Senior Data Lead (M/F/D)

Linde Saúde; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde Saude seeks a Senior Data Lead to own data governance for Homecare Europe, steering the Data Platform and ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple countries. You will drive a multi-year Data & AI transformation roadmap and define architecture standards for governance, security, and data products.

You will build pipelines in Databricks using Python/PySpark and SQL, implement Unity Catalog controls, and deliver curated datasets for Power BI and APIs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture and data engineering delivering enterprise platforms.
• Master's degree in a quantitative field (Data Science/Engineering).
• 3+ years hands-on Databricks/Spark/Delta in production.
• Experience establishing governance and access controls (Unity Catalog preferred).
• Experience leading multi-country data or digital transformation programs.

Responsibilities

• Own data governance and data platform framework across Homecare Europe.
• Lead multi-year Data & AI transformation roadmap for Homecare RSW.
• Define standards for Data & AI architecture and GDPR compliance.
• Set governance and security controls for data access and lineage.
• Deliver curated datasets for Power BI and downstream APIs.
• Establish CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and runbooks.

Skills

Data governance

Databricks

Python/PySpark

SQL

Power BI

Data architecture

CI/CD

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master's degree in Data Science

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Applied Mathematics

Tools

Azure

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Job description

Linde Saude

Senior Data Lead (m/f/d)

Lisbon or Porto, Portugal or Barcelona, Spain | req27860

What you will enjoy doing

• You will own the Data Governance and Data Process framework for Homecare Europe, including definition, implementation, and continuous operational management of the Data Platform, ensuring long-term reliability, compliance, and business continuity across multiple countries
• Also you will lead the execution of multi-year Data & AI transformation roadmap for Homecare RSW, overseeing prioritization, architecture evolution, and execution across multiple countries
• Additionally you will act as the RSW authority for Data & AI architecture, defining standards adopted across Homecare RSW and influencing global architectural decisions
• Furthermore you will drive cross-functional governance and represent Data & AI in RSW steering committees, ensuring alignment of data strategy with regulatory, clinical, and operational requirements
• Moreover you will define the target lakehouse architecture and phased roadmap for onboarding priority sources and delivering governed data products (Databricks-first)
• You will build initial ingestion and transformation pipelines in Databricks using Python/PySpark and SQL (Delta Lake), including incremental loads, backfills, and performance tuning
• You will be able to implement governance and security with Unity Catalog (catalogs/schemas, access controls, lineage) and define PII handling aligned with GDPR and internal policies
• Establish data modeling standards and KPI/semantic layer definitions; deliver curated datasets for Power BI and downstream applications/APIs, including guidance on when to use lakehouse/OLAP versus OLTP, NoSQL and key-value stores
• In addition, you will set engineering standards for CI/CD, testing,monitoring, and runbooks; provide knowledge transfer and handover to internalteams
• You will actively participate in digitalization and task automation process, contributing to the company´s evolution towards digital transformation
  

What makes you great

• You have 8+ years in data architecture and data engineering delivering enterprise platforms
• You have a Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, informatics, engineer or a related quantitative or technical field
• You have 3+ years hands-on Databricks/Spark/Delta in production (lakehouse patterns)
• You will be able to establishing governance and access controls (Unity Catalog preferred) and handling sensitive/regulated data; familiarity with HL7 v2 / FHIR is a plus
• You are experienced in integrating data from Azure-hosted applications and Microsoft SQL; external providers/IoT data is a plus
• You have experience leading multi-country data or digital transformation programs, ideally in a regulated industry
• You have demonstrated responsibility for budgets and for managing multidisciplinary teams (direct and indirect)
• You speak english, you have additional proficiency inFrench, Portuguese, Spanish and/or German is a plus
• Are you ready to face new challenges and actively contribute to the success of the company's digital transformation project
• You are able to collect, interpret and use data effectively, driving digital transformation

Why you will love working with us

At Linde we identify ourselves with our products - either working for the technical or medical gases business. Being a company with a long tradition in the gases business, we not only care about our customers and high quality products, but most importantly about our employees. While working with us, expect a safe workplace, high safety standards and a true commitment from our managers to safety.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.
This role is a full time position based on an unlimited contract. The standard weekly working hours will be from 08:00 hrs till 17:00 hrs.

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