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About the Role
Lead the evolution of Rainforest Alliance's global data landscape from a fragmented, product-centric model to a scalable, integrated Enterprise Data Platform. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy and technical execution, ensuring data architecture directly fuels business value.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the transition plan from legacy data services to a new, integrated Microsoft platform.
- Deconstruct the overhaul into manageable workstreams (e.g., Data Migration, Governance, Integration, Analytics/BI, migration to the new platform of strategic systems, and sunset of legacy systems).
- Align data consumers, Product Owners, IT teams, Information Security, and Business Unit heads within a complex global environment.
- Partner with Consultancy and Enterprise Architects to deliver, operate, and improve the new tech stack, ensuring it meets global business requirements.
- Ensure all data platform components are monitored for capacity and performance, with system availability exceeding 99.99%.
- Own the definition, implementation, and ongoing operation of the service and support wrapper for the entire data platform stack.
- Identify and deliver the appropriate staffing and support model to assure availability, resilience, supportability, and recoverability.
- Validate and assure system resilience through geo-redundancy.
- Act as a subject matter expert/focal point for escalations relating to data services and tools.
- Optimize code execution through regular reviews to meet availability targets.
- Identify and deliver necessary skills and lead cultural change through role-modelling, talent assessment, development planning, and restructuring.
- Establish standards for data lineage and quality to ensure the 'Single Source of Truth' remains truthful.
- Manage codebases using version control practices for data assets, including branching strategies, pull request workflows, and repository management for data pipelines and configuration.
- Ensure all data platform components, including pipelines, infrastructure, and configurations, are version controlled with CI/CD processes governing environment promotion.
Requirements
- Experience translating complex business problems into technical requirements and vice-versa.
- Deep familiarity and experience with the design, configuration, and operation of the Microsoft data ecosystem.
- Working knowledge of platform components, including pipelines, infrastructure, configurations, and CI/CD processes.
- Experience with environment management and promotion from development through to production.
- 10+ years in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or IT Leadership, with experience in data platform transformation and migration.
- Experience overcoming change and risk-averse mindsets and mentalities.
- Deep familiarity with cloud data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, application stacks, reporting tools, and data mesh/fabric concepts.
Skills
- Data Migration
- Data Governance
- Data Integration
- Analytics/BI
- Microsoft platform
- Cloud data warehouses
- ETL/ELT pipelines
- Application stacks
- Reporting tools
- Data mesh/fabric concepts
- Version control practices
- CI/CD processes
Location
- Netherlands
- UK
Work Type
- Flexible hybrid working environment
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
- 10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Netherlands salary range: €80,000 - €95,000
- UK salary range: £65,000 - £80,000
Benefits
- Be a part of a global organization with an impactful mission and a collaborative, respectful, and accountable culture.
- Opportunities for professional growth and career development.
- Remote working flexibility and flexible hybrid working environment.
- A favourable time‑off policy.
- Numerous ways to promote work-life balance.
About the Company
- Rainforest Alliance is a global organization with an impactful mission.
- The organization has a collaborative, respectful, and accountable culture.
Equal Opportunity
- The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.