Team Lead Data Management

As a Leader at PRé, you will create a safe and inclusive environment where your team of experts can thrive and feel empowered in their personal and professional development. Leading your team is your top priority, but being part of PRé's extended leadership, you will also engage in strategic discussions and take the entrepreneurial role in coordinating one of the four streams: Data & Models. From this role, you have the challenging opportunity to make an impact in shaping the data landscape. 

Your input and feedback, based on experience and expertise, will be invaluable in shaping the strategic direction of PRé in the LCA data landscape. Therefore you will:

• Show an inspiring vision in line with the PRé’s strategy
• Guide people based on clear objectives and key results, help set priorities, and make decisions as needed
• Live and breathe the PRé culture, vision, and mission. You are a great connector, collaborator, and listener with a hands-on mindset
• Orchestrate the further professionalization of team activities, processes, planning, etc

You will have a pivotal role in the further development and implementation of data strategy. PRé seeks to create a data environment that helps data users have a lasting, positive impact on our planet. They aim to connect experts, partners, and large (governmental) organizations and support them with the development and use of a wide variety of sustainability data. Your main responsibilities in relation to the shaping and coordination of the data & models stream coordination include:

• Successfully coordinating data-related products and offerings within PRé and with partners
• Developing solutions for empowering organizations with data creation
• Developing the data management system as a state-of-the-art solution, enabling partners to create, transform and share data throughout solutions
• Coordinating and nurturing mutually beneficial partnerships with data providers
• Fostering cross-functional collaboration of different teams at PRé to maintain and advance data management solutions
• Connecting with your peers that manage the adoption of PRé’s strategy for the other streams (capacity building, methodological guidance and software domains) to together contribute to integrated solutions

We are looking for a candidate with strong people management skills and significant experience in leading technical teams. You should have expertise or a strong affinity with (sustainability) data management strategies from a top-down perspective, ideally developed in professional services environments. A role requiring analytical skills at a Master’s level would be an excellent fit. Experience managing technically focused individuals like analysts or engineers is highly desirable.

You are a motivating and communicative leader who leads by example and adapts your approach based on the situation. You will guide a team of highly skilled and strong-willed colleagues in alignment with the strategic goals. You are entrepreneurial, see opportunities, take initiative, and enjoy setting things up and shaping the market based on a solid technical foundation.

Additionally, you possess a good sense of humour, which you combine with a wonderful blend of outgoingness, empathy, flexibility, and decisiveness.

PRé Sustainability, located in Amersfoort, is a global leader in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and sustainability metrics. Their mission is to empower businesses and governments to create value from sustainability by offering cutting-edge tools, knowledge, and insights. With a rich history spanning over 30 years, PRé Sustainability has established itself as a trusted partner for organizations worldwide.

PRé Sustainability believes that sustainability metrics are key to driving positive change. Because if a result can be measured, it can be improved. The fact-based approach empowers companies to turn sustainability strategy into action, through consulting services, training, and software solutions such as SimaPro, one of the world’s leading life cycle assessment software. They develop solutions under the umbrella of the so-called ‘cooking analogy’ which has four streams: the recipe to represent the methodological guidance solutions; the ingredients to represent the data and model offerings; the kitchenware which covers their software tools; and the chef for the capacity building solutions. With PRé’s partners and customers, they form an ecosystem of informed changemakers committed to making this vision a reality.

The team at PRé Sustainability is comprised of passionate and highly skilled professionals. Diversity is what makes them stronger, with about 80 colleagues representing 30+ different nationalities and a beautiful mix of backgrounds. Together, they create a great atmosphere that combines autonomy, innovation, and realizing the best sustainable solutions for their customers. Sustainability quickly grows in importance and urgency, and so does their business. ‘Never a dull moment’ are no empty words at PRé!

The Database Implementation Team at PRé Sustainability plays a crucial role in transforming sustainability data in an accessible way in SimaPro that will lead its users to actionable insights. They work closely with partners in the sustainability data landscape to ensure that LCA data and methods are accurately and consistently integrated into SimaPro. They’re also shaping their role through providing configurable models. These are LCA models that can be configured to calculate footprints of specific products/organisations. This will enable companies to make informed decisions by providing them with configurable models compliant with specific methodological rules and high-quality data.