Join our team as a Head of Data Platform!

Yes, you can! That's our attitude toward our work, ambitions, ideas, and relationships. We, at Luminor, believe that anyone has the potential to achieve big things and encourage everyone to achieve them – professionally and personally. 

We seek a Head of Data Platform with deep expertise in Data Mesh and Data as Product principles. In this strategic role, you will be responsible for designing and leading the development of our next-generation data platform, ensuring that data is treated as a product and distributed through a decentralized Data Mesh architecture. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to establish best practices, build data products, and enable data democratization across the organization.

You will play a critical role in defining the roadmap for our data infrastructure, ensuring data availability, scalability, and security while enabling data engineering, science, analytics, and business teams to leverage data effectively. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, leadership and banking experience, and a deep understanding of modern data technologies and best practices.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the Data Platform Strategy: Develop and execute the vision and strategy for our data platform, aligning with the bank’s goals and business objectives
• Design and Implement Data Mesh Framework: Lead the adoption and implementation of Data Mesh principles, ensuring that data is treated as a product and managed across decentralized domains
• Data as a Product: Work with data product owners to define, build, and maintain data products that are reliable, accessible, and usable across various business units
• Architecture & Design: Oversee the architecture of data pipelines, data lakes, data warehouses, and analytics systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and security
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of data engineers, architects, and platform specialists. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Data Integration: Ensure seamless integration of various data sources (internal and external) into the data platform, using modern ETL/ELT frameworks
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Leverage cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to manage and scale the data platform
• Data Governance & Security: Implement data governance policies, ensuring data quality, privacy, security, and compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, DORA)

What We Expect: 

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform management, or similar roles
• Proven experience leading data platform architecture and implementation in cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka)
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Solid understanding of data governance, security best practices, and compliance standards
• Demonstrated ability to lead and build high-performing teams in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
• Fluent English is required in spoken and written communication due to working on the Pan-Baltic level

What We Offer:

• Flexibility. Flexible working hours, remote work, and the possibility to work from anywhere in the EU, Iceland, Switzerland, and the UK (in total 90 days per year)
• International teams. Teams that go outside Pan-Baltic borders where people value challenging work together with good humor and having fun
• More vacation. Additional weeks of vacation are available to all employees who have been in the company for 1 year or more
• Volunteer time off. We care about giving back to society. Therefore, you will get additional days off for volunteering purposes
• Paid leave. We are proud of our employees who are participating in military training. Therefore, Luminor offers 30 fully paid calendar days for military training every year
• Health benefits. A competitive benefits package in addition to your salary that includes health insurance after the first 3 months pass in all three Baltic states as well as Health days in case of your absence due to sickness without a doctor's note needed
• Wellbeing. Access to tools and resources that help to feel good and be productive at work and in life
• Professional growth. Internal and external training programs, workshops, conferences, online training, etc.
• Special Offer for Luminor products & services. Enjoy special offers & pricing for products and services provided by Luminor
• Gross salary. 5,000 - 7,500 EUR/month, though the final number is to be determined depending on your level of experience and competencies 

The application deadline is the 3rd of February. We are looking for a candidate primarily already located within the Baltics please apply with your CV in English and PDF format!