Senior AI & Data Strategy Expert (m/f/d) for Vantage Towers

## At Vantage Towers, we’re on a mission to power Europe’s sustainable digital transformation. As a leading tower company, we’re ushering in an era of technology-driven advances to help connect people, businesses, and internet-enabled devices like never before. We combine the scale, stability and quality of our tower network with the agility, optimism and energy of a start-up. As a young TowerCo, we have already achieved strong results with a continued focus on accelerating growth and a special emphasis put on sustainability. As part of our team, you’ll work in a dynamic and multicultural environment that embraces open communication, collaboration and teamwork. If you’re ready to take responsibility and shape the future of telco infrastructure with us, then let’s level up in your career and reach the top, together. ## Your Responsibilities * Data Architecture Design: You design scalable, secure, and future-proof data architectures that form the backbone of our VT Data Lake and analytics landscape, defining end-to-end solutions across cloud platforms. * Pipeline & Model Optimization: You build and optimize data pipelines and data models (ETL/ELT, orchestration, and storage design) to support analytics and reporting at scale. * AI & Use Case Enablement: You enable targeted AI/ML use cases by defining governed data access patterns and curated datasets that provide trusted context, while exploring and piloting emerging technologies (including agentic AI). * Self-Service BI Development: You develop self-service BI and reporting solutions (such as Power BI) to translate complex datasets into actionable business insights. * Technical Leadership & Governance: You lead technical design reviews, assess architectural trade-offs, establish data governance principles, and ensure solutions follow industry best practices. * Vendor & Quality Management: You guide and challenge external vendors to deliver high-quality, maintainable, and compliant data and analytics solutions. ## Your Profile * Educational Background: University degree in IT, computer science, engineering, business with an IT focus, or equivalent practical experience. * Professional Experience: Several years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related roles, including practical experience designing or implementing scalable, cloud-native data solutions in distributed and multinational environments. * Technical Skills: * Required: Strong knowledge of data architecture principles (data modeling, integration patterns, pipeline orchestration, storage design). Proficient programming skills in Python or Java alongside advanced SQL. * Nice to have: Hands-on exposure to supporting AI/ML workloads on data platforms (e.g., Vertex AI or BigQuery ML), experience enabling cross-platform access to governed data (e.g., MCP/A2A concepts), and experience with BI/reporting platforms (preferably Power BI). Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is highly beneficial. * Soft Skills: Strong architectural mindset with the ability to structure complex data landscapes. You have a confident, structured, and solution-oriented working style, with the ability to simplify complex technical designs for non-technical stakeholders and balance conceptual thinking with pragmatic execution. * Language Proficiency: Fluent English (C1 level), both written and spoken, with excellent communication skills. At Vantage Towers we operate in 8 different European countries. This role will be based in Portugal. ## What we offer – Flexibility & Growth Opportunities * Flexible work: we offer a hybrid working model, which allows you to work 2 days per week from our Lisbon office and 3 days remote. * Top Equipment: you receive a new laptop as well as a mobile plan & device * Salary & Vacation: you will receive an attractive salary package. Additionally, you can profit from a meal allowance delivered on a Pluxee card (10.20€/day) and 7 extra vacation days *...