Head of Data IT

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Head of Data (2862)
We offer an opportunity you simply won’t find anywhere else. In less than six years, Mileway has grown into Europe’s leader in last mile logistics real estate, with a 550-plus team across twenty seven offices in eleven countries.

Head of Data – Mileway – Amsterdam
Are you an experienced data leader who can turn a modern data platform into a trusted, scalable business capability? We are looking for a Head of Data to lead the next stage of Mileway’s data transformation.

Mileway’s data strategy is defined, our Databricks platform, is moving into its next stage, and the roadmap is underway. This is not a greenfield build. The challenge is to complete the transformation, strengthen governance, enable other teams to build safely on the platform, and make certified data the default across the business.

Working at Mileway
Mileway is Europe’s leading owner and manager of last-mile logistics real estate. Launched in 2019, we have grown into a team of more than 550 people, representing over 50 nationalities, with more than 20 offices across 11 countries.

Our purpose is to be Europe’s leading provider of last-mile logistics real estate, enabling businesses to thrive, driving sustainability forward and shaping the cities of tomorrow.

Our international team combines local market knowledge with the scale and expertise of a pan-European business. We are collaborative, pragmatic and ambitious, and we encourage our people to take ownership, share ideas and continue developing.

Our values;
Drive, Trust, Grow and Together, guide how we work with one another, our customers and our partners.

Your home base will be our Amsterdam office, where we currently work together at least three days per week. We will provide you with the technology and support you need to work effectively and lead this transformation.

The opportunity
Reporting to the CTO, you will own Mileway’s data platform, data engineering, data governance, reporting & analytics and AI enablement agenda. You will lead the central Data organization while enabling business and technology teams to take greater ownership of their own data products and outcomes.

The central team will continue to own the trusted enterprise layer: master data, shared dimensions, Group Finance data, certified enterprise KPIs, the semantic layer and platform governance. Domain teams will increasingly build and publish their own data products on the platform within clear standards, guardrails and data contracts.

This is a platform-as-a-product leadership role. Success will be measured not only by what the Data team delivers, but by how effectively other teams can build and ship on the platform without compromising enterprise standards or trust.

What you’ll do

Own the strategic direction, operation and adoption of Mileway’s Databricks data platform. Including c-suite and leadership level alignment and strategy adoption.

Complete the migration from the legacy data warehouse environment to Databricks and support disciplined decommissioning.

Ensure the platform is scalable, secure, reliable and cost-efficient, with clear ownership of architecture and delivery quality.

Drive the transition from a centralised delivery model to a federated, self-service model.

Enable business and technology teams to develop and publish their own data products using agreed platform patterns, standards and governance.

Define the boundary between the centrally owned enterprise layer and domain-owned products.

Implement practical data contracts covering definitions, schema, quality thresholds, service levels and ownership.

Lead the Data Council and enterprise data governance agenda, including certification, stewardship and data-quality ownership.

Establish trusted, consistent and…