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At Sonova, we envision a world where everyone can enjoy the delight of hearing. This vision inspires us and fuels our commitment to developing innovative solutions that improve hearing health and human connection - from personal audio devices and wireless communication systems to hearing aids and cochlear implants. We're dedicated to providing outstanding customer experiences through our global audiological care services, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to engage fully with the world around them.

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Berlin, Germany

Director Data Platform & Cloud Architecture

Purpose of the Job

Responsible for the overall management, development, and strategic direction of Sonova’s data platform. This role will ensure the data platform is scalable, reliable, and secure, supporting the company’s business objectives and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. Managing all associated Data & Analytics project integration activities (particularly in the Databricks/Azure space) from concept to delivery for Sonova Group and Business Units. Manage a team of data engineers, architects and devops.

 

Tasks & Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

  • Define and execute the strategic vision for the data platform, aligning with business goals and objectives.
  • Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable data architectures.
  • Develop and enforce data governance policies and procedures.

Team Management:

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of data engineers, data architects, and devops.
  • Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture.

Platform Management:

  • Oversee the design, development, and deployment of data pipelines and infrastructure.
  • Ensure data reliability, and security across all data assets.
  • Manage data storage solutions, including data lakes, integration to warehouse, and databases.

Collaboration and Communication:

  • Work closely with cross-functional teams including IT, product development, and business units to integrate data solutions.
  • Communicate data strategies and insights to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Architect, extract and transform information from MS D365 systems and other ERP solution

Innovation and Improvement:

  • Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in data management and analytics.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices.
  • Drive innovation for the use of advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning.

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

  • Work independently on national and international projects, responsible for analysis of complex business processes and translate to data sources.
  • Contribute to global Data Architecture decisions and work in consulting functions to the other BI and Data science units.
  • Requirements gathering from functional business owners, develop solutions and concepts, orchestrate the implementation with the team
  • Customer Care performing knowledge transfer to client employees from project idea to support post implementation.
  • Embed new solutions in existing data governance and authorization concept and ensure compliance with policies and standards

 

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in data management, data engineering, or related roles.
  • 5+ years of leadership experience in managing data teams and large-scale data platforms.
  • Azure experience with at least full cycle implementations
  • Extensive experience in project and data management
  • Experience in mapping and building data system landscapes and data marketing processes.
  • Experience in managing data interfaces as part of a full data pipeline (from sourcing to deployment)

 

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.

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