Practice Director, Platform Engineering & BI

📋 Job Overview

Since 2015, Agilytic has helped organizations reach their goals through the smarter use of data and AI. With over 300 successful projects completed in Belgium and abroad, we strive to be a leading boutique firm delivering high-impact solutions for marketing, operations, and finance decision-makers. Our Platform Engineering & BI practice has been a major driver of our growth, and we are now looking for the entrepreneurial leader who will take it to the next level.

🏢 About Agilytic

Agilytic is a boutique firm that helps organizations reach their goals through the smarter use of data and AI. With over 300 successful projects completed in Belgium and abroad, we aim to be a leading firm delivering high-impact solutions for marketing, operations, and finance decision-makers.

🎯 The Role

As Practice Director, Platform Engineering & BI, you will own the vision, the commercial agenda, and the talent agenda of the practice. You will be the locomotive: the person who sets the direction, recruits and develops top engineers, and turns opportunities into a profitable business line. We need a builder, not a caretaker. You will work side-by-side with the founding partners to scale the practice, sharpen our positioning on data platforms and analytics engineering, and make Agilytic the reference Platform Engineering & BI boutique in the Benelux market.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and KPIs of the Platform Engineering & BI practice
• Drive business development: shape offerings, qualify opportunities, lead proposals, close deals, and grow key accounts
• Build and lead a team of data engineers and platform engineers, from junior consultants to senior architects
• Define how we use AI within the practice, both in how we work internally and in what we deliver to clients
• Establish a recognizable point of view on data platforms, analytics engineering, and modern data stacks (cloud, ETL/ELT, BI, Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.)
• Coach team members on both technical and consulting skills, and create clear career paths
• Partner closely with the Managing Partners on cross-practice initiatives and on the broader Agilytic growth agenda
• Represent Agilytic externally: speaking engagements, partnerships, client executive relationships, and thought leadership

📌 Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related quantitative discipline
• At least 10 years of professional experience, including significant time in consulting and/or building a data engineering practice or team
• Proven experience in leading and growing a Platform Engineering & BI practice (or equivalent), business unit, or team
• Proven experience in owning commercial outcomes: pipeline, proposals, closing, account growth, margin
• End-to-end delivery oversight on complex data platform programs
• Hands-on credibility with modern data stacks: cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Databricks/Snowflake/Fabric, ETL/ELT frameworks, orchestration, and analytics engineering (dbt, Power BI/Tableau, etc.)
• Experience recruiting, coaching, and retaining senior technical talent in a tight market
• Experience engaging C-level stakeholders and shaping their data strategy
• Entrepreneurial track record: built something from the ground up, scaled a practice, or carried a clear P&L
• Fluency in English (our internal working language) is required, plus fluency in French or Dutch. Strong proficiency in Dutch is particularly valued.
• Valid type B driving license (Belgian car license) or equivalent
• Eligibility to work in Belgium and the European Union

⭐ Desirable Experience

• A real \"knife between the teeth\" drive: you create movement, you don't wait for it
• Strategic thinking paired with a bias for action. You can write the three-year vision and also unblock today's proposal.
• Sharp communication. You move from a hands-on technical discussion to a CFO conversation without changing gears.
• Strong commercial instinct and comfort owning revenue targets
• Empathy, humility, and radical candor as a leader. You grow people, you don't bulldoze them.
• A real passion for data and AI, and an appetite to keep learning as the field evolves
• Alignment with Agilytic's culture: high standards, intellectual honesty, and care for the people we work with

🎁 Benefits

Competitive package: variable incentives, mobility budget, phone subscription, laptop, and meal vouchers
Flexibility on remote working options, as long as it fits with our clients' best interests and team coaching needs
Training and development: a roadmap co-designed with you, balancing your personal interests with the skills required by the role
Supportive structure and transparency: we practice radical candor. We care personally about everyone, and we challenge each other constructively and directly.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Eligibility to work in Belgium and the European Union (please be aware that we cannot provide relocation support)