Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Data, System
- Employment Type
- Part Time/Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop the data strategy and build a robust data platform that empowers teams to use AI, self-service analytics, and create customer data models.
Your role in the team
- Build the data foundation that powers KoRo's AI and decisions.
- Own the data strategy. Define a multi-year roadmap focused on capability: the data foundations, models, and ways of working that unlock value across the whole company, the platform our AI, analytics, and decisions are built on.
- Build the self-service backbone. Make clean, trusted, well-modeled data available where teams work. Stand up self-service analytics and BI so a product manager can validate an idea or a marketer can segment an audience without a ticket and a two-week wait.
- Deliver AI-ready data. Make sure our data is structured, governed, and accessible enough that the AI Director and teams can build on it with confidence with the right pipelines, features, and access patterns so AI use cases aren't bottlenecked by messy or missing data.
- Build omni-channel customer intelligence. Connect D2C and retail signals into one trustworthy view of the customer and the journey across online and shelf with identity resolution, unified segmentation, and the foundations for understanding how channels reinforce each other.
- Pioneer graph-based data approaches. Model customers, products, channels, and behaviors as the connected graph they actually are on a foundation richer than flat tables that powers affinity and basket intelligence, recommendation, trend propagation, and downstream AI use cases.
- Set the guardrails. Data governance, quality, privacy, and EU/GDPR-compliant customer data use.
- Lead and grow the data team. You'll shape the structure (data engineering, analytics, platform, embedded analysts), hire and develop talent, and raise the bar on craft and enablement.
- Be the translator. Turn commercial questions into data capabilities and data capabilities into business value across every function.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- A track record of building data platforms and self-service capabilities that enable other teams to move faster. You measure success by what the organization ships, not only what your team ships.
- Strong technical fluency (you can go deep with engineers on architecture, pipelines, and tooling) paired with genuine commercial judgment.
- Hands-on familiarity with omni-channel / multi-source customer data (unifying online and offline signals, identity resolution) and with graph data approaches (graph databases, knowledge or customer graphs, recommendation/affinity) or the clear appetite and ability to build them.
- Proven ability to drive adoption & getting non-technical teams to actually use the tools and trust the data.
- A pragmatic, build-fast-and-validate mindset that fits our test-and-learn culture.
- Fluent English; German is a plus.
Experience
- Minimum 10-15 years leading data, analytics, or platform functions: ideally in D2C, e-commerce, retail, or consumer goods, in a fast-scaling environment.
- Experience establishing data governance, quality, and privacy practices that enable rather than hinder.
- Experience building and leading high-performing teams, plus the maturity to prioritize and say no.
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What we offer
- Join a fast-growing and purpose-driven company that's shaping the future of food retail.
- Extensive onboarding to help you succeed in your role.
- Flexible working hours and hybrid work setup.
- Modern office in Berlin Schöneberg + BVG public transport ticket fully covered.
- Subsidized fitness memberships (Urban Sports Club, HanseFit or FitX).
- A modern MacBook and the tools you need to do your best work.
- Well-stocked office kitchen with snacks, fruit, tea, and coffee.
- 20% discount in the KoRo online store.
- Regular team events, from low-key lunches to epic company parties.
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Benefits
Health, Fitness & Fun
Food & Drink
Work-Life-Integration
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This is your employer
KoRo Handels GmbH
Die KoRo Handels GmbH mit Sitz in Berlin ist ein breit aufgestelltes Food-Start-Up, das hauptsächlich mit naturbelassenen Lebensmitteln in Großpackungen handelt. Als Prozessexperten bringen wir systemisches Denken und eCommerce zusammen und finden Lösungen für schlanke und effiziente Abläufe. Hierfür bedarf es großartiger Ideen, Präzision und einer guten Portion Kreativität.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Trade, Food Products
Director Data & AI Readiness
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
