Chief Data Scientist

PowerUp Talent; Barcelona; Híbrido; EUR 180.000 - 300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

PowerUp Talent is assisting a global technology company in appointing a senior technology executive to lead platform innovation, data strategy, and engineering excellence. The role oversees an engineering and data organization of around 130 professionals across Europe and reports to the executive leadership team.

The candidate will own the technology and data vision for a large-scale mobile growth platform, collaborating with product and commercial leaders to translate business strategy into

Formación

• Executive leadership experience at CTO/CDO/Chief Technologist level.
• Proven track record leading engineering organizations of 100+ professionals.
• Deep understanding of data science, ML/AI-driven products and large-scale platforms.
• Strong commercial mindset with ability to align tech strategy with business outcomes.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the long-term technology and data strategy.
• Lead Engineering, Data Science and Technical Leadership teams.
• Drive innovation across ML, advertising tech and large-scale distributed systems.
• Partner with Product and Commercial leaders to translate business strategy into platform capabilities.
• Scale engineering processes, organizational design and technical execution.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation and delivery.
• Guide architectural decisions across cloud infrastructure, AI, data platforms and ad tech.
• Build and develop world-class technology leadership.

Conocimientos

Executive leadership

Data strategy

AI/ML

Cloud architecture

Engineering leadership

Stakeholder management

Herramientas

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Descripción del empleo

PowerUp is conducting a confidential search on behalf of a global technology company operating one of the world’s leading mobile advertising and monetization platforms.

The business processes billions of daily transactions across mobile advertising, user acquisition and monetization, serving thousands of app developers worldwide. Following continued growth, the company is looking to appoint a senior technology executive to lead the next phase of platform innovation, data strategy and engineering excellence.

The Opportunity

This executive will own the technology and data vision for a large-scale mobile growth platform, spanning advertising exchange technology, ad mediation, machine learning, data science and user acquisition products.

Reporting directly to the executive leadership team, you will lead a highly experienced technology organization of approximately 130 engineers and data specialists across multiple European locations.

This role combines strategic leadership with deep technical understanding and will play a key role in defining the company’s future platform capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the long-term technology and data strategy.
• Lead Engineering, Data Science and Technical Leadership teams.
• Drive innovation across machine learning, advertising technology and large-scale distributed systems.
• Partner closely with Product and Commercial leaders to translate business strategy into platform capabilities.
• Scale engineering processes, organizational design and technical execution.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation, quality and delivery.
• Guide architectural decisions across cloud infrastructure, AI, data platforms and advertising technologies.
• Build and develop world‑class technology leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• Executive leadership experience as Chief Digital Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Data Science Officer or equivalent.
• Proven experience leading engineering organizations of 100+ professionals.
• Strong background in large-scale technology platforms.
• Deep understanding of data science, machine learning and AI-driven products.
• Experience within one or more of the following sectors:
• AdTech
• MarTech
• Consumer Technology
• Experience managing senior engineering and technical leaders.
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to align technology strategy with business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with real-time bidding (RTB), programmatic advertising or advertising exchanges.
• Background in mobile app monetization or user acquisition platforms.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to shape the technology strategy of one of the largest independent mobile growth platforms globally. You’ll influence products used by thousands of developers worldwide while leading a high-performing engineering organization at significant scale.