Director of Data Products
Director of Data Products
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As part of the Business Technology department this role contributes directly to our companys strategic ambition of delivering a seamless data-driven retail experience. We are currently transitioning from a traditional process- and project-based organization to a product-oriented operating model with technology data and AI at the heart of this transformation.
Are you passionate about turning raw data into reusable data products accelerating our growth strategy Do you love shaping the engineering culture that lets our teams thrive Then this might be your next adventure!
As Director of Data Products you will be responsible for 8 to 10 multi-disciplinary teams that create and operate the data products for all business domains from Finance and HR to Supply Chain Retail and Digital Commerce. As part of the Data Analytics & AI management team you will not only drive operational business success but also fuel our global Analytics & Artificial Intelligence products and be involved in key technology choices that sit at the heart of our data architecture.
Leveraging your strong technical background in Data Engineering and Team management this role requires a blend of technical expertise strategic vision and practical execution to drive enterprise-wide impact.
Your accountabilities:
- Youll lead a team of Staff Engineers Engineering and Product Managers spanning 810 cross-functional squads that drive business solutions in Finance HR Product & Pricing Planning & Forecasting Supply Chain Retail & Digital Commerce.
- Drive the Data Product Strategy and embed product-thinking in data. Leading to trusted discoverable and self-service available datasets valuable for various types of consumers across business platforms Analytics and AI Engineering. Partner with business and product leadership to prioritise the data-product portfolio and influence Rituals Data & AI roadmap.
- Shape an engineering culture for scale & reliability by championing excellence in CI/CD automated testing observability and a you build it you run it mindset. Lead the transition to operational data stores and real-time pipelines serving our customer journey every day.
- Drive the continuous modernization of our tech stack leveraging disruptive technologies like AI within engineering on our Google Cloud Platform ecosystem (BigQuery DBT Pub/Sub Vertex AI etc.) whilst partnering with our Head of Technology Platforms on succesfull deployment of Rituals platform components and integration patterns.
- Manage budget and external partnerships evaluate and negotiate with vendors systems integrators and SaaS providers. Ensure contracts budgets and performance KPIs are met.
Qualifications :
You have strong business acumen a people-first mindset and a proven track record of shaping business needs into actional data solutions. Were looking for an experienced peoplemanager who thrives in fast-paced environments accelerates execution without compromising quality takes full ownership of outcomes and confidently stands their ground to drive bold principled decisions. On top of this you bring:
- 15 years in data engineering 10 years leading data platform analytics or software engineering teams.
- A masters degree in something beta. Entrepreneurship (failed start-ups count) is a plus.
- Proven success shipping data products at scale in a product-led agile environment (e-commerce payments or retail a plus).
- Ability to drive measurable improvements across engineering delivery and performance metrics
- Hands-on experience with concepts like data mesh data contracts data governance and team topologies.
- Comfortable navigating both strategic discussions with C-level execs and technical deep dives with staff engineers.
- Excellent communicator in English; Dutch not required.
This role is based at our Amsterdam HQ (city center). A strong on-site presence is expected to build meaningful connections and lead effectively therefore living within 1 hours travel time of Amsterdam is a strong preference.
Why youll love this role:
- Impact at scale; your data products touch every Rituals customer and colleague every day.
- This role sits at the heart of our Rituals growth strategy empowering our scaling efforts to open a new store every other day.
- You will work together with a variety of leadership roles from across the company to bring Data Products to new heights as a key accelerator and have the support to make that happen.
- Space to innovate the engineering function by discovering GenAI accelerators.
- Blend of worlds; apply best in class retail engineering excellence to a certified B-Corp brand obsessed with wellbeing.
- Culture that cares mindfulness programs hybrid work and legendary team events.
Why Join Us
Because you want to build something that matters. Embedding programs processes and tools improving and simplify. Here youll be surrounded by talented fun and driven colleagues who are not afraid to challenge the status quo. We move fast think big and always ask how we can do better for our people and our customers.
We are high on energy low on ego and deeply committed to helping our people grow and thrive. If youre someone who brings inspiration execution and heart and ready to bring product thinking to data and craft magic at scale then you might just be the one were looking for!
Interested
If you are interested in this exiting position we very much look forward receiving your application via the website! Please note that only applications via our career website can be taken into consideration
Grow with us! The next steps are:
- Frederik van Zeggeren (Executive Recruiter) will contact you within 5-max 10 working days
- 2 on site Interviews with Data & Engineering leadership case study
- Final interview with Director of Data Analytics &AI!
Any questions about the procedure Let Frederik know via .
No acquisition please.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
