- Shape a domain-wide data strategy with real business impact
- Partner with key stakeholders to drive high‑value, data‑driven decisions

**About Our Client**
Our client is a international organization with Swiss HQ and high growth trajectory (and plans). In order to support a key initiative related to their data strategy we are looking to speak with experienced data professionals, available to start soon for at least 12 months.


**Job Description**
As Lead Data Strategist, you will take ownership of the strategic direction for a specific business domain, acting as both consultant and domain expert. Working closely with leaders across Finance, Operations, Data Engineering, and Analytics, you'll guide initiatives from concept through delivery-ensuring that the organisation's investment in data directly supports growth, efficiency, and innovation.


**Key Responsibilities Include**
Domain Strategy & Roadmap



- Define and drive the data strategy and roadmap for your assigned domain, ensuring alignment with wider organisational objectives.
- Partner with business leaders to understand priorities and translate them into a clear, actionable delivery plan.

Use Case Identification



- Proactively identify pain points, optimisation opportunities, and value drivers where data, analytics, or machine learning can unlock meaningful business impact.
- Prioritise use cases based on ROI and feasibility.

Business-Technical Translation



- Act as the primary translator between business objectives and technical teams.
- Convert strategic requirements into precise user stories, functional specifications, and deliverables.

Data Culture & Adoption



- Promote data literacy and act as an evangelist for data‑driven decision‑making.
- Support stakeholders in understanding emerging capabilities and best practices.

Performance Measurement



- Collaborate with business domain owners to define KPIs, monitor adoption, and track the ROI of data products and solutions.
- Ensure data initiatives deliver sustained, measurable value.

**The Successful Applicant**
The ideal candidate will bring a blend of strategic thinking, analytical expertise, and stakeholder leadership.


**Required Experience & Skills**

- Strong background in data strategy, data product management, or senior analytics roles, with demonstrable impact on business outcomes.
- Excellent commercial understanding, with the ability to navigate operational and financial drivers of a domain.
- Proven capability to communicate complex data concepts to non‑technical leaders and articulate business needs to technical teams.
- Hands‑on experience managing backlogs, roadmaps, and agile delivery cycles.
- Track record of building trust and influencing senior stakeholders within a matrix environment.
- Solid understanding of modern data platforms (cloud data warehousing, BI tools, analytics solutions) and their real-world application.
- A proactive, curious mindset with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive initiatives independently.

**What's On Offer**

- Drive impact in a specific domain and help drive the data strategy for this area
- Strong cross-functional collaboration, help bridge between technical and business stakeholders

**Contact: Valentin Ohlhorst**
**Quote job ref: JN-032026-6983083**