One of the world's leading energy companies, ENGIE is present across the entire energy chain, in electricity and natural gas, from upstream to downstream. By placing responsible growth at the heart of its businesses (energy, energy services and the environment), its mission is to meet major challenges: meeting energy needs, ensuring security of supply, combating climate change, and optimising the use of resources.

GBS is part of ENGIE, partnering with the support functions for the ENGIE's Business Units and Corporate. It currently has 7 Business Support functions: purchasing, consulting, finance, real estate and logistics, legal, human Resources, information systems. By 2025, GBS is ENGIE's "transition maker" for support function excellence. Amplifying ENGIE's net zero mission, we provide a competitive edge through efficient operations, strategic resource allocation, and pioneering in culture and technology.

GBS is the ENGIE’s Support Function operational arm. We are a transversal entity that is at the center of many operational processes for which we have tons of DATA flowing into our hands.

To strengthen our DATA capabilities in GBS, we’re setting up a GBS DATA Engine, made of key DATA Experts who will cover the whole spectrum of DATA value chain, from ingestion, transformation to insightful visuals for the business (including Build (project) and Run).

This position is two-fold. On one hand, as a Project Manager (50%) you take end-to-end responsibility in the project/initiative. He/She steers several stakeholders in the organization (products owners, data officers, business stakeholders, operations) in GBS organization and/or corporate level to deliver/achieve the objective. The ideal candidate has demonstrated project management experience and achievements in the DATA field.

On the other hand, as a Team Leader (50%), you have demonstrated experience in leading teams in the DATA Field, ideally with a previous hands-on experience in the data chain/ecosystem and tooling.

This job is based in Bucharest (GBS Romania), with 3 days/week on site according to our hybrid model.

Responsibilities:

As Project Manager in the DATA field, you act as central point of contact for your portfolio of projects/initiatives for which you are responsible end-to-end. You define the needs withe business, narrow down the specs, and, once validated, you deliver, in time, in budget, in scope and with the expected quality. You connect with experts, peers and stakeholders to achieve your goals, manage risks and find solutions. You report on a regular basis on the project status, covering budgets, planning, scope, risks & mitigations.

Your responsibilities will be as follows: (non-exhaustive)

• Lead and manage data projects/initiatives, from kickoff and requirements gathering through deployment, closure, and go to run phase, in an agile and/or waterfall approach
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including data engineers, BI developers, analysts, and external partners
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders
• Define, organize, optimize, and manage project/initiative planning, and resource allocations, using standard project management tools
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues; proactively troubleshoot to ensure timelines and quality standards are met
• Facilitate regular status meetings and reporting
• Ensure high standards for data integrity, data privacy, and compliance throughout the project lifecycle, and other key aspects of our DATA Operating Model
• Conduct regular post-mortem review, as a continuous improvement approach

As Team lead, you coach, manage, supports a team of data experts to ensure the best delivery possible. You keep your people informed and manage them on a daily basis. You define and support, the training path in accordance with your GBS strategy.

Your responsibilities will be as follows: (non-exhaustive)

• Direct Management of 5 to 7 people
• Set SMART objectives for your team and ensure proper workload balance
• Ensure strategic alignment with competence map and people development in accordance
• Day to day support of the team while fostering autonomy, initiative, high quality delivery, professionalism, and innovation

Desired education, expertise, and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or related field
• A minimum of 5 years of project delivery in the DATA field
• A minimum of 3 years experience of people management, in the data field
• Previous experience with any of the following functions: Finance, Procurement, Marketing, HR, Real Estate, IT
• Previous experience in an international context
• Proven experience managing end-to-end projects, in data, analytics field, with a strong exposure to other IT infrastructure aspects
• Proven broader experience in the data field, involving, analytics, ETL, cloud platforms, and BI concepts, ideally with a strong hands-on experience and a good experience over the whole data chain
• Proficiency with project management tools and others tools (Jira, Github, Copilot, ...)
• Proven experience in waterfall and Agile approach
• Proven experience in coordinating cross-functional teams and facilitating collaboration in a technical context in an international context
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills; able to drive outcomes, resolve conflicts while managing the business expectations
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to vulgarize technical talk for the business and to best interact with the stakeholders
• Experience with documentation, reporting, and risk management practices
• Past experience in data governance, data privacy, and regulatory compliance standards is a strong plus
• Exposure to data architecture, data quality and data governance, as well as FinOps and SecOps contexts, is considered a plus

Nice to have:

• Any hands-on experience in the DATA field is considered a plus
• Proficient in English, in a French is considered a plus
• DATA Tooling :
• Previous hands-on experience with PowerBI, Dataiku, AWS is considered a plus
• Previous hands-on experience with Databricks, LLM, LM is considered a plus

Soft Skills:

• Value driven, results-oriented, organized, and delivery-focused
• Capacity to lead in any situation
• Excellent communicator, able to adapt to all audiences, including c-level executives
• Excellent problem-solver, with critical thinking abilities
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to create trust
• Proactive in managing risks and driving project progress
• Adaptable, stress-resilient, able to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Able to mentor and coach the team towards the best possible results

Benefits:

• Private health insurance for you and your family;
• Opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development;
• Meal tickets;
• Work-life balance;
• Annual extended holiday entitlement, depending on the length of employment.