Kering DATA Tech Lead
Kering Technologies seeks a DATA Tech Lead in Scandicci, Italy to coordinate analytics engineering across domains and drive best practices.
Overview
Kering is a global, family-led luxury group that houses multiple high-end fashion, leather goods, jewelry and beauty maisons. Kering places strategic emphasis on creativity, craftsmanship and sustainability while investing in technology and digital capabilities through Kering Technologies to support its brands and accelerate innovation.
Role & Responsibilities
- Facilitate communication and synchronization between Tech Leads and squads across multiple data domains to ensure shared understanding of priorities, dependencies and risks.
- Drive harmonization of engineering and analytics practices, promoting chapter-wide standards for code quality, observability, documentation and delivery.
- Coordinate and follow up on transversal initiatives (engineering foundations, tooling, quality improvements), monitoring progress and escalating risks to chapter leadership.
- Centralize and consolidate cross-squad information to provide clear visibility to leadership and to align engineering execution with business priorities.
- Enable people and leadership development by supporting Tech Leads, fostering a community of Analytics Engineering, and encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Tech Lead, Senior Engineer, or Engineering Manager within data or software engineering environments.
- Deep understanding of data engineering and analytics concepts, including datalake, data warehouse and distributed data platform patterns (Data Mesh).
- Proficiency in SQL, ETL/ELT development, data modeling and working with databases such as Oracle and BigQuery.
- Strong expertise in GCP data services (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Airflow) and hands‑on experience with DBT.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across teams and domains without hierarchical authority; excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- Experience in agile@scale environments and familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
- Fluency in English and Italian; organized, proactive, empathetic and comfortable in a leadership posture.
Skills
Experience
Proven track record as a Tech Lead, Senior Engineer, or Engineering Manager in data or software engineering contexts, with experience coordinating cross-team delivery, managing dependencies and working in agile@scale environments.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Workplace
This position is based in Scandicci, Tuscany, Italy, within easy reach of Florence. Cerulean lists 70 open roles in Scandicci, including 2 posted recently. The broader Tuscany area accounts for 268 active listings on Cerulean, 3 of which are new. In Italy as a whole, Cerulean currently features 1.295 open positions, with 27 posted this week.
Culture
Kering Technologies combines the heritage and craftsmanship of a luxury group with a modern technology-driven mindset. The environment values cross-disciplinary collaboration, talent development and internal mobility, with an emphasis on technical excellence, sustainability and continuous learning.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.