As part of its sustained growth, Gaming1 is looking for a Head of Data Engineering & BI to join its IT Department.
Our IT department serves the full breadth of our retail operations, supporting stakeholders across Finance, HR, Compliance, Legal, and Retail — and we are at an inflection point: moving from reactive data management to a proactive, insight-driven data culture.
YOUR ROLE
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This is a transformation role, not a maintenance one. You will act as the first dedicated data leader within our IT function, shaping the vision, defining the roadmap, and driving the execution to build a robust, business-driven data practice.
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You will lead and grow a team of data and BI professionals, positioning data as a strategic asset — structured, trusted and AI-ready — serving the entire IT organisation.
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Working within a federated data ecosystem, you will collaborate closely with central platform and infrastructure teams, ensuring alignment while progressively clarifying ownership, responsibilities and data governance.
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Your key responsibilities include:
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Defining and executing the data & BI strategy and governance
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Delivering scalable, business-oriented BI solutions
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Modernising the data stack and ensuring data quality & AI readiness
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Guiding architecture decisions and data standards
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Building and structuring a high-performing data team
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Driving cross-functional collaboration across the organisation
YOUR PROFILE
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Experience transforming and structuring underperforming data environments
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Background in data-intensive, regulated industries (banking, insurance, utilities…); gaming is a plus
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Track record of building and leading data teams
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Delivery of impactful data products driving business decisions
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Strong BI expertise (Power BI mandatory), data modelling & semantic layer design
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Solid understanding of data engineering (warehousing, pipelines, data quality, AWS)
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Familiar with modern data stack (Medallion, data mesh, dbt or equivalent)
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Able to challenge architecture and guide technical decisions
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Awareness of AI/LLM data requirements (RAG, structured data, vector-ready formats)
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Autonomous and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership
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Pragmatic: focused on delivering scalable, business-driven solutions
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Analytical and structured approach to problem-solving
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Strong stakeholder management across Finance, Compliance & Operations
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Influential communicator able to drive alignment without formal authority
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Curious mindset, staying up to date with data & AI trends
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French and English: professional proficiency (mandatory)
