Forto
Logistics
DirectorofData
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“Director of Data at Forto. Skills: Data strategy, Data governance, AI and ML operating experience, Stakeholder management. Create unified data organisation. Raise profile of data across business”
What You'll Achieve.
Dramatically raise the profile of data across the business; Ensure that the Data org operates a Centre of Excellence; Make data trustworthy; Maintain a reliable, performant, cost-aware platform; Scale analytics and AI capability; Champion self-service BI without losing control of metrics and a single source of truth; Make sure the function is genuinely useful to the people it serves
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Data leadership track record, 7+ years in data, analytics, or related disciplines, 3+ years leading teams that more than one sub-discipline, Strategy and roadmap experience, Centre of Excellence or shared-services exposure, Modern data architecture, Cloud platform fluency (AWS / GCP / Azure), Governance and compliance, AI and ML operating experience, Senior stakeholder management, Commercial fluency, People leadership, written and verbal communication
Nice to Have
Experience in a high-growth or scale-up environment, Background in industries with operational complexity, real-time data needs, or supply chain / logistics / marketplace dynamics, Hands-on past as a data engineer, analytics engineer, or data scientist, Experience implementing a data mesh or federated data product model, Familiarity with EU AI Act, Experience evaluating, procuring, and rolling out AI tooling, Track record of contributing to public technical discourse, Graduate qualification in a quantitative, computer science, or related discipline, Multi-language working environments, experience operating across European or global teams
What You'll Do.
Create unified data organisation
Raise profile of data across business
Partner with stakeholders
Assess and support data needs
Own and implement data strategy
Prioritize competing demands
Operate Centre of Excellence
Support and educate customers
Form working relationships
Define and shape data strategy
Establish policies and standards
Set guardrails for data use
Sponsor data platform
Maintain reliable platform
Make build/partner recommendations
Manage vendor relationships
Scale analytics capability
Define use case sourcing
Define use case prioritization
Define use case productionisation
Define use case governance
Champion self-service BI
Partner across business
Build working relationships
Translate technical choices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with stakeholders; Form working relationships with stakeholders; Partner across the business; Build working relationships with leaders; Work with engineering and architecture
Communication Scope
written and verbal communication; Translate technical choices into commercial language
Process & Methodology
Strategy and roadmap experience, Prioritizing competing demands, Define how use cases are sourced, prioritised, productionised, and governed, Curate a portfolio that balances quick wins, strategic bets, and long-term capability building
Full Job Description
ABOUT US What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process. Your role & Mission As Data Director here at Forto, you will be responsible for creating a unified data organisation consisting of Data Science, Data Analytics and Data Engineering. You will dramatically raise the profile of data across the business, partnering with stakeholders in a number of domains to assess and support their data needs. You will own and implement a company wide data strategy, prioritizing competing demands into one cohesive and well understood approach. What you will do Be responsible for the teams (each with their own manager/technical lead) that own the 3 “pillars” of data at Forto: Data Engineering, Data Analytics and Data Science, bringing them into a unified org whilst also encouraging and respecting their specialised skills Ensure that the Data org operates a Centre of Excellence, supporting and educating the “customers” of data across the business. Break down siloes and form strong working relationships with stakeholders. Define and shape a data strategy fit for purpose across our analytical and agentic business needs. Own data governance and quality. Establish the policies, standards, ownership model, and forums that make data trustworthy. Manage day-to-day compliance with GDPR and emerging AI regulation, and set practical guardrails for data and AI use. Sponsor the data platform. Work with engineering and architecture to maintain a reliable, performant, cost-aware platform across ingestion, storage, transformation, BI, and ML. Make build/buy/partner recommendations and manage key vendor relationships.
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