Head of Data

Head of Data
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹 – Octopus Energy Italia – Data / Full-Time / Hybrid

Join us in shaping the future of energy with Octopus Energy! 🌍✨ Our mission is to make renewable energy accessible to everyone through cutting-edge technology, offering clean energy at affordable prices and exceptional customer service.

If you thrive on challenges and share our vision for a sustainable planet, we want you on our team! 🚀

Role Overview
As the Head of Data, you will lead our Data team in Italy and manage various projects that tackle unique challenges from market intelligence to operational efficiency. This role is a genuine opportunity to contribute to the transformation of the energy sector in Italy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Italian Data team (data engineers, analysts, and scientists), coordinating their efforts and removing obstacles to productivity.
• Foster professional growth and well-being within your team, mentoring junior team members and supporting their development.
• Manage Data projects and roadmap in Italy.
• Serve as the point of reference for all data activities: governance, analysis, and product development.
• Collaborate with the international Data team, sharing tools, methodologies, and projects.
• Coordinate the construction of data transformation pipelines using dbt, and occasionally perform programming tasks.
• Develop data-driven dashboards and applications with Streamlit.
• Supervise data model choices and ensure consistent development across various needs.
• Work on analysis models, forecasting, and monitoring with other teams such as Operations, Finance, and Marketing.
• Promote a practical and data-driven approach to enhance team decision-making.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years experience in leading Data teams.
• At least 5+ years of experience in data science, data analysis, data engineering, or ML/AI engineering.
• Proven experience in end-to-end data projects, including production work.
• Proficient in SQL, Python (pandas, numpy), dbt, Databricks, and Jupyter with a comfort level in complex datasets.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a scale-up environment.
• Experience with BI dashboards and tools like Tableau, Looker, or Metabase.
• Previous collaboration with business teams in agile settings.
• A self-driven, curious individual who enjoys solving problems.
• Knowledge of the energy sector (electric market, regulations, governance) is a plus.

Our Tech Stack

• AWS for cloud infrastructure
• Databricks Delta Lake for storage and modeling
• dbt for transformations
• Spark and pySpark for big data processing
• Python, Jupyter, Airflow, Kubernetes
• Metabase, Streamlit for dashboards and data apps
• Github, Circle CI, Grafana, Prometheus for CI/CD and monitoring

Why Join Us?
At Octopus Energy, you’ll find a unique culture that emphasizes learning, fast decision-making, and innovation. We value your hard work with genuine benefits that matter!

• Flexible work environment promoting work-life balance.
• Equity Options Scheme – Own part of our company.
• Weekly “Family Dinner” for company updates and team bonding.
• Commitment to your development with tailored training and support.

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