Data Manager - Data & Machine Learning Platform

our charter is to build Booking's innovative Analytical Platform for a wide range of use cases including complex reporting pipelines and data warehousing. Our customers are the Data Scientists and Analyst community of Booking. The platform scales to millions of bookings a day, leveraging several petabytes of data to optimise the end-user experience. In short, you would play a critical role on the team building the Analytics experience that solves Booking's hardest data consumption challenges.

As a Data Manager, you are the modeling and meta-data technical expert within the big Data Platform team. You are excited at the idea of building an data ecosystem that helps 1000s of data consumers within Booking.com to fully exploit our available data. You need to support the influencing, differentiation, and guidance to business and technology strategies, as they relate to data, through constant cross-functional interaction. You ask the right questions to the right people in order to align data strategy with commercial strategy, demonstrating technical expertise and business knowledge.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Implementing guidelines for modeling from the platform perspective: from conceptual to physical implementation in DBT
• Mentoring and training other Data Managers in customized platform data modeling practices
• Implementing and following processes around modeling and model deployment processes (manual and automated), including reviews and quality checks
• Coming up with requirements for improving meta-data management infrastructure
• Showing excellence in executing core Data Management role via working on the most complex business use cases
• Defining requirements for improving metadata management capability

Role Qualifications and Requirements

Are you a data-driven specialist who enjoys solving problems, who initiates solutions and technical discussions? Do you believe that any challenge can be scaled with the right mindset and tools?

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in the field
• Expertise in conceptual, logical and physical modeling
• Expertise in DBT / SQL etc.
• Experience with data modeling repository management and governance
• Knowledge of Data Governance practices
• Experience in Data Vault / Business Vault - a huge plus.
• Experience in building analytical data architectures
• Experience in building data platforms and data warehouses
• Proficiency in 1 or more server side programming languages -- preferably Python
• Experience with designing and building analytical data architecture on modern Big Data Platforms.
• Experience with Snowflake is a plus
• Ability to drive and take the lead in projects from a technical perspective
• Ability to understand and formulate meaningful business metrics
• Preferably a university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related fields
• Excellent communication (written and spoken) and stakeholder management.

Benefits & Perks: Global Impact, Personal Relevance

Booking.com's Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. Our Total Rewards strive to make it easier for you to experience all that life has to offer on your terms so that you can focus on what really matters. We offer competitive compensation as well as thoughtful, valuable, and even fun benefits which include:

• Headquarters located in one of the most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities in Europe: Amsterdam.
• Contribute to a high scale, sophisticated, world-class product and see the real time impact of your work on millions of travellers worldwide.
• Be part of a truly international fast paced environment and performance driven culture.
• Full relocation support for you and your family to move to Amsterdam. We have fine-tuned this process by successfully relocating over 300 Technology professionals to Amsterdam in the last year alone!
• Performance-based company that offers 29 vacation days, career advancement, and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and stock potential.
• Discount on Booking.com accommodations with the "Booking Deal" including other perks and benefits.
• Company-sponsored family and social activities to help our employees become integrated with each other and Dutch culture.
• Diverse and creative colleagues from every corner of the world.
• Health, life, and disability insurance*
• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave.
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country).
• Industry leading product discounts for yourself, friends, and family, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and quarterly Booking.com wallet credit.
• Free access to online learning platforms, development and mentorship programs, and a complimentary Headspace membership
• On-site meals, coffee, and snacks, including healthy and vegan options, daily*

#ThinkInclusion: Wellbeing & Inclusion at Booking.com

Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging, Wellbeing and Volunteering (IDBWV) have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: "At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn't just create a unique workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It's a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech."

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