Global Data Strategy Lead - Snowflake & AI-Driven Analytics

Bpost; Machelen; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Phone plan

Company car

Bike leasing

Public transportation

Flexible working hours

Work from home

Bonus scheme

Extra leave

Job summary

Bpost is seeking a Principal IT Data Lead to define the data strategy for its Cross-Border & Transport business. You will drive end-to-end visibility, governance, and AI-ready data platforms, partnering with senior stakeholders across regions to enable data-driven decisions.

The role focuses on building scalable data foundations, modern analytics, and self-service capabilities to support real-time decision making in a multi-country logistics network.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, or data platform leadership within a complex international environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the data strategy for Cross-Border & Transport, aligned with business priorities
• Enable a control tower capability providing real-time operational visibility and decision support
• Develop and evolve KPIs, data models, and performance frameworks such as cost-to-serve, SLA tracking, and shipment visibility
• Deliver actionable insights to support strategic and operational decision-making
• Lead the transformation towards a modern, AI-ready data platform such as Snowflake or Databricks
• Ensure data quality, governance, and consistency across countries and systems
• Drive self-service analytics through scalable semantic models and certified datasets such as Power BI
• Shape event-driven data capabilities and support near real-time use cases
• Partner with IT and engineering teams on data architecture, tooling, and roadmap
• Influence and align senior stakeholders across business and technology
• Build and scale data capabilities, products, and ways of working across regions

Skills

Data strategy

Snowflake

Databricks

Power BI

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

Data modelling

Event-driven

Leadership

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Bpost is seeking a Principal IT Data Lead to define the data strategy for its Cross-Border & Transport business. You will drive end-to-end visibility, governance, and AI-ready data platforms, partnering with senior stakeholders across regions to enable data-driven decisions.

The role focuses on building scalable data foundations, modern analytics, and self-service capabilities to support real-time decision making in a multi-country logistics network.