Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation (NSHD) is one of the leading companies in the industrial and medical gases business. We have a diversified involvement in broad industries such as healthcare, food, manufacturing, metallurgy, chemical products, electronics and energy. The

Data & Ai Platform Owner

will be based in Madrid, in European Headquarters, and will be part of NSHD IT Global team, reporting to Global Data & AI Director. We are looking for a seasoned professional, to own the global Data & AI platform as a secure, scalable, reliable, governed and cost-effective product/service spanning data, analytics, ML, Generative AI and agents. The Data & AI Platform owner will lead strategy, delivery, operations, adoption and lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & roadmap

- Own target architecture, roadmap and backlog;

balance demand, foundations, innovation, security and governance against value, maturity, interoperability and strategic fit.

Federated delivery - With the Director, define global/regional/partner ownership, service boundaries, decision rights, onboarding and deployment governance. Consolidate demand;

build once for regionalconfiguration and reuse;

govern exceptions and escalations.

Architecture & engineering

- Align modular architecture with Cloud, Security, Data/AI and enterprise standards. Govern shared code, infrastructure, configurations, policies and reusable templates;

standardize IaC, CI/CD,provisioning and guardrails for governed self-service.

Data & AI lifecycle

- Enable ingestion-to-consumption, orchestration and integration;

standardize experimentation, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, human oversight and retirement.

Security & governance - Work closely with Cybersecurity to ensure the platform implements all mandated security measures;

implement Azure governance policies defined by the Cloud Infrastructure team.

Service & resilience - Own demand-to-operation, support and improvement. Define catalogue, SLAs/SLOs, KPIs and escalation;

manage incidents, changes, releases, upgrades, dependencies, technical debt and retirement. Ensure capacity, performance, end-to-end observability, backups and tested recovery procedures.

Finance & vendors

- Support budgets, forecasts, cloud/licensing optimization. Manage partner performance, deliverables, knowledge transfer, roadmaps, dependencies and support/integration commitments

Adoption & outcomes - Engage regional IT teams and business driving onboarding, documentation,



accelerators and practitioner communities. Improve user/developer experience through feedback

Background

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or related field.

At least 7 years in enterprise data/analytics development or project leadership, including platform strategy, delivery, operations, adoption and lifecycle ownership.

At least 5 years with Databricks: enterprise workspaces, Unity Catalog, automation and Asset Bundles;

cloud Data & AI architecture, preferably Azure.

Full professional English proficiency required.

Required Skills

International/multicultural experience would be essential;

distributed team/partner leadership, platform deployments, ownership, decision rights, onboarding, reuse and measurable roadmap delivery.

DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC, provisioning and releases;

cybersecurity, privacy,regulatory/data governance, audits and remediation.

Service management, SLAs/SLOs, incidents, observability, capacity, resilience/recovery, technical debt and technology lifecycle.

Product/service mindset, strategic roadmaps, problem-solving and attention to detail;

balance value, risk, cost, speed and sustainability with operational discipline and improvement.

Integral-regional collaboration, influence without authority, constructive challenge, conflict resolution and executive/technical communication.

Preferred Skills

Preferred experience in industrial gases, manufacturing, supply-chain or asset-intensive sectors;

operational/safety-critical AI;

regional platformsacross Europe, Japan, Australia, Asia-Pacific or comparable environments.

MLOps/LLMOps, GenAI/agents, evaluation, observability and governance;

Fabric, Microsoft AI, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry and Databricks AI would be valuable.

Relevant cloud, architecture, security, IT service management, or data-management certifications would be valuable.

Others

Availability to travel abroad 15% of the time (worldwide).

At Nippon Sanso, we're a reliable

partner

for key industries,



combining global expertise with a local touch to make a real difference. Guided by our commitment to sustainability, we drive innovation through cutting-edge technology and a strong R&D; network. Here, you'll have the autonomy to own your career, with the chance to work on projects that impact communities and shape a carbon-neutral future. Discover a place where you'll play a key role in solutions that power major industries and make a difference in everyday life. At Nippon Sanso, our technologies support countless essential processes - often behind the scenes - that keep food fresh, enhance electronic chip production, purify water, and provide critical respiratory treatments. With a solid, diversified presence across Europe, we're a reliable and stable company dedicated to constant innovation and to creating a healthier, more sustainable future. Being part of The Gas Professionals will lead you to:

Think

beyond the visible to explore and develop new solutions for a sustainable tomorrow.

Move

and challenge yourself with the support of a collaborative team and inspiring leaders.

Grow

amplify your talent to its fullest potential, reaching as far as you aim.

What we offer

Remuneration and Benefits

: We offer a range of bonuses, long-term incentives, competitive salaries, which we review each year to remain competitive in the market. In addition, we have a wide range of benefits as a company, you can choose what suits you best: childcare, transport card, pension plan, sports package, health insurance, etc.

Worklife balance

: We have 29 days off a year! Plus, the 24th and 31st of December.

Flexible schedule

: you'll have the freedom to adjust your work hours to accommodate your personal needs and responsibilities.

Home Office Policy

: With our hybrid work plan, you can enjoy working from the comfort of your home.

Diversity and inclusion

: Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone's contribution is respected. A place where individual talent is recognised and nurtured.

Sustainability

: We enable a carbon neutral world. Nippon Sanso spearheads the efforts to achieving zero CO2 emissions by helping industries in transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.

Safety first

: We create a safe environment where our employees can thrive. In the past two decades, we have honored 17 times as the safest company in Europe by the Industrial Gases Association (EIGA).

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