Data Architect

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY ENABLING BETTER DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION-MAKING? WE ARE LOOKING FOR A DATA ARCHITECT THAT WILL JOIN OUR EXCITING GROWTH JOURNEY.

YOUR MISSING & RESPONSIBILITIES AHEAD OF YOU
GANNI is on an exciting growth journey, aiming to become a digital-first, direct-to-consumer brand. To achieve this, our Digital Development and Data Management department plays a key role in building a future-proof technical landscape that supports our ambitions.

We are currently in a transition phase, establishing a modern, scalable data platform and reporting framework based on Microsoft Fabric. This means you’ll have the opportunity to work with new technology while also shaping the way we do things. Your expertise will help define best practices and ensure our data infrastructure is built for the future.

The Data Architect will be part of our Data & Integrations team as part of the Digital Development & Data Management department. You will be responsible for the Data Platform & Analytics development backlog. You will take the lead and participate in stakeholder meetings with different departments, scoping sessions and work hands-on with development ensuring we follow architectural guidelines.  

We’re looking for someone who actively ensures stable and efficient operations while continuously improving and refining our data infrastructure.

You have experience collaborating across all levels of the business and working closely with departments like Finance, Sales, Operations, and Marketing. We see you as a trusted advisor for all things related to Business Intelligence, automation, and reporting - someone who can provide guidance on any questions that arise. You act as a technical sparring partner, supporting new business initiatives and advising on how to best utilize and activate data.

We believe that this position holds a lot of space for you to grow professionally in an international environment where you combine data, people and technology! You enjoy a dynamic environment in a growth organisation where you will have the opportunity to develop yourself over time with new responsibilities. 
 

Responsibilities ahead of you 

• Leading a team of two (Data Engineer and Data Analyst) as well as 1-2 external data engineers in all development related work in all from data integration, data transformation to data visualisation. 
• Maintain and steer the Data Platform & Analytics backlog and priorities.
• Participate and lead scoping sessions with business stakeholders.
• Responsible for translating business requirements into a technical solution 
• Making sure to have a consistent technical direction of the data deliverables to ensure a futureproof architecture
• Be an advisor and sparring partner for different departments as well as for your manager Head of Data & Integrations. 
• Perform code reviews for and with colleagues and externals
• Ensure a stable data platform and reporting landscape meeting end-user expectations
• Support your team members of Integration Architects with data products enabling our integration platform
• Able to go hands on when support is needed
   

MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in roles as a data/BI architect, senior BI consultant, or data engineer, either in-house or from a consulting company. 
• We expect that you have a broad knowledge of Azure Data Services, ex. Microsoft Fabric, Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL DB, Azure Data Lake and Power BI.
• Have a minimum of 4 years experience working within Data analysis, Data Engineering and/or Business Intelligence.
• Experience creating star schemas and data modelling, especially working in a data lakehouse architecture.
• Experience with SQL, Spark SQL, PySpark, DAX and Power BI and working with Notebooks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to engage and communicate with senior business leaders.
• Experience working with several external development vendors and vendor management.
• Thrive in a fast-moving and dynamic business environment where operations and business requirements might change fast.
• Experience with different source systems, having experience with Microsoft Navision/Trimit, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, NewStore, InRiver, Bloomreach, JIRA and SharePoint is an advantage.
• A plus would be to have experience with Customer Data Platforms and a business focused on Direct-to-consumer. 
• Maybe you have experience with object-oriented programming like Python or C#.

THE GANNI WAY
You are proactive by nature and understand the value of well-planned processes combined with high data quality provided at the right time in the right place.  We believe you are comfortable working with hands-on operational tasks such as answering questions about data and fixing bugs as well as providing day-to-day support to colleagues and customers. 

We believe that you have strong analytical skills while you easily visualise and communicate to stakeholders from various departments and different levels to make sure the message goes through. You are enjoying a dynamic environment where you will have the opportunity to be a key-player and an impact maker. We believe you continue to help the organisation, team and your colleagues to grow by bringing in a new perspective.
 

BE BOLD AND JOIN OUR GANNI COMMUNITY!
We hope you got all your questions answered and feel motivated to join our team and become a part of the GANNI community. If you have more questions regarding the position, please contact Allan Pinholt Poulsen, Head of Data & Integration at [email protected]

We will be interviewing candidates continuously and kindly ask you to send your application and CV as soon as possible. Please use the “Apply for position” button. 

We welcome applications from all people regardless of gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, racial identities, religious beliefs, disability statuses and personal expressions. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV.

Quick Apply
You don’t need to upload a cover letter to apply for this position - your CV is enough! We want to make the process easy for you, so you can quickly apply by simply attaching your CV. If you have a cover letter, you’re welcome to include it, but it’s not required. We look forward to hearing from you