Director Data and Analytics

Join the world leader in advanced energy storage solutions and be part of the success story of VARTA®! At Clarios , we’re powering today, into tomorrow. Do you want to join a company that cares about your future development and wellbeing? This is not just a statement. Do you know why? Here are 10+1 things we guarantee: Professional development opportunities and language courses Flexible working hours, home office and extra vacation days Monthly bonus after 6 months of employment, annual bonus and a company car Extra contribution to meal card Special bonus for important life events (wedding, new baby) Complex onsite care – workplace massages, workshops, individual medical examinations, and consultations tailored to your needs Regular onsite exercises Modern private canteen Employee events, volunteering, and team-buildings Relocation package and housing allowance if you are relocating to Bratislava to join our team On top of that, you will receive a flexible benefits allowance so you can tailor the rest of the benefits to suit your individual needs - ProCare, Vas Lekar, 3rd Pillar investment, Multisport card, Golem one pass etc. Your contribution: As the Director, Data and Analytics you will be responsible for leading the design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise analytics solutions that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will partner closely with business leaders, enterprise architecture, technology, and functional teams to translate business priorities into scalable analytics capabilities, trusted data products, and actionable insights. You will establish solution architecture standards, oversee delivery execution, and ensure analytics platforms, data engineering and products, dashboards, reporting solutions, and advanced analytics capabilities are secure, reliable, governed, and aligned with business value. Key Responsibilities: Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and delivery of analytics solutions, including data models, semantic layers, reporting solutions, dashboards, self-service analytics, and advanced analytics capabilities. Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, define analytics roadmaps, and translate business requirements into scalable, sustainable solution designs. Establish and govern analytics solution architecture standards, patterns, and best practices to ensure consistency, reusability, performance, security, and long-term maintainability. Oversee delivery of analytics initiatives from concept through deployment, ensuring solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business outcomes. Collaborate with data engineering, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure analytics solutions integrate effectively with enterprise data platforms and technology ecosystems. Drive adoption of modern analytics capabilities, including cloud data platforms, business intelligence tools, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive or prescriptive analytics where appropriate. Ensure strong data governance, data quality, metric consistency, privacy, and compliance controls are embedded into analytics solutions. Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of solution architects, analytics engineers, BI developers, analysts, and delivery professionals. Manage stakeholder expectations, communicate delivery progress, resolve risks and dependencies, and provide executive-level updates on analytics initiatives. Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce technical debt, improve analytics performance, and increase speed to insight for business users. Evaluate emerging technologies, vendor capabilities, and industry trends to continuously mature the organization’s analytics architecture and delivery model. Define success metrics, service levels, and continuous improvement practices to measure solution adoption, reliability, performance, and business impact. Applies knowledge of key business drivers and the factors that maximize department or area performance. Identifies and solves complex, operational and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, Business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. 10+ years of progressive experience in analytics, business intelligence, data architecture, data engineering, solution architecture, or related technology roles. 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams, programs, or large-scale analytics delivery initiatives. Fluency in English. Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise analytics solutions using modern data platforms, cloud technologies, BI tools, and data visualization capabilities. Strong understanding of data modeling, semantic modeling, data warehousing, lakehouse architectures, data integration, reporting, dashboarding, and self-service analytics. Experience with analytics platforms and tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or comparable technologies. Proven ability to translate complex business needs into practical, scalable, and secure analytics solutions. Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, metadata management, privacy, security, and compliance principles. Experience operating in complex, matrixed, global organizations with multiple stakeholder groups and competing priorities. Excellent executive communication, storytelling, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. Willingness to travel up-to 10% of the working time This role requires to work 25% US Time. Working patterns for US shift are 13:30 – 22:00 (Mon – Friday) There are extra benefits for employees covering US time: 30% hourly bonus for every complete shift worked US time One additional meal voucher per day during US time shift The starting salary is at min 5 800 EUR/month gross for candidates who meet our minimum criteria. This amount is our minimal offered salary. Clarios values each and every candidate and we ensure our compensation package aligns with your professional experience and your expectation. #LI-EC1 About Clarios: Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF). To All Recruitment Agencies: Clarios does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Clarios employees or any other company location. Clarios is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs. Equal Employment Opportunity: Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email [email protected]. A Note to Job Applicants : please be aware of scams being perpetrated through the Internet and social media platforms. Clarios will never require a job applicant to pay money as part of the application or hiring process.