Senior Data Specialist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with LEGO Brand Retail (Stores) digital product teams to ensure high quality data is collected and published to LEGO Nexus (databricks) to a standard fit for purpose for downstream delivery of data products.
• Transform, cleanse and enrich data to create self-serve data sources for use across LEGO Brand Retail, Branded Channels, the broader A&I and LEGO Retail teams & other data consumers (ie personalization, retail excellence).
• Develop self-serve dashboards regarding LEGO Brand Retail metrics, and establish the use of these tools with LEGO Retail and broader Commercial colleagues to drive data driven decision making.
• Collaborate with colleagues, specifically Retail Excellence, Data Science and Commercial Analytics to continually iterate and enrich data product & overall data availability.
• Enable LEGO Retail specific data understanding and champion data literacy via guidelines, training, drop-in sessions, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Partner with the Data Office to ensure platforms, tools & processes meet business needs; acting as inputters, collaborators, testers and/or ambassadors.
• Consistently champion best practices in data product development within the team, across LEGO Retail and with the broader analytics community, helping ensure data integrity, quality, and scalability of overall LEGO Retail data products on the LEGO Data Platform.

Requirements

• Data Specialist, Data Solutions and/or Data Engineering experience.
• Expert skills in SQL and/or Python or similar experience in manipulating large structured and unstructured datasets.
• Experience working with complex ETL processes and knowledge of data transformation best practices.
• Expert skills in data visualization - Power BI or similar.
• Experience in the Retail industry.
• Can provide technical context and direction, translating technical constraints / trade-offs to people within non-technical roles, including senior leadership.
• Thorough and detail oriented, strong adaptability and focus to deliver results.
• Dedicated, with ability to take ownership and accountability of large initiatives.
• Strong collaborative personality with a #OneTeam approach.
• Positive can-do attitude, with natural curiosity and bravery to challenge constructively.
• Willing to travel 10 days a year.
• Fluent English skills both verbal and written.

Nice to Have

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Cross-culture understanding of working with global colleagues and partners across multiple time zones.
• Familiarity with AGILE ways of working.
• University degree or equivalent experience or similar qualification in applicable subject [Mathematics, Sciences, BI, Analytics, etc.] OR practical experience with track record in relevant tools.

Benefits & Perks

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances - All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - Access to the Headspace App and wellbeing initiatives and programs.
• Colleague Discount - From day 1, qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - Rewarded through our bonus scheme when goals are reached and if eligible.
• Workplace flexibility with a hybrid working model of 3 days in the office per week.
• Additional benefits related to the company's inclusive and supportive culture.