Head of Data Platform (m/f/d)

Job Overview

At Solactive, data powers everything we do. We are looking for a Director, Data Platform to lead the architecture and operation of our internal data hub, ensuring clean, reliable, and timely market data reaches our teams. If you thrive on building scalable, high-impact data platforms, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Tasks

• Translate market data and client requirements into platform capabilities, aligning technical solutions with business and product objectives.

• Define and deliver the data platform vision by building and operating a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure that underpins index construction, analytics, and client delivery.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of ~30 data engineers and operations professionals, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Oversee end-to-end data operations from ingestion and normalization of hundreds of external market data sources to reliable internal distribution.

• Shape data architecture and governance frameworks to ensure data quality, lineage, compliance, and operational excellence.

• Drive strategic alignment and execution across engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver on shared business outcomes.

• Promote innovation and systems thinking by evaluating internal and external solutions or services to ensure the platform evolves with new technologies, data sources, and business needs.

• Communicate vision and progress effectively to stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Partner with HR and senior leadership to attract, develop, and retain top talent, building sustainable leadership and technical depth within the team.

Your Profile

• Experience: 10+ years in data engineering, platform management, or infrastructure leadership, including 5+ years leading large teams.

• Domain Knowledge: Understanding of financial market data (e.g., pricing, reference, corporate actions, ESG, and alternative data).

• Technical Expertise:

• Deep experience with modern data architectures and tools (e.g., Kafka, Airflow, Flink, Iceberg, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS/GCP/Azure).

• Proven ability to operate large-scale data ingestion and processing systems handling financial or reference data.

• Leadership: Track record of leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver business-critical systems in complex environments.

• Soft Skills: Excellent communicator with strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities.