Senior Director, Data Platform & Engineering

About the role

This senior leadership position sits at the core of a large‑scale data ecosystem in Switzerland, shaping the infrastructure and engineering systems that power enterprise‑wide decision‑making. You will guide two critical pillars—data platform and data engineering—supporting marketing, finance, product, sales, HR, and customer success.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic direction of the enterprise data platform and engineering organizations.
• Own a multi‑quarter roadmap for data infrastructure, balancing modernization, stability, security, and enablement.
• Drive platform evolution across Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Airflow, dbt, and ingestion frameworks, including cloud migration and system consolidation.
• Oversee data architecture strategy, data lake design, governance frameworks, observability, and cost‑optimization.
• Ensure reliability and scalability of data pipelines that power analytics, reporting, and operational workflows.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with business and technical leaders to translate enterprise needs into scalable data capabilities.
• Lead vendor strategy, including build‑vs‑buy decisions and contract negotiations.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or analytics engineering.
• 4+ years in senior leadership (Director level or above) with proven ability to scale large engineering teams (15+ people).
• Demonstrated experience aligning technical execution with business priorities in an enterprise setting.

Required skills

• Snowflake
• AWS
• GCP
• Airflow
• dbt