Director - Data & Analytics (m/f/d)

C&A; Düsseldorf; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading fashion retailer in Düsseldorf is seeking a Director - Data & Analytics to lead their Data Engineering vision. Responsibilities include building a high-performing team, establishing key relationships across departments, and managing data platforms. Ideal candidates should have experience in large-scale data projects and platforms like Snowflake and Databricks. This position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of data integration in a recognized retail brand.

Leistungen

Learning and development opportunities

Partner Discount Scheme

20% employee discount

30 days' vacation

Corporate pension scheme

Mental health and wellness program

Positive working atmosphere

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading large-scale data engineering projects.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant data platforms and technologies.
• Ability to influence and drive collaboration across teams.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute a comprehensive vision for Data Engineering.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team of data engineers.
• Establish relationships across various teams for data solution delivery.
• Drive the transition to domain-driven data delivery.
• Manage budget and Total Cost of Ownership for data products.

Kenntnisse

Data engineering leadership

Understanding of data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, etc.)

Cultural change leadership

Strong communication skills

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Spark

Kafka

AWS/Azure/GCP

Jobbeschreibung

The future looks like you

With over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. C&A offers quality and long-lasting fashion at affordable prices for the many. We are building on more than 180 years of experience in the fashion industry and continuously modernize the company to become an omnichannel fashion retailer.

At C&A we are driven by our values and we believe that affordable and high-quality fashion is not contradictory to caring for people & the planet, we are always forward thinking and acting to develop our business and innovate the industry. This is your chance to join the C&A team as Director - Data & Analytics! Internally the title is Domain Lead - Data & Analytics. C&A is in the middle of a data revolution. We’re moving from reporting-reliant to truly data-enabled—powering decisions, products, and customer experiences at scale. As a Domain Lead - Data & Analytics, you’ll define the vision, lead the people, and own the platform that makes this possible.

Your responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive vision and roadmap for Data Engineering that aligns with C&A’s business priorities. Deliver impactful near‑and medium‑term data products while building toward a year‑plus strategic horizon. Drive innovation and best practices in data architecture and management.
• Build, lead, and mentor a high‑performing team of data engineers and managers. Foster a culture of excellence, inclusion, continuous learning, and a reputation for reliably helping the business win.
• Establish strong relationships with product, data governance, data science, analytics, and engineering leaders. Translate business goals into scalable data solutions and deliver outcomes against C&A’s highest priorities.
• Coach individual contributors and leaders with thoughtful observation and courageous, honest feedback. Create clear career paths, skill matrices, and succession plans.
• Anticipate, communicate, and navigate business and technical risks. Orchestrate alignment across domains; drive change management that sticks.
• Lead our evolution from centralized, report‑driven work to domain‑driven, product‑oriented data delivery. Establish modern practices (e.g., data contracts, SLOs, CI/CD for data, observability) that enable self‑service and trusted insight.
• Own the stability, efficiency, and evolution of core data platforms and pipelines, including Snowflake, MicroStrategy, Ab Initio, and Data Vault—and adjacent ecosystems (e.g., Databricks, Spark, Kafka, cloud services). Improve reliability, performance, cost, and scalability with clear SLIs/SLOs and incident/postmortem rigor.
• Own budget planning and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) management for data products and states, ensuring efficient resource allocation and financial accountability.

How You’ll Measure Success (First 6–12 Months):

• A clear data engineering strategy with measurable OKRs adopted across domains.
• Improved platform reliability and efficiency (e.g., defined SLIs/SLOs, reduced incident frequency/MTTR, meaningful cost optimizations).
• Tangible progress on domain‑driven data products (e.g., data contracts, self‑service capabilities, trust/quality metrics).
• Strong engagement scores and visible growth of engineers and managers.

What you bring

• Track record leading Data Engineering at department scale, shipping large‑scale, high‑volume, low‑latency data architectures in production.
• Deep hands‑on understanding of platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, and a major cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP). Comfortable evolving legacy or simplifying enterprise stacks (e.g., MicroStrategy, Ab Initio, Data Vault) toward modern patterns.
• Passion for the customer and for delivering data that tangibly influences product direction and customer experiences.
• Ability to drive cultural change, influence senior stakeholders, and foster cross‑functional collaboration. Experience transitioning from centralized reporting teams to domain‑driven, product‑oriented models.
• Passion for building inclusive, empowered, growth‑oriented teams. Skilled at mentoring, feedback, and developing managers.
• Visionary yet grounded; able to connect business realities to technical strategy and deliver iteratively.
• Exceptional communicator with strong analytical instincts; credible with senior leadership and comfortable simplifying complex trade‑offs.

What we offer

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will also enjoy:

• Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy
• Access to a Partner Discount Scheme
• An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores
• 30 days' vacationCorporate pension scheme
• Mental health and wellness program
• An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment
• A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture