We are currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled Regional Data Strategy Manager to join our team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in defining and executing our Data Strategy for our Region Western Europe (France, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland), Northern and Western Africa.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Strategy

• Develop a Regional Data Strategy aligned with the Group Data Strategy
• Provide support for data-related mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
• Identify and execute "data" levers
• Identify partners for data/open innovation initiatives
• Management of long-term initiatives to enhance the risk evaluation on companies

Innovation Data Management

• Formulate strategies for make/buy/multisource/dual data sourcing
• Alternative data acquisition scenarios (cost & drivers)
• Manage business requirements and projects related to data (ex: multi sourcing) in collaboration with IT & Operations
• Create a regional/country “long term” data evolution roadmap
• Establish a data quality roadmap and define relevant KPIs

Production “factories” management

• Metrics & Control of data factories, data production center in some countries
• Control & oversee the various data production processes and workloads
• Performance, quality and delivery metrics

Data Ecosystem Growth

• Analyze and identify new potential data sources for the market (both alternative and traditional)
• Conduct competitive assessments
• Define data roadmaps for countries based on their specific needs
• Data quality assessment and maintenance
• Perform new data significance testing and predictivity assessment

Relationship Management

• Coordinate and support local EIC (Enhanced Information Center) in managing IPs (Information Provider) relationship and negotiating contract.

Business/Sales development and support/Data Consultancy

• Provide support for exploring new data use cases, such as ESG or new sales “keywords”
• Assist in data-related tenders and bids
• Address “level 2” data quality issues
• Direct support to sales account in trainings and customer visits
• Support the sales operations team in managing data quality and data coverage issues on ICON/URBA (Business Information platform)
• Oversee data delivery initiatives

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• 10+ year in Data strategy, Data Management or Data insights based positions
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Business Analytics, or a related field
• Proven record in involvement in data products and data-related service strategy, change management, and business development within the Data-Driven Economy and data-enriched processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Strong proficiency in data cleansing and data preparation techniques
• Proven experience in analyzing and exploring complex datasets to extract actionable insights
• Experience in delivering data-driven products & solutions projects
• Good knowledge of data analytics platforms and knowledge of some data-management languages & tools
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Solution-oriented mindset, driven to identify opportunities for improvement and implement effective solutions