POSITION'S OBJECTIVE To lead the IT and data strategy for the clients webshop project, ensuring smooth collaboration with enterprise IT stakeholders, effective prioritisation and execution of technical initiatives, and high performance of the cross-functional delivery team (data, dev, CRM). The role combines strategic planning with hands-on problem solving and people leadership in a fast-paced eCommerce environment.
Tech & Data Strategy:
Define and drive a scalable IT and data roadmap aligned with business goals and webshop performance targets.
Team Management & Mentoring:
Lead and develop a cross-functional team of data scientists, data engineers, frontend developers, and CRM specialists.
Translate project needs into actionable tasks for central IT teams and coordinate implementation via platforms like Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
Provide guidance or hands-on support on topics like webshop infrastructure, integrations, and data exchange between Commerce Cloud and Marketing Cloud; support a variety of eCommerce platform ecosystems.
Issue Resolution & QA Support:
Ensure the webshop supports analytics, tracking, CRO, and MarTech tool integrations (e.g., tag managers, BI dashboards).
Hands-On Technical Delivery:
English
German
Strong understanding of Salesforce Commerce Cloud and/or other major eCommerce platforms, such as:
Magento / Adobe Commerce
SAP Commerce (Hybris)
WooCommerce (for integrations or frontend use cases)
Knowledge of data integration, database architecture, and cloud environments (e.g., Familiarity with MarTech tools such as Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Segment, Adobe Analytics
Basic scripting or data querying (e.g., SQL, Python) is a plus
Hands-on and proactive problem solver
Ideally with exposure to German corporate/enterprise IT
Previous experience in eCommerce tech delivery
Includes developers, data teams, CRM and frontend specialists
Project ownership in MarTech and analytics