IT Manager Business Intelligence and Data Platforms

**Arxada is a global leader in innovative solutions that protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies, in-depth regulatory know-how, manufacturing and process development help our customers to safeguard nutrition, health and infrastructure efficiently through chemistry and biotechnology that enhance sustainability. We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for multiple end-markets that include Human Health & Nutrition, Home & Personal Care, Professional Hygiene, Paints & Coatings and Wood Protection.** **With customers in more than 100 countries, the company achieved 2 billion CHF in 2025 sales. Headquartered in Basel (Switzerland), Arxada employs 3,100 associates across 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers, all committed to our customers’ success.** **IT Manager Business Intelligence and Data Platforms** As the **IT Manager Business Intelligence and Data Platforms**, you will be a vital part of Arxada’s digital transformation journey, leading the strategy, governance, and execution of our enterprise-wide business intelligence and data platform capabilities. In this highly visible role, you will drive the evolution of our BI and enterprise data landscape, enabling data-driven decision making, trusted enterprise data foundations, stronger SAP integration, and readiness for future AI and advanced analytics use cases across the organization. Combining strategic leadership with a hands-on approach, you will lead a team of BI professionals, oversee key outsourcing partnerships, and work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and future-ready data solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Arxada’s Microsoft-based analytics ecosystem while ensuring today’s BI and SAP reporting stack remains reliable, governed, and business-focused. **Essential Job Functions:** * Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Business Intelligence and Data Platforms team, supporting talent growth, engagement, and capability building. * Own the strategic roadmap and architecture for Arxada’s enterprise data and analytics platform, ensuring a scalable, governed, and business-focused data foundation. Lead the evolution of the current Microsoft-based analytics stack while evaluating future data platform capabilities and integration patterns. * Manage and govern the relationship with external outsourcing partners, ensuring successful delivery through clear service levels, performance metrics, and governance processes. * Define and enforce best practices for data modeling, data quality, semantic layers, reporting standards, and platform governance. * Enhance Arxada’s SAP data integration capabilities and prepare trusted SAP and enterprise data foundations for analytics, AI, and future platform evolution. * Partner with business stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and deliver analytics, reporting, and data solutions that improve business performance and operational efficiency. * Lead modernization initiatives across the BI and data platform landscape, ensuring scalable, secure, governed, and AI-ready data solutions. * Define and track key performance indicators, budgets, roadmaps, and resource plans to ensure reliable platform performance and measurable business impact. **Qualifications & Experience:** * Proven experience leading Business Intelligence, Data, Analytics, or Data Platform functions, including people leadership and vendor management. * Strong hands-on and architectural knowledge of modern data and analytics platforms, including Microsoft Fabric, Synapse Analytics, SQL Server/Azure SQL, and Power BI. Experience with SAP data integration and familiarity with modern data platform capabilities such as Databricks are advantageous. * Experience designing and delivering SAP data integrations, enterprise reporting solutions, and analytics-ready data architectures. * dStrong understanding of data governance, platform architecture, security, and enterprise-scale solution delivery. * Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders. * Experience managing complex transformation initiatives, roadmaps, budgets, and cross-functional programs in a global environment. * Fluent English communication skills; additional languages are an advantage. **Arxada has world class offering in two distinct areas:** **Microbial Control Solutions (MCS)** focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene, Home & Personal Care, Wood Protection, Paints & Coatings and Material Protection. **Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE),** meanwhile, provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics, aerospace and other markets, as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients, chemicals and performance intermediates, and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications. **Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.** ES03