Regional Data Strategy Manager

Company Description

With over 75 years of experience and the most extensive international network, Coface is a leader in trade credit insurance & risk management, and a recognized provider of Factoring, Debt Collection, Single Risk insurance, Bonding, and Information Services. Coface’s experts work to the beat of the global economy, helping ~100,000 clients in 100 countries build successful, growing, and dynamic businesses. With Coface’s insight and advice, these companies can make informed decisions. The Group' solutions strengthen their ability to sell by providing them with reliable information on their commercial partners and protecting them against non-payment risks, both domestically and for export. In 2023, Coface employed ~4,970 people and registered a turnover of €1.868 billion.

Job Description

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled Regional Data Strategy Manager to join our team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in defining and executing our Data Strategy for our Region Western Europe (France, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland), Northern and Western Africa.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Strategy

• Develop a Regional Data Strategy aligned with the Group Data Strategy
• Provide support for data-related mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
• Identify and execute "data" levers
• Identify partners for data/open innovation initiatives
• Management of long-term initiatives to enhance the risk evaluation on companies

Innovation Data Management

• Formulate strategies for make/buy/multisource/dual data sourcing
• Alternative data acquisition scenarios (cost & drivers)
• Manage business requirements and projects related to data (ex: multi sourcing) in collaboration with IT & Operations
• Create a regional/country “long term” data evolution roadmap
• Establish a data quality roadmap and define relevant KPIs

Production “factories” management

• Metrics & Control of data factories, data production center in some countries
• Control & oversee the various data production processes and workloads
• Performance, quality and delivery metrics

Data Ecosystem Growth

• Analyze and identify new potential data sources for the market (both alternative and traditional)
• Conduct competitive assessments
• Define data roadmaps for countries based on their specific needs
• Data quality assessment and maintenance
• Perform new data significance testing and predictivity assessment

Relationship Management

• Coordinate and support local EIC (Enhanced Information Center) in managing IPs (Information Provider) relationship and negotiating contract.

Business/Sales development and support/Data Consultancy

• Provide support for exploring new data use cases, such as ESG or new sales “keywords”
• Assist in data-related tenders and bids
• Address “level 2” data quality issues
• Direct support to sales account in trainings and customer visits
• Support the sales operations team in managing data quality and data coverage issues on ICON/URBA (Business Information platform)
• Oversee data delivery initiatives

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• 10+ year in Data strategy, Data Management or Data insights based positions
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Business Analytics, or a related field
• Proven record in involvement in data products and data-related service strategy, change management, and business development within the Data-Driven Economy and data-enriched processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Strong proficiency in data cleansing and data preparation techniques
• Proven experience in analyzing and exploring complex datasets to extract actionable insights
• Experience in delivering data-driven products & solutions projects
• Good knowledge of data analytics platforms and knowledge of some data-management languages & tools
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Solution-oriented mindset, driven to identify opportunities for improvement and implement effective solutions

Additional Information

WE OFFER YOU:

• Competitive remuneration
• Opportunity to build your career (both locally and internationally) in a large global company, one of the world leaders in its field
• Possibility to gain expertise in business information services, trade credit insurance, and finance
• Flexibility to work in a hybrid mode, blending remote and on-site work
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