Engineering Manager Data & AI
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Job Location:
Veghel - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
€ 6 - 7
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
General information
Organisation
Headquarter The NetherlandsReference
Publication start date
16/01/2026Publication date
16/01/2026Job title (website)
Engineering Manager Data & AI
Type of vacancy
Job
Contractual hours
32-40
Field of expertise
Headquater
Managerial position
No
Summary
You are responsible for designing and continuously evolving a scalable cloud-native data platform and for leading multiple DevOps teams across ingestion platform publication and BI.
We aim to build a domain-driven data organization with automated governance high data quality and a robust foundation for AI.
You lead the central data platform teams and guide the transformation towards domain-based data teams across the organization.
You work closely with Data Science architecture other IT teams and business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end data products.
Job description
As an Engineering Manager you create and continuously improve a working environment in which your teams feel happy engaged and empowered to grow every day. You foster open and transparent communication and support a healthy work-life balance with Jumbos core values collaboration customer focus and continuous improvement at the heart of everything you this way you contribute both to the growth of your teams and to Jumbos ongoing innovation.
Get started! This is what you will do
As Engineering Manager Data Platform & Governance you lead all central data platform teams within Jumbo. You are responsible for building and evolving a scalable future-proof data platform that serves as the foundation for reliable data strong governance and future AI implementations.
You lead multiple DevOps teams and combine people management with strategic responsibility for the data landscape. You work closely with Data Science contribute to Jumbos IT data strategy and guide the transformation towards a modern domain-driven data organization.
Your key responsibilities:
- Lead 4 DevOps teams (Ingestion Platform Publication and BW) with full responsibility for HR delivery budget and team development.
- Build and evolve a scalable modern data platform as the foundation for analytics reporting and AI.
- Contribute to and help shape Jumbos IT data strategy.
- Guide the transition from central data teams to domain-based data teams across the organization.
- Establish data governance at domain level with a strong focus on automation and data quality.
- Develop modern technologies that support governance lineage ownership and data quality.
- Collaborate with Data Science on AI applications and data-driven innovation.
- Lead the Power BI migration and further modernization of the BI landscape.
- Take responsibility for budgeting and the deployment of internal and external capacity.
You divide your time approximately equally between people management and the strategic development of the data platform and data organization.
Together we are Jumbo: This is where you will work
Your teams are part of the Platform Engineering department. At Jumbo a lot is happening: no two days are the same we move fast and continuously look for ways to do things better for our customers and colleagues. We encourage you to spot opportunities and take initiative in everything that contributes to a future-proof scalable and innovative data platform.
Profile
Experience as an Engineering Manager Tech Lead or in a similar role within data and platform environments.
Experience in line management and team development.
Experience with data governance data quality and data ownership models.
Strong knowledge of modern data architectures and cloud-native platforms.
Experience with data mesh and domain-driven data organizations.
Ability to lead and guide transformations within complex organizations.
Strong stakeholder management skills across multiple levels.
We offer
- A gross salary between 6.000 - 7.700 per month (based on 40 hours).
- An annual bonus of max 10% of your annual salary based on organizational goals.
- 30 days of paid holiday (with the opportunity to buy or sell days of paid holiday) and 8% holiday allowance.
- You build up a pension through participation in the Pension Fund for the Food Industry.
- A(n) (electric) lease car. We like to work together in the office but you can also work partly from home.
- Room for entrepreneurship growth and development. Not only in your job but also through our Jumbo Academy online training through GoodHabitz and with a training budget.
- Daily fresh lunch in our Foodcafé good coffee and fresh fruit. You can sport daily at our own Jumbo Gym for a small fee.
- Colleague discounts such as 10% off your groceries (up to 325 per year) participation in our collective health insurance or discounts through Beneftits at Work.
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Recruitment service
Full service
Job location
The Netherlands Veghel Rijksweg
Candidate criteria
Minimum level of experience required
7-10 years
Minimum level of education required
University education
Handled by
Custom section 2
Department Headquarter
Tech & Data
Selection proces
Geen e-assessment
Contact person (Website)
Kyon Adriaans
Email contact person (Website)
Phone number contact person (Website)
Relocation offered
No
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Hospitality Experience
- Go
- Management Experience
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Mechanical Engineering
- Team Management
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Distributed Systems
