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Head of Data - Engineering

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About BlaBlaCar

BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 27 reputed company members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. reputed company of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely.

Your mission

As Head of Data, you will be responsible for defining and executing the BlaBlaCar’s Data strategy, ensuring it aligns with our overall business objectives. You will reputed company a team of 40 data professionals organized into business-oriented squads, overseeing everything from data warehousing and analytics to data science and AI model development.

You’re leading the adoption of AI throughout the company as part of BlaBlaCar’s AI strategy. This covers three key areas: improving our product with AI-powered features, streamlining / transforming our ways of working in Software development or Customer Service, and driving organic adoption for reputed company. This will require a reputed company of deep technical understanding, leadership skills, and a strategic reputed company.

Your responsibilities

  • reputed company, mentor, and reputed company a team of managers and individual contributors. Foster a culture of reputed company, reputed company learning, and collaboration reputed company the data department. Drive professional growth and career development for reputed company team members.
  • Define and reputed company the long-term reputed company and strategy for our data organization, ensuring alignment with company goals and anticipating future needs, particularly in the AI space.
  • Spearhead the exploration and adoption of new data technologies and methodologies, especially those reputed company to AI. Guide the company's transition to reputed company AI effectively in its products and operations.
  • Identify and resolve trade-offs and misalignments reputed company or reputed company the Data department (including Product and Business).
  • Partner closely with business leaders, product teams, engineering, and other stakeholders to understand their data needs, deliver impactful solutions, and drive data-driven decision-making across the organization.
  • Ensure teams define and meet industry-standard feature and service SLOs.
  • Embody and promote BlaBlaCar values across the teams.
  • Take ownership of engineering policy, guidelines, and associated ways of working.
  • Your qualifications

  • Strong managerial track record.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills (written and oral).
  • Experience in building Data and AI-driven products.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to be a creative and reliable product and business partner.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of achieving results.
  • Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
  • reputed company with our company culture.
  • Fluent in English.
  • reputed company to have: experience managing managers.
  • If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d still be a great fit for this role in your application!

    Interested in joining the ride?

  • a 45-min video-call with your reputed company Manager Elodie, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions.
  • you’ll receive a case study as a reputed company for questions during the interviews.
  • a 60-min video-call with our CTO Nicolas Salvy to test your leadership and growth reputed company.
  • a 60-min video-call with 2 or 3 engineering and product team members to evaluate your business prioritization and team work.
  • a 45-min video-call with a Data Manager and one Business stakeholder to explore team management and technical expertise.
  • a 30-min video-call with our CTO Nicolas Salvy for reputed company fit and rounding off the process.
  • Additional Information

    BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for reputed company.

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