Head of Product Data

**About us**

Ankorstore is on a mission to rewild retail

With decades of experience in retail and building marketplaces, in 2019 the Ankorstore founding team knew it was time to create a global wholesale solution - one that swings the balance in favour of independents and restores retail to its natural order

They’ve created a new ecosystem that harnesses the power of modern technology to create a mutually beneficial community that reinvents the way brands and retailers work together. As a result, wild independents can thrive.

As Head of Product Data, you will own the end-to-end data strategy at Ankorstore: from infrastructure to insights, from experimentation to embedded intelligence.

Your mission is to turn data into a competitive advantage by enabling every team to make better decisions, and by creating product-grade AI & data features that power our platform and user experience.

You will lead a cross-functional team of analysts, engineers and scientists and work closely with Product, Tech, Business and Finance stakeholders. Within an hybrid data organization that powers both internal decision-making and end-user features through APIs, automation, and personalized experiences.

**Main responsibilities**

**1. Data Vision & Governance**
- Define and communicate a clear data vision aligned with Ankorstore’s Product and Business OS strategy.
- Own data architecture, accessibility, quality, and governance across the organization.
- Standardize KPIs, definitions, and data models to align all teams on a single source of truth.
- Promote self-service tools and enablement, making every team data-driven and autonomous.

**2. Data Insights & Platform**
- Operate and scale our modern data stack (BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Terraform) with high reliability and performance.
- Own shared metrics, data models and self-serve tools to align teams and enable autonomy.
- Deliver high-quality dashboards, deep dives and experimentation frameworks across Product, Finance, Sales, Ops, and Marketing.
- Act as a strategic partner to business teams: turn questions into insights, and insights into action.
- Balance short-term stakeholder needs with long-term platform health and governance..

**3. AI-Powered Product Capabilities**
- Lead the delivery of core product features powered by data: Search, Recommendations, Personalization.
- Oversee engineering and data science teams building AI/ML-based APIs using Go (Yokai), Elasticsearch, and Python models.
- Ensure end-to-end ownership: model quality, API performance, observability, and impact on the user experience.

**4. Leadership & Team Culture**
- Hire, mentor, and grow a hybrid team of Data Engineers, Analysts, and Scientists.
- Create a culture of impact, autonomy, and technical excellence.
- Act as a key cross-functional leader, ensuring clarity and collaboration across Product, Tech, and Business teams.

**Requirements**:

- 8+ years of experience in data, including 3+ years leading cross-functional data teams (analytics, engineering, science).
- Proven experience owning company-wide data architecture, KPIs, and platform infrastructure at scale.
- Experience building or scaling data platforms for self-serve analytics and embedded AI products
- Strong business acumen with ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
- Ability to connect long-term company vision with data architecture, roadmap, and team structure.
- Hands-on experience with modern data stacks (BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Terraform) and cloud platforms (GCP or equivalent).
- Comfort navigating data pipelines, modeling, and AI delivery — even if not hands-on daily. Ability of asking the right technical questions and challenging assumptions
- Experience delivering ML/AI features in production: Search, Recommender Systems, or Personalization.
- Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal); ability to align stakeholders across Product, Tech, and Business.

**Benefits/Perks**

At Ankorstore we offer a versatile range of benefits to support employees' well-being and work-life balance, fostering personal growth within an innovative and adaptable work environment.
- We are a remote-friendly company (3 days at the office / 2 days remotely), and you will have an hybrid contract, based in Paris
- All of our employees are automatically covered by Health Insurance & Life Insurance. Our Health Insurance (Mutuelle) and Life Insurance (Prévoyance) are SideCare
- We have partnered with Swile to provide you with meal vouchers
- You will have access to Leeto a platform that provides you with exclusive discounts, cultural activities, holiday vouchers and more
- Paid leaves + RTT
- Modern offices located in Paris (Opéra), providing a vibrant and inspiring work environment
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**Learning more about Ankorstore**
- Look around and visit our website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and Welcome to the Jungle
- Read about us in the media: How to build a 2 billion unicorn in under 3 years, Re