Data Design Manager

About the project

The Local Data Design Manager supports the business by leading and developing a team of Designers, Senior Designers, and Lead Designers in their local country, and any contractor designers as deemed appropriate, to deliver high-quality data warehouse designs and associated documentation.

The role is accountable for the quality and timeliness of their team’s output and for the management of the individuals in the team, including supporting recruitment, in-role development, and career planning. Subject to their available capacity, they are also expected to complete data warehouse designs.

This is how we organize our work

This is how we work

• you focus on a single project at a time
• you have influence on the choice of tools and technologies
• you have influence on the product

Team members

• technical leader
• data scientist
• product owner

Your responsibilities

• Line management and career development of a team of cross-workstream local Data Designers
• Supporting and guiding the team in creating data warehouse designs that meet or exceed requirements, ensuring they collaborate effectively with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and internal teams
• Ensuring that the Data Designers understand and comply with the agreed principles and processes, with supporting documentation delivered accurately and on time
• Leading the recruitment of new Data Designers for the team
• Actively contributing to improvements in ways of working and documentation templates
• When capacity allows, working on data warehouse designs, following the standard Data Design processes

Our requirements

• Proven experience of leading a small to medium sized team to achieve or exceed expectations
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken
• Experience in mentoring/coaching colleagues
• An ability to constructively challenge decisions, introducing possible alternate perspectives
• Effective communication skills, in a style which elicits trust
• Strong attention to detail
• Intermediate-level SQL querying
• 2 years experience as a data modeller or 5 years experience of working with data in data warehouses

Optional

• Experience of working with data in Databricks
• Knowledge of retail business data and processes

What we offer

• 31,000 - 38,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• life insurance
• integration events
• dental care
• no dress code

Recruitment stages

• Send in your application
• Talent Acquisition team will then review your application
• You’ll have a telephone interview/one to one conversation
• You’ll be invited to a face to face or virtual interview
• Recruiter will be in touch with feedback and next steps

Kingfisher

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.