About the role
As an ideal candidate to head the AI & Data Solutions Hub, you will help all group functions and business users in translating their AI and data into meaningful information for quantitative decision-making and intelligent steering. If you strive to take ownership and develop creative solutions, are fascinated by technology, and like to work in a challenging and fast-paced environment, then you are exactly the person we are looking for.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the evolution, scalability, and reliability of the organization's AI and Data platforms delivery team.
- Define and execute strategic plans for AI and Data, oversee implementation, enhancements, and ongoing operations.
- Develop end-to-end solution strategies and a clear roadmap for AI, data, and analytics capabilities aligned with business needs.
- Translate business strategy into an information and analytics strategy with a strong focus on the enablement of business stakeholders via the utilization of AI and advanced data methodologies.
- Act as a role model, people leader, and senior expert, fostering talent, coaching team members, and building a high-performing organization.
- Participate in high-level meetings and presentations to showcase the delivery capabilities and value proposition.
- Lead effectively in an agile environment, continuously driving improvement across teams and initiatives.
- Apply design thinking and solution-oriented approaches to deliver innovative, practical outcomes.
- Stay current on emerging technologies, data trends, and skills needed to proactively evolve the team.
- Support strategic and compliance (2nd line of defense) initiatives within Corporate IT.
- Align with the team, ensure every delivery is broken down to the task level.
- Setting up sprints in JIRA and aligning with client teams on the deliveries that will be done in the sprint.
- Setting up tasks, sub-tasks in JIRA, assigning tasks to individuals in the team, tracking, and monitoring of the tasks.
- Organize daily stand-up calls with the team, and stay connected with the team on the progress of tasks assigned.
- Tracking delays on completion of tasks and understanding the reasons for delays.
- Continuous monitoring of the tool and assignment of tickets to the right associate in the team.
- Alignment with the client IT team to ensure the priority of individual tickets is appropriately set.
- Focus on priority/emergency bugs.
- Ensure backlog is always kept under control.
- Continuous discussion with the team to address the backlog.
- Ensure periodic updates are sent to all stakeholders.
- Very effective stakeholders' management across the different teams.
Requirements:
- 15+ years' experience delivering analytics solutions across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Proven leadership of complex system integrations (Cloud to Cloud, SAP to SAP, non-SAP to SAP), ensuring the right expertise is brought together to deliver successfully.
- Strong understanding of business operations, data mesh concepts, data domains, and data products, with the ability to translate them into AI-driven business value.
- Hands-on expertise with modern data and analytics platforms (Google BigQuery, Databricks, SAP BW/4HANA) and AI services/technologies (Vertex AI/Gemini).
- Good knowledge in designing and delivering analytics front-end solutions using SAP Analytics Cloud, Microsoft Power BI, and Google Looker.
- Deliver SAP MDG (Master Data Governance) related projects, including new implementations, upgrades, and enhancements.
- Solid grounding in engineering practices and IT processes, including change, release, and incident management.
- Experienced in agile project delivery, driving agile ways of working within IT and in collaboration with business teams.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills, able to convey complex topics clearly and convincingly to Clever audiences.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Regular operational tasks with Function leads.