Director Data Architecture & Engineering (all genders)

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At Diconium we do digital business transformation across various industries. As a team member you will work on projects that generate value from software data and AI by delivering strategies and solutions that challenge conventional industry practices and drive technological with over 2300 fellow experts you enable Fortune 500 firms global market leaders and SMEs to maximize the impact of their digital initiatives and achieve digital everything we do we prioritize people and genuine human connections ensuring a supportive and inclusive work environment. And we give you maximum flexibility thanks to our hybrid workplace.

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*The primary location of this position is Hamburg.*

As Director Data Architecture & Engineering (all genders) you take on the strategic and operational responsibility for building further developing and scaling our data and AI capabilities. You combine technological excellence with an entrepreneurial mindset and actively shape strong growth-oriented client relationships as well as a high-performing portfolio in the data and AI domain.

• Functional and disciplinary leadership of an international multifunctional team (Data Architecture & Data Engineering) with 8 direct reports and 35 project members across Germany Portugal Romania and India

• Strategic development of the unit: architecture operating model service portfolio

• Portfolio responsibility (pipeline utilization delivery quality)

• Account management and growth of existing clients in particular within the VW Group

• Active contribution to pre-sales and opportunity shaping jointly with sales and strategy

• Translating modern AI/data capabilities into scalable client-relevant solutions

• Embedding KPIs quality gates and regulatory requirements into the delivery process

• Building and scaling distributed teams and leadership structures

• Tech environment (current state):Multi-cloud (Azure AWS); modern data stacks; group-wide AI initiatives within the VW Group; platform services in transition from project-based toproduct-/service-orienteddelivery

Must-have skills

• 5 years of leadership experience in a senior leadership role (Director / Head of) with disciplinary responsibility for distributed teams

• Several years of solid experience in data architecture & data engineering including cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP)

• Demonstrable portfolio responsibility

• Experience in pre-sales and in building service portfolios

• Confident handling of corporate stakeholders at C-/VP-level

• Experience with regulatory requirements (GDPR EU AI Act)

• Servant leadership mindset

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• German and English at full professional working proficiency level (C1)

Nice-to-have skills

• Experience in the automotive industry or production-related sectors

• Experience with modern AI capabilities: LLMs RAG agentic architectures MLOps

• Experience in platform modernization and consolidation programs

• Familiarity with VW Group structures and processes

• Experience steering nearshore/offshore teams (PT RO IN)

Discover new skills and improve your strengths adapt your working day to your personal lifestyle celebrate community sustainability and diversity. And sweeten your working life with awesome perks and benefits!

Professional & Personal Growth: Develop yourself both professionally and personally through training programs free language courses competence centers and an active tech community.

Flexible Work-Life Balance: Benefit from hybrid work workation flexible hours parental support and sabbaticals.

Embrace Diversity & Sustainability: Engage in our Sustainability Hub diverse communities Diversity Taskforce and after-work activities.

Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy public transport tickets job bikes access to exclusive Volkswagen employee conditions when leasing or purchasing a vehicle health offers supplementary insurances a pension plan and various discounts.

At Diconium we value and recognize the unique perspectives and experiences of each individual. With this in mind we welcome and cherish every single application equally. At the same time we stand up against any type of discrimination and harassment based on gender age skin color religion sexual orientation origin disability gender identity and other protected characteristics.

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