Head of Data Platform & Solutions

InCommodities; Denmark; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

InCommodities is seeking a Head of Data Platform & Solutions in Denmark to lead a skilled DPS team across data engineering, software development, and architecture. You will translate business needs into actionable data strategies, align technology with commercial goals, and ensure the data platform supports trading analytics and AI-ready workflows.

You will report to the CIO, foster autonomy, and drive alignment across trading, commercial, and Tech teams.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in data/technology/platforms.
• Ability to set direction while enabling teams to execute.
• Strong commercial understanding and ability to connect tech to business opportunities.
• Excellent stakeholder management across technical and business teams.
• Enough technical grounding to challenge experienced engineers.
• Clear, honest feedback and tough conversations.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships across trading, commercial and Tech teams.
• Translate business needs into clear DPS direction and roadmap.
• Strengthen DPS as a trusted partner for data initiatives.
• Lead the DPS team with sparring, feedback, and clear expectations.
• Drive adoption of shared platform capabilities across the business.
• Help shape AI-ready data foundation across metadata, discoverability, and infrastructure.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic direction

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder mgmt

Technical depth

Feedback culture

Fluent English

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Iceberg/Parquet

StarRocks

MSSQL

Postgres

Kubernetes

Job description

Set the direction. Build the connections. Help a strong data team excel.

Data is at the heart of how we trade, analyze markets, and build our competitive edge. Behind it is Data Platform & Solutions (DPS) – the team building the data foundation and solutions that turn ideas into something our trading and commercial teams can actually use.

We're looking for a Head of Data Platform & Solutions to lead the team and strengthen the connection between our data capabilities, technology strategy, and commercial ambitions.

You'll join a team with strong technical capabilities and a culture built on autonomy and ownership. Your job isn't to take decisions away from the people closest to the work – it's to set direction, create clarity, challenge when needed, and give the team the mandate to move.

What you'll do

• Build strong relationships across trading, commercial teams, and Tech
• Turn business needs and opportunities into clear direction for DPS
• Strengthen DPS' position as a trusted partner for data-intensive initiatives
• Help the team navigate competing priorities and step in when alignment or decisions are needed
• Lead and develop the team through sparring, honest feedback, and clear expectations
• Drive adoption of shared platform capabilities across the business
• Help shape our AI-ready data foundation across metadata, discoverability, agent access, and reusable infrastructure

Your team

DPS is a cross-functional team of 11 data engineers, software developers, and architects, working across platform development and business solutions. They build the data foundation behind our trading and analytical workflows while partnering closely with trading and commercial teams.

The team delivers solid results, with good collaboration and a high degree of ownership. Your job is to build on that momentum – creating stronger connections and helping the team increase its impact across InCommodities.

You'll report to our CIO and work closely with the other leaders across our Tech teams.

What you bring

• Leadership experience from data, technology, platforms, or another data-intensive environment
• Experience setting direction while giving capable teams the autonomy to execute
• Commercial understanding and the ability to connect technology with business opportunities
• Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and commercial teams
• Enough technical understanding to challenge and support experienced engineers and architects
• Confidence giving direct, honest feedback and navigating difficult conversations
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience from energy markets, financial trading, or another fast-moving data environment
• Experience leading data platform or data engineering teams
• Familiarity with Kafka, Flink, Iceberg/Parquet, StarRocks, MSSQL, Postgres, or Kubernetes
• Experience with data foundations supporting AI/ML workflows or agentic systems

How you work

• You create clarity without controlling every decision
• You trust people with responsibility and hold them accountable
• You build strong relationships across the organization
• You know when to advise, challenge, or make the call
• You communicate directly and honestly

What you can expect from us

• The opportunity to shape the next stage of our data platform
• A team with deep technical expertise and hunger for creating even more value for our business
• Close collaboration with colleagues from trading, commercial teams, and Tech
• A flat organization with trust and decentralized decision-making

There's plenty to rethink – and plenty already working well. Your job is to know the difference and help DPS turn its expertise into an even stronger competitive edge for InCommodities.

Ready to push what data can do for energy trading?