- Location
- Paris Île-de-France France
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Director
- Department
- Clienteling, CRM & VIP Relations
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
About Kering
Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.
Kering is hiring a Head of Data Partnerships in Paris to identify, contract and operationalize external data sources that strengthen Group customer intelligence. The role leads partner assessment and negotiation, integration specifications, governance, proof-of-concept pilots and supplier performance, while coordinating with Maisons and Group teams on data use, compliance and regional partnerships.
Role & Responsibilities
- Identify and assess external data partners based on coverage, match rates, cost and predictive value.
- Negotiate contracts and data-use rights with Procurement and Legal teams, including terms for enrichment, geographic coverage and duration of use.
- Define integration specifications for Group tools and repositories, including data fields, update frequency and matching logic.
- Establish the operating model for external data, including access rules, governance and data-protection compliance controls.
- Lead proof-of-concept pilots and measure partner value through match rates, enrichment coverage, cost per enriched record and predictive lift, to determine whether to scale or discontinue each partnership.
- Monitor supplier performance after deployment.
- Contribute with the Maisons and other Group entities to defining use cases and scoring models for external data, in collaboration with the Client Value Group Director.
- Work with other Client Platform teams to integrate and use external data in Kering’s internal tools.
- Align with Legal, Privacy and the DPO to ensure compliant sourcing and use of third-party data across regions.
- Identify data sources and local partners in specific markets, particularly in APAC, in collaboration with regional teams.
- Select, contract and implement external data sources that enhance Group customer intelligence.
- Assess each partner’s added value to identify opportunities for broader deployment or, where appropriate, end the collaboration.
- Ensure the teams structuring and modelling customer insights for Retail, E-commerce and Customer Care make full use of the data.
Qualifications
- At least 8 years of experience in business development, data partnerships, data sourcing or data product management, ideally in customer data, Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) or data marketplace environments.
- Demonstrated experience identifying, assessing and contracting with third-party data providers.
- Strong knowledge of data enrichment, identity resolution and probabilistic matching.
- Ability to assess partner performance using quantitative indicators such as match rate, coverage, cost per record and predictive lift.
- Excellent business development and negotiation skills, with significant experience collaborating with Procurement and Legal teams on data licensing and use.
- Good command of regulations concerning personal data protection, consent and data sharing, including GDPR and other international regulatory frameworks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills in an international, matrixed environment.
- Strong data orientation, analytical capabilities and business acumen.
- Experience spanning multiple international markets is highly valued.
- Experience in luxury or industries serving high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) is an asset.
- Fluent English is essential; additional languages are an advantage.
Skills
Experience
At least 8 years in business development, data partnerships, data sourcing or data product management.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Culture
Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.
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