At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.

Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50 nationalities and 10 international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether.

The Purpose:

The Data & Analytics team at PPRO builds an end-to-end internal consumer platform for ingestion, transformation and consumption of all the data at PPRO. Our vision is to democratise the data through a comprehensive, yet standardised self service data platform to enable the growth of the business.

We are looking for an experienced manager to lead and support a mix of engineers and data analysts and drive the development of the platform for the rest of PPRO.

• Define and execute the product vision, roadmap, and strategy for data and analytics products and features
• Partner with stakeholders to identify key business questions and opportunities for leveraging data to drive strategic decisions
• Lead the development of analytics products, including data modelling, and managing the product lifecycle
• Oversee daily operational aspects of the data analytics engineering team and coordination of the ongoing projects with internal and external stakeholders
• Provide guidance, support and professional development opportunities to your team, set development goals and provide regular feedback
• Analyse and interpret data to uncover actionable insights and make data-driven recommendations
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and ensure quality of the delivery as well as alignment with the rest of the engineering strategy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on product goals, priorities, and timelines.
• Nurture and grow the analytics function across the teams
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels to ensure transparency and alignment on product initiatives

• Passion and experience leading a mixed team of data engineers and data analysts
• Great communication skills and the ability to get teams and individuals excited about our mission and vision
• Proficiency in crafting complex technical solutions in both SQL and Python
• The latest trends and best practices in data warehousing, software engineering and security
• Clarity, guidance and proficiency in terms of data modelling, transformation and aggregation using latest frameworks
• Experience with data warehouse at scale Snowflake, BigQuery Redshift
• Expert knowledge of the cloud provider offerings either on AWS, GCP or Azure as well as experience building infrastructure as code
• Ability to distil complex technical data challenges and present them to non technical audiences
• Experience in setting targets, goals and KPIs and creating an environment of accountability and ownership

What's in it for you ? :

Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year

Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV) and travel insurance. 

Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet

Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role. We also offer German language courses to our non native speakers employees.

Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.

Our office - located on St.-Martin-Straße, one stop from Ostbahnhof on the 3 and 7 S-lines. It takes two stories in a new building, very modern and spacious with fully multimedia-equipped meeting rooms for up to 30 people. On the 5th floor we have a 200mq canteen with well-stocked fridges, an open-view kitchen, and a sunny terrace which doubles as an additional beer fridge for winter parties.

Our Principles:

We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.

We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent

We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.

We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.

We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.