HEAD OF DATA ENGINEERING & BI (LIEGE-BELGIUM)

As part of its sustained growth, Gaming1 is looking for a Head of Data Engineering & BI to join its IT Department. Our IT department serves the full breadth of our retail operations, supporting stakeholders across Finance, HR, Compliance, Legal, and Retail — and we are at an inflection point: moving from reactive data management to a proactive, insight-driven data culture.

YOUR ROLE

• This is a transformation role, not a maintenance one. You will act as the first dedicated data leader within our IT function, shaping the vision, defining the roadmap, and driving the execution to build a robust, business-driven data practice.
• You will lead and grow a team of data and BI professionals, positioning data as a strategic asset — structured, trusted and AI-ready — serving the entire IT organisation.
• Working within a federated data ecosystem, you will collaborate closely with central platform and infrastructure teams, ensuring alignment while progressively clarifying ownership, responsibilities and data governance.
• Defining and executing the data & BI strategy and governance
• Delivering scalable, business-oriented BI solutions
• Modernising the data stack and ensuring data quality & AI readiness
• Guiding architecture decisions and data standardsBuilding and structuring a high-performing data team
• Driving cross-functional collaboration across the organisation

YOUR PROFILE

• Experience transforming and structuring underperforming data environments
• Background in data-intensive, regulated industries (banking, insurance, utilities…); gaming is a plus
• Track record of building and leading data teams
• Delivery of impactful data products driving business decisions
• Strong BI expertise (Power BI mandatory), data modelling & semantic layer design
• Solid understanding of data engineering (warehousing, pipelines, data quality, AWS)
• Familiar with modern data stack (Medallion, data mesh, dbt or equivalent)
• Able to challenge architecture and guide technical decisions
• Awareness of AI/LLM data requirements (RAG, structured data, vector-ready formats)
• Autonomous and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership
• Pragmatic: focused on delivering scalable, business-driven solutions
• Analytical and structured approach to problem-solving
• Strong stakeholder management across Finance, Compliance & Operations
• Influential communicator able to drive alignment without formal authority
• Curious mindset, staying up to date with data & AI trends
• French and English: professional proficiency (mandatory)