Roles:
Management
Must-have skills:
Leadership
One of skills:
AWSAzureGCP
Considering candidates from:
Europe
Europe
Work arrangement: Onsite or remote
Industry: Market Research
Language: English
Level: Lead
Required experience: 5+ years
Relocation: Not paid
Visa support: Not provided
Size: 11 - 50 employees
Company
World Data Lab (WDL) is a data enterprise that produces the most consistent and credible estimates for spending and demography. Their data models are global, granular, and forward-looking and track the Sustainable Development Goals in real-time, helping provide unique insights for businesses. WDL research has appeared on CNN, in The Economist, and in the Financial Times. Their clients include HSBC, L'Oreal, and Citibank. WDL advisory board includes leading representatives of the World Bank, Brookings Institution, and academia.
Description
Tasks:
- Define and drive tech strategy and growth to achieve long-term objectives in the data analytics, product, innovation, and company culture
- Contribute to the development of product roadmap together with other Senior Leadership team members and C-level executives
- Ensure all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes work towards WDL’s commercial and public goals
- Support continuous improvement of internal processes and strategy through innovation and development
- Collaborate across the entire organization to design the optimal computer architecture for WDL
- Lead and encourage research into next-generation technologies
- Manage current infrastructure and ensure all internal systems operate securely and effectively
- Take ownership of managing escalations, e.g. from resolving internal and/or external interpersonal and/or business incidents to addressing technical challenges
- Managing all Jira boards across the tech pipelines
- Actively manage and monitor all Cloud (AWS) instances and services
- Actively manage and train junior team members
- Engage closely with the Chief Analytics & Technology Officer (your direct supervisor) and contribute to the company-wide data-product road map.
Must-have:
- 7+ years in developing and implementing the technical strategy to efficiently achieve business goals
- Proven ability to lead in a fast-moving, team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Excellent leadership skills and hands-on mentality
- Ability to work with a broad range of technical areas and leverage skill-sets within and across different teams
- Strong knowledge of agile development processes and current best practices
- Capacity to guide the development of complex projects that involve data scientists, product owners, and designers.
- Advanced English
Nice-to-have:
Benefits and conditions:
- Trial period: 4 months
- Be part of a international multicultural team of highly motivated and like-minded individuals
- Great individual development and growth opportunities
- The opportunity to have an impact in a fast-growing and well-established big data SaaS scale-up
- Work with leading public and private institutions
- State-of-the-art equipment and tools that help you to perform at your best
- Flexible working hours with high acceptance of home office
Interview process:
- Intro call with Toughbyte
- Initial Interview - 30 min call with HR
- Technical assignment
- Final interview with WDL management