VP Data Platforms & Analytics

Bankdata
Bankdata builds software for the financial sector. The company are almost 1,000 colleagues on the team and develop digital products, platforms, and infrastructure that approximately every third Dane, 200,000 companies, and thousands of bank employees use every day.

Bankdata believes in structured personal development, a strong collegial community, and that ambitious employees with flexible and sustainable work lives perform better.

Bankdata actively promotes diversity and inclusion among its employees, and therefore encourages everyone regardless of gender identity, age, and cultural background to apply for a job.

VP Data Platforms & Analytics
Overall responsibility for managing and developing the Data Platforms- and Analytics area consisting of an organisation of approx. 35 employees, including four managers. Responsible for the data strategy, technology transformation and leadership development in a field with ongoing rapid change and with an immense potential

With direct report to the SVP/CTO of Bankdata, you will be responsible for an area that receives high attention from top management and customers. You will be responsible for the products and technology supporting comprehensive data management solutions at Bankdata, covering all aspects of data handling to ensure robust and efficient data management that provides insights and strategic advantages and drives the customer’s data-driven decisions and goals.

It is essential that your area delivers coherent and user-friendly solutions across the entire data management and analytics value chain, which includes new and older systems and technologies. You will lead a technological transition from traditional data warehousing to modern data platforms that cover Bankdata's and member banks' needs.

Focus on leadership, technology and stakeholders – bring the area to the next level
You will lead a team of one director, two senior managers and one manager and be part of the extended executive leadership team across Bankdata. Your employees will be in Fredericia and Silkeborg, and you will have internal and external stakeholders in the member banks.
Your key tasks will be to:

• Set and drive the strategic agenda for the transformation of the data area towards self-service capabilities, data governance, data management and data accessibility for internal developers and customers.
• Lead the strategic technological agenda focusing on developing a robust architectural framework.
• Drive operational leadership: Oversee the daily operations of the data platforms and data warehouse, ensuring seamless functionality and alignment with business needs.
• Mentor and develop the existing leadership team and build a leadership/talent pipeline.
• Act as Sparring Partner for the SVP/CTO and the member banks within the data area. You will ensure that the area is one step ahead of market developments.
• Manage the department’s finances, including budgeting and forecasting, and the area’s agenda within risk, compliance and security activities.

It is crucial for your success that you can navigate waters where regulations are an everyday occurrence and that you manage to create good cooperation across Bankdata and among member banks.

Strong leadership profile with solid experience in data management and transformation
You excel in leadership and have experience with change management, employee development, and motivation. You naturally coach and guide your team of managers and have experience developing strategies and working with roadmaps, as well as playing an active role in their implementation.

You have substantial insight into Data Platforms and the Analytical area, including a strong vision for the technological agenda within the field. You have experience with new and older technologies and have worked with, e.g., Databricks, MS Fabric, Data Mesh, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, or Domain-Driven Design.

Your business experience is earned from medium-large and/or larger companies that are highly regulated and are mature within SW Development/Engineering and Data Management so that you are used to acting in a similar business model and ”know what great looks like” within that model.

As a person, you are a well-founded communicator and good at building relations across an entire organisation. You are structured, and as a leader, you are performance-driven and ambitious. You can set a course, create changes, and get people on board. You thrive ”building” rather than ”just” using existing processes and systems.

You are offered a unique job opportunity in a solid corporate culture where business efforts and human values go hand in hand. You will be part of an exciting company with multiple personal development opportunities over time.

If you have any questions, please call Senior Research Consultant Helle Kjærgaard Grüner at tel. +45 4412 2016.

Please note that we only need your CV if you want to apply. Your approach is handled with confidentiality.