Head of Data (F/H/NB)

At Chateauform, our goal is to create an environment where the pleasure, fulfillment, and success of our Talents are at the heart of our commitment. Who are we?🌟

• European leader in seminars, meetings, training, and events for over 30 years
• 80 castles and historic residences dedicated to companies in 7 countries
• More than 2200 Talents
• 85% of our Talents confirm that it is good to work at Chateauform in 2025

Beyond the numbers, Chateauform embodies a human adventure.🤝 Our mission is to breathe added warmth into every encounter, to inspire companies, and to help them reveal their Talents. Joining Chateauform also means being part of a company designed differently, where everyone is an actor in their own development. Everything is put in place to reveal you and allow you to be yourself! Because at Chateauform, a happy Talent makes a happy Client!🤩 In a context of ambitious digital transformation, we are looking for our future Head of Data (F/H/NB). Within the digital management (Product, Delivery, Ops & Cybersécurité, PMO), you will carry the implementation of the group's data strategy from end to end. You are the face of data at Chateauform and play a key role with business departments, the executive committee, and our entire ecosystem. You report directly to the CIO/CDO and are a member of their management committee. Your challenge? To make data a true lever of performance for the Group by building a single source of truth that feeds strategic decisions, digital products, and future uses of artificial intelligence. Do you recognize yourself?💡 You have 8 to 10 years of experience in the Data universe, with successful experience in building a data platform and team.

You master modern data architectures and ideally the Microsoft ecosystem: Fabric, Power BI, Azure, modeling, data quality, and MLOps.

You possess solid experience in data governance: data ownership, quality, cataloging, RGPD.

You are able to communicate as well with an executive committee as with technical or operational teams.

You know how to transform business needs into concrete and measurable use cases.

You have a true appetite for subjects related to AI, predictive uses, and agentic systems.

You are recognized for your leadership and your ability to recruit, develop, and unite teams.

You know how to arbitrate, prioritize, and make value-oriented decisions.

You are curious, pragmatic, and results-oriented.

You like to build, structure, and evolve organizations.

Languages: Professional English required

Bring us your touch of madness, your zest of humor…

Your future job!💯 Define and drive the Group's Data strategy Define and drive the Group's Data roadmap for the 2027-2030 horizon.

Arbitrate priorities and investments based on their business value.

Measure and communicate the impact of Data initiatives on performance, adoption, and data quality.

Support management bodies in decision-making through reliable and shared indicators.

Carry Data issues to the COMEX and business departments.

Build the reference Data platform Continue the migration toward Microsoft Fabric and drive the progressive decommissioning of the historical data warehouse.

Build a robust, scalable, and high-performance Group Data platform.

Implement a single source of truth and a harmonized semantic layer for Group indicators.

Develop self-service Business Intelligence uses.

Guarantee the exposure and circulation of data to digital products thanks to the Group's API infrastructures.

Structure governance, quality, and compliance Lead and develop the network of Data Owners within the different departments.

Define and drive data quality indicators.

Implement governance principles and classification of sensitive data.

Guarantee regulatory compliance in collaboration with the Security teams, the RSSI, and the DPO.

Contribute to issues related to RGPD, NIS2, and the AI Act.

Develop business uses and create value Identify, prioritize, and deploy high-impact use cases for the Group.

Develop solutions around lead qualification, customer loyalty, and optimization of house occupancy.

Support the development of predictive projects related to revenue management, margin forecasting, maintenance, or even CSR and CSRD issues.

Measure and demonstrate the value created by Data initiatives.

Prepare the Data foundation for AI Prepare the data necessary for future artificial intelligence uses and agentic systems.

Guarantee the quality, accessibility, and governance of data used by AI solutions.

Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, and Security teams to build responsible and value-creating uses.

Build and grow the Data team Recruit the future Talents of the Data pole and integrate the data analysts of the BI team, reporting to Commerce.

Structure the team around the professions of Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Science, and then MLOps.

Deploy engineering best practices: CI/CD, tests, observability, and AI uses.

Support the skill development and professional growth of the team.

Acculturate the company to Data Make data a company-wide subject and not just a technological subject.

Support business departments in their skill development on Data subjects in a low data-maturity environment.

Lead regular rituals with departments and teams.

Spread a common Data culture, from the field to the executive committee.

Promote the adoption of uses and data-driven decision-making.

Why is this position unique? 🌟 You join Chateauform with a true transformation mandate: the strategy is defined, investments are supported at the Group level, and you benefit from a direct reporting line to the CIO / CDO to build and deploy the Data vision.

You evolve in a company with a tangible and deeply human product, where the impact of data is concretely measured in our houses, with our Talents, and with our Clients, far beyond a simple dashboard.

You arrive at a pivotal moment in our history: the moment where we are building the Data and AI foundations that will accompany the development of a European leader in the years to come.

You have the opportunity to create a Group Data platform, to structure a team of experts, and to bring forth the uses that will durably transform our way of working and making decisions.

You contribute directly to preparing Chateauform for future uses of artificial intelligence and agentic systems, in an environment where everything remains to be built.

More than a job, Chateauform offers you all the means to thrive 💯 Chateauform offers you a lived, not imagined, corporate culture

A permanent contract (CDI) as an executive (cadre) on a daily rate basis (forfait jour)

Autonomy and diversity in your missions

A tight-knit team

A family home (headquarters) where it is good to live, with a gym and a break room

An integration process that gives you all the keys to being an actor in the company

A development plan co-constructed with your leader to give you the means to thrive and grow

Different ways to learn: in your mission, through your peers, with your leader, by taking responsibilities, and through various training sessions…

Support for small inconveniences or difficulties, such as support for caregivers or single parents

Teleworking

A CSE that offers great deals

Meals based on fresh products cooked by our chef

Remuneration + profit sharing + participation

Location: Maison de Famille (headquarters) in Saint Ouen sur Seine (93)

Convinced? We are looking forward to receiving your CV!💫 Interview process: Exchange with the CIO / CDO (allow 1 hour).

Practical case around a real use case and the trajectory of the Group's Data platform.

Meetings with different business interlocutors as well as the Digital Transformation team.

Meeting with General Management

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