Data manager Jobs in Köln

Job Description

About the role:

As a Senior Manager Data Engineering, you will lead a team of Data Engineers focused on enabling high-impact Data & AI use cases that generate meaningful business insights. This role combines leadership with a strong focus on delivering data products that directly support decision-making and drive value across the organization.

You will play a key role in connecting data engineering with business needs, ensuring that data is transformed into actionable insights that shape the future of digital healthcare.

You will operate in a Data Analytics Product environment, where cross-functional teams build and own data products at scale, with clear ownership, standards, and a strong focus on business impact and adoption.

About the tech stack:
Azure, Databricks (Unity Catalog & Delta Lake), DBT, Spark, SQL, Python, CI/CD pipelines

About your tasks:

• Lead and develop a team of Data Engineers, creating an environment where people grow and deliver impactful work.
• Drive the development of data models and pipelines that enable high-quality, reliable insights for business stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to translate business questions into data-driven solutions across domains like e-commerce, finance, and supply chain.
• Stay close to the data and hands-on when needed, ensuring best practices in data modeling, quality, and usability.
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making, enabling teams across the organization to leverage data effectively.
• Contribute to the development and scaling of data products, ensuring consistency, quality, and reusability across domains.

Qualifications

About you:

• You bring strong experience in data engineering and team leadership, with a focus on delivering business impact.
• Deep expertise in DBT, SQL, and modern cloud environments (Azure, Databricks).
• You enjoy connecting data with business outcomes, turning complex data into meaningful insights.
• You are passionate about developing people and fostering a strong data culture.
• You have experience working in or with product-oriented data teams and data product setups.

Additional Information

About your benefits:
In order to provide you with the best possible support for your individual needs - whether it‘s living a healthy life, having enough time for your family, or developing your skills - we offer a wide range of different, site-specific benefits:

• Welcome days: We want you to feel at home with us from the very first day. Therefore, we welcome you with our comprehensive onboarding program.
• Sports: Stay healthy. Profit from a membership (M) package at Urban Sports Club, so that you can take advantage of a huge variety of sport offers.
• Work from Home: If your job does not require you to be present in the office, we can arrange the place you work from individually - even for up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU.
• Personal development: Grow! We support and encourage your individual development through various in- and external trainings.
• Vacation: 30 days paid vacation per annum (plus another day on Rosenmontag) and the option to take unpaid vacation of up to 10 days (after one year working with us).