Senior Data Lead (m/f/d)

Linde Saúde; Porto; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safe workplace

Commitment to employee safety

Opportunities for career growth

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology company is seeking a Senior Data Lead to own the Data Governance and Data Process framework across Homecare Europe. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in data architecture, a Master's degree in a related field, and expertise in Databricks/Spark. Responsibilities include leading multi-year Data & AI transformation projects and establishing data governance standards. This full-time role offers opportunities for career growth and a commitment to employee safety and development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in data architecture and engineering.
• Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• 3+ years hands-on Databricks/Spark experience.
• Familiarity with HL7 v2 / FHIR is a plus.
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data Governance and Data Process framework for Homecare Europe.
• Lead execution of Data & AI transformation roadmap.
• Define data modeling standards and KPI definitions.
• Implement governance and security aligned with GDPR.
• Participate in digitalization and task automation processes.

Skills

Data architecture and engineering

Databricks/Spark/Delta

Governance and access controls

Data integration

Digital transformation

Team leadership

Communication (English)

Education

Master’s degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Senior Data Lead (m/f/d)

Lisbon or Porto, Portugal or Barcelona, Spain | req27860

Linde Saude, LDA

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 internal teams
• 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 in French, 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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Any designations used of course apply to persons of all genders. The form of speech used here is for simplicity only.

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