Job Title: Factory Lead Data

Start date: ASAP

End date: 31/05/2027

Location: Gosselies,Belgium

Languages: French (C2) and English (B2)

Assignment:

As part of its activities, Client is looking for an ad-interim Factory Lead Data. Within the Tribe Marché, the Factory Lead Data is responsible for the management and performance of the Factory Data.

This is a full-time assignment with an estimated duration of 9 months (renewable) and will ideally start on September 26.

Part of the assignment may, in consultation with the manager, be done remotely, but a presence on the Gosselies site for a minimum of 2 days a week is mandatory. Full remote candidates will not be considered.

Additional days of presence on site may be requested from the consultant, depending on the needs of the department (on an ad hoc basis). As the Gosselies site is not easily accessible by public transport, possession of a driving licence and a vehicle will be preferable for travel.

Mission Context:

Within the Tribe Marché, the Lead Data Factory manages data solutions supporting business processes related to market exchanges, metering, customers, energy suppliers, regulatory obligations and more broadly to the exploitation and enhancement of data in the Market domain.

He functionally supervises the Factory composed of Business Analysts and Data Engineers in charge of Reporting, Analytics and Data solutions. In close collaboration with the Product Owner, he guarantees the proper execution of the delivery, the quality of the solutions implemented and the permanent alignment with business needs.

Beyond the operational management of the Factory, the Factory Lead Data plays a key role in the Data transformation of the Tribe Marché.



It is a central player in the evolution towards a more Data-Driven and Data-Centric organization, by contributing to the definition of the trajectory, the appropriation of new uses of data and the evolution of the team's skills.

The Factory Lead combines operational leadership, tactical vision and data expertise to evolve the team, practices and solutions towards a modern model focused on product and business value.

Responsibilities:

Functional supervision of the Factory Data: direct, control, plan and coordinate the activities of the Factory (Business Analysts and Data Engineers).

Organize and manage the delivery, maintenance and continuous improvement activities of the Factory Data.

Work in tandem with the Product Owner to ensure alignment between business priorities, product backlog, and team delivery capabilities. Actively participate in trade-offs between capabilities, priorities, investments, and business value.

Act as a privileged partner of the Tribe Marché businesses to translate business issues into value-added data solutions.

Ensure planning, prioritization and capacity management in an Agile environment.

Guarantee the quality, consistency and sustainability of the Data solutions delivered.

Facilitate exchanges between business teams, IT teams and external stakeholders.





Contribute to the definition and execution of the Tribe's Data vision.

Be one of the key players in the transformation towards a Data Driven and Data Centric model. Identify the organizational, methodological and technological changes necessary to support this transformation.

Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities for improvement and implement appropriate action plans.

Promote a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and value orientation.

Skills:

Language requirement: Level of English B2 on the European CEFR scale

Language requirement: Level of French C2 on the European CEFR scale

Experience with a Data Cloud platform (Azure, Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, ...)

Experience in moving teams to a Data Driven / Data Centric model

Experience in backlog management, prioritization, capacity and delivery planning

Experience in leadership, coaching and developing the skills of a team

Experience in managing IT or Data teams (Data Engineers, Analysts, Developers)

Experience in Product Teams with close collaboration with Product Owner

Experience in budget management of an IT / Data perimeter (costs, capacity, trade-offs, value creation)

Experience in leading delivery teams in an Agile environment

Experience in Reporting, Analytics, Data Engineering or Business Intelligence

Strong ability to bridge the gap between business issues and data solutions

Experience with Power BI and Self-Service Analytics solutions

Experience with Azure Data and/or Microsoft Fabric

Experience in the energy or utilities sector

Experience in Data Governance, Data Quality and Metadata Management

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