The Role

Sitting within the IS Leadership Team, the Head of Data & Analytics will be responsible for strategically transforming Electrical Thermal Solutions’ (ETS) data capabilities into a business‑led, value‑driven data product organization that delivers measurable impact. The Head of Data & Analytics serves as a strategic bridge between business outcomes and data capabilities, ensuring the data roadmap aligns with commercial priorities and has clear executive sponsorship.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the ETS Data Strategy, including a rolling 3‑year roadmap covering initiatives, architecture, investment, and capability growth.
• Act as a trusted partner to senior leaders across Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Engineering and Manufacturing to identify high‑value data use‑cases and translate them into clearly‑defined data products.
• Establish a transparent demand intake and prioritization model, ensuring the data team focuses on initiatives with the greatest business impact.
• Build compelling, outcome‑focused business cases for data initiatives, securing executive sponsorship and sustainable funding aligned to business needs.
• Lead the evolution of the Azure-based Lakehouse (Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory/Logic Apps), with a clear perspective on the role of Microsoft Fabric.
• Ensure consistent, high‑quality ingestion from 20+ global ERPs, D365 CRM, and other enterprise platforms, operated as a dependable, business‑grade service.
• Deliver a unified, governed Power BI reporting layer that provides consistent KPIs across business units and regions.
• Lead a migration from Cognos BI to Power BI with zero disruption to business operations.
• Establish a data democratization model that enables divisions to create their own insights using trusted, curated datasets, without compromising governance.
• Move beyond one‑off reports to owned, supported data products with clear owners, users, and success measures.
• Grow and lead a high-performing, transatlantic data team across the US and EU/UK, developing both technical depth and business acumen.
• Own the strategic relationship with external data service providers, from commercial management to delivery outcomes.
• Define and enforce standards for data quality, security, access management, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, data privacy, regulated industries).
• Establish clear ways of working, service levels, and accountability, so the business knows what to expect from the data function.

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of experience working in a Data and Analytics environment with a degree in Data Analytics, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering or related field, preferred.
• At least 3+ years of experience leading, coaching and developing a cross-functional team.
• Deep hands‑on knowledge of the Microsoft data ecosystem (Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory, Power BI) with a clear view of Fabric’s potential role.
• Working experience with articulating the why, value, and trade‑offs of data investments at Executive and Leadership level.
• Working experience leading a data function through scale, change, and increasing business expectations.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, legacy systems, and organizational resistance to deliver change.
• Deep understanding that data only matters when it drives decisions, behavior, or performance.
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing, or asset‑intensive environments is strongly preferred.

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