuously improve service delivery to meet or exceed SLA targets

• Engage with internal stakeholders to understand data platform requirements
• Manage relationships with external partners and suppliers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align data platform strategies with business objectives
• Communicate platform status, plans, and performance to relevant stakeholders

• Provide data technology architecture services to optimize solution designs
• Develop and maintain data platform architecture standards and best practices
• Review and approve data platform designs and assumptions for new projects
• Ensure data platform designs align with overall enterprise architecture and security requirements

• Implement metrics to measure platform performance and efficiency
• Analyze platform usage data to identify areas for improvement
• Lead initiatives to optimize costs and resource utilization
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices within the team and organization

• 5+ years of data engineering experience, including software development
• 8+ years of professional information technology experience
• Ability to demonstrate a mindset of data technology architecture and innovation

• Experience of working within a culturally diverse global company
• Conversational French would be advantageous

• Strong leadership with the ability to draw and embody a strategic vision
• Flexible working hours to accommodate diverse geographic locations
• Communicate a compelling vision & inspire teams to personally connect with achieving it.
• Demonstrate the courage & desire to tackle difficult conversations or decisions in the right way.

• Ability to drive the changes
• Leads and collaborates across boundaries fostering an inclusive environment.
• Effectively network to share knowledge & insight and to drive performance.
• Clearly articulates own viewpoint & listens to & considers others’ views.

• Superior analytical mindset
• Deliver short term results while maintaining focus on the longer term.
• Adapt to changing business priorities whilst maintaining focus on personal and team results.
• Demonstrate a longer term outlook and use it to build plans for the future.

• Continuous improvement mindset
• Gather external insight from other organizations & customers to innovate & drive business performance.
• Look to find ways to do things better, quicker or more efficiently taking in account various views & perspectives from different stakeholders.
• Challenge the status quo by questioning the way we have always done things.

Full time Permanent