Platform & Data Engineering Director

Vor 2 Tagen

Munich, Bavaria, Deutschland Visium Vollzeit

Role

As a Platform & Data Engineering Director, you will lead the design, build, and evolution of Visium's client-facing AI and Data platform capabilities. You are the technical authority and delivery lead for our most complex data & platform programs, the person who ensures that what we build is not only technically excellent but also adoptable, scalable, and genuinely transformative.

You will directly manage forward-deployed platform engineering teams, drive data & platform strategy across engagements, and act as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders. You bring hands-on depth in the modern data and AI platform stack, from infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD to cloud architecture and building data products, combined with the leadership presence and commercial instinct to grow accounts and inspire teams.

As a Platform & Data Engineering Director, you will work on

Architect and lead the delivery of complex AI and Data platform programs, spanning cloud infrastructure design, automation, CI/CD pipelines, data product design and data engineering, from initial scoping through to production deployment. Our focus is on Azure and AWS.
Define and drive platform engineering standards and best practices across engagements, ensuring repeatability, reliability, and long-term client value.
Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, including C-Level and VP Engineering personas, acting as a hands-on technical advisor who earns trust through delivery.
Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers and engagement managers, cultivating a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and ownership.
Identify and develop new business opportunities within existing accounts, partnering with the commercial team to expand Visium's platform footprint.
Champion an inspiring, outward-facing engineering culture, one that attracts strong talent and energises clients with a clear and compelling vision for what great platform and data engineering looks like.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you bring a combination of expertise, experience, and skills including:

Proven, hands-on experience leading large-scale platform engineering programs in AI and Data, you have built, shipped and operated production-grade platforms and data products, not just designed them.
Mastered the consulting business
- you know exactly how the business works and have a proven track record in delivering successful large projects.
Deep technical expertise across the modern platform stack: CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, cloud platform design (focus Azure,), data engineering and automation at scale.
Demonstrated experience delivering AI and Data use cases end-to-end on enterprise platformsProven people leadership: you have hired, grown, and retained high-performing platform engineering teams in fast-paced consulting or product environments.
Commercial acumen and a track record of contributing to account growth, whether through identifying upsell opportunities, leading presales technical conversations, or building long-term client partnerships.
Outstanding communication and presence: you can translate complex platform concepts into compelling narratives for both technical and executive audiences, and you do so with energy and conviction.
An inspiring, outgoing personality: you lead from the front, bring others with you, and make the work feel meaningful.
Fluent in English; French and/or German are a plus.

Benefits



What we offer

A competitive compensation packageA yearly education budget to steep your learning curveA yearly sport budget because a fit body leads to a fit mindA flexible working culture because your work-life balance matters to usA position that enables you to have an impact on 1’000s of people, and the whole company's growth.
An international, knowledgeable, and passionate team with a strong collaborative mindset