IT Data Architect

IT Center EMEA counts 3 departments: IT Planning (PLAN), IT Development (BUILD) and IT Infrastructure (RUN). IT Development has 2 competence centres: Madrid and Oostkamp. You will be part of IT Development in Oostkamp.  This department consists of 20 internal colleagues strengthened with external consultants and an offshore team. The group is young and dynamic with a good team spirit and open communication. We implement innovative IT solutions for our 7500+ Daikin group colleagues all over Europe & Middle East.  In support of Daikin Europe’s ambitious business strategy on  digital transformation , we have designed a  Data & Analytics Strategy  based on a our Data platform (Azure + Databricks Lakehouse) including big data with advanced analytics and ML/(Gen)AI capabilities.  We are looking for a Data & Analytics Architect. In this function, you will lead and support the initiatives related to data insights, business intelligence, (Gen)AI and data governance covering all business areas.  Job content After an extensive introduction and training period, your main challenges will be: In cooperation with the colleagues of IT and the international key users, you will  analyse the requirements  on management reporting and data insights in a wide range of business areas (manufacturing, logistics, finance, supply planning, sales, master data, R&D, HR,…). As a data architect, you’ll draft implementation proposals based on our centralized Microsoft Azure/Databricks & Power BI platform  or newer niche technologies in line with the Data & Analytics strategy. You will manage and document an overall view on our data assets, as opportunity to improve or create new Daikin business ( data management, data monetisation ). You will shape our data platform where data from different existing platforms (internal or external, structured or non-structured) can be combined in a consistent well-designed data & analytics architecture. You will explore  latest technology to cope with big data challenges  (connecting machines, products, cloud platforms… ) and adding advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to our current analytics architecture including a robust governance structure. You’ll  run proof of concepts  to gain experience and proof business value. You will be assigned to  lead analytics projects . In doing so, you take into account every step of Daikin’s our “Project management methodology” to deliver high-quality IT solutions towards business. This will require you to  coordinate a team of internal & external IT colleagues and developers . You will work closely together with the  Business Analytics  team, which is our business counterpart in our Analytics Centre of Expertise. In this role, you strongly support the  standardisation & promotion of the pan-European reports & analytics solutions . You are co-drafting the Generative AI roadmap within Daikin Europe for the years to…