Data Office Transformation Data Engineering Lead (Belgium HQ)

Key Skills

Azure, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery - CI/CD, Data science techniques, Data Transformation, DevOps, IT, Leadership Skill, Optimization, Python Programming, R Programming, SAS

Job Description

You will be the main developer or possibly product owner for 1 or more products which are essential for operational data management, including search and data transformation. You should have systems analysis and expert programming experience in data engineering using at least one if not all of Python, R, and SAS, and eagerness to learn and use the others. You will be working on identified challenges to make them transparent, sketch out solutions, and implement prototypes which can be further developed into production platforms. The solutions are expected to be rapidly and incrementally delivered to the business using agile and scrum approaches. The solutions will be reviewed and refined as needed for use in related situations across the enterprise.

As a developer in the Data Office, you will the delivery of products in the data engineering domain which enable both the success of the UCB enterprise data strategy as well as the continual transformation necessary to achieve our UCB Data Ambitions. Is accountable along with product owners for managing the quality of product backlog items. Has experience with Azure DevOps software development and CI/CD approaches. Able to translate needs into software components and systems. Works in collaboration with the other Data Office staff to determine critical business programs to support to continuously drive next generation innovation and solution provisioning in the data domain.

Who you’ll work with

This role will partner with IT with the facilitation of the IT representative as well as with Data Scientists across the enterprise.

What you’ll do

• The Transformation Lead Data Engineering will propose optimizations to the priorities of the Data Office to contribute towards the delivery of UCB’s data ambitions.
• You will leverage and mediate the transversal input from the Data Office and Data representatives / subject matter experts to foster solutions which reflect a cross functional and comprehensive understanding of data analytic sciences, systems, computing, as well as core business processes and practices.
• You will work in an agile fashion to maintain alignment with the dynamic and fluid UCB environment.
• As an integral member, you will be central to ensuring a highly collaborative one-team culture in UCB’s Data Office, re-engineers business processes needs for operation and use of a data management methodology including workflow, training, data (standards) model and social aspects to align across functional groups and verticals. 

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience, and skills

• Masters with 5+ years data engineering or software development experience
• Expert knowledge of one of Python, R, and SAS and a willingness and ability to develop in the others.
• Demonstrated delivery of cross functional initiatives – preference to systems/ data-enabled / advanced analytics / process improvement.
• Team oriented individual with ability to thrive in cross-functional environment
• Desire to automate when possible.

Specific skills/competences

• Able to develop and communicate across cultures and geographies
• Product delivery orientation
• Customer orientation
• Expert knowledge of at least one of SAS, Python, R software development, and understanding the others.
• Experience with data governance platforms
• Strong understanding of data/computing environments and user experience considerations. Experience in API design.