Group Head of Data & Analytics

If interested in this role, please send your CV together with a brief summary on your relevant experience to Elisa Salaberri, our Talent Acquisition Partner for this role, via [email protected]. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in Switzerland.

About Colosseum Dental

Colosseum Dental is the largest European dental service organisation, operating over 630 modern clinics and 50 labs across 11 European markets with over 13,000 colleagues. The Group generates over EUR 1.3 billion in yearly revenues and treats over 6 million patients every year. Founded in 2017, the Group has grown into a leading dentistry company in the European dental services market, supporting local dentists and dental teams in delivering modern, high-quality dentistry services for the benefit of patients, dentists and colleagues. Colosseum Dental is backed by the Jacobs family through Jacobs Capital.

The Role

We are seeking a strategic, technically credible and hands-on Group Head Data & Analytics, reporting directly to the Group CIO, to own the Group's data, analytics, and reporting agenda, and to build a Data & BI Centre of Excellence that turns data into a group-wide strategic asset. You will define and execute our Data & BI strategy, including our growing use of AI and machine learning, own the architecture and governance behind it, and act as a trusted advisor to Group and Country leadership on how data drives financial performance and scalable growth across our 11 markets.

What You Will Own

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Define and execute a group-wide Data & BI strategy aligned with business objectives and country-specific requirements

• Act as a business partner to Group Finance / Operations and to Country Management, embedding analytics into forecasting, budgeting, and performance management

• Position the Data & BI team as a central Centre of Excellence, providing advisory services across Group and Country departments

• Maintain metadata standards, ensure the integrity of Group KPIs, and uphold the semantic layer for reliable strategic decision-making

• Champion self-service reporting and dashboarding for business users across Group and Country functions, reducing reliance on ad-hoc reporting requests

• Define the Group's applied AI/ML agenda related to predictive and prescriptive analytics, forecasting, and decision-support models

Platform Architecture & Operations

• Lead the design, evolution, and scalability of the data platform, ensuring it is future-proof and capable of integrating all valid systems of record

• Champion the migration of the current technology stack to the new Databricks environment

• Ensure stable, sustainable operation of all BI applications and services against agreed SLAs

• Provide the technical know-how and capacity for complex projects, ensuring professional engineering and harmonised processes group-wide

• Lead the overall Group business application data ownership, together with the group IT teams

People Leadership

• Hire, lead, and coach a high-performing team of 4–6 employees in a goal-oriented, appreciative manner, with a focus on succession planning and growth

• Build a culture of trust, high performance, and knowledge sharing, keeping technical and methodological expertise current

What You Bring (Non-negotiable)

• 8+ years of experience in data & analytics or business intelligence leadership, including 5+ years hands-on building or operating enterprise data platforms, plus demonstrated people management experience

• Demonstrated ownership of an enterprise data architecture and governance model (semantic layer / single source of truth, metadata standards, KPI integrity) at group and/or multi-entity scale

• Strong track record partnering with Finance and Operations to embed analytics into forecasting, budgeting, and performance management

• Proven ability to manage vendor relationships and cost centre budgets, and to translate technical concepts for executive stakeholders

• Hands-on fluency with modern BI and data platform tooling (e.g. Databricks, or equivalent enterprise-scale stack)

Strongly Preferred

• Experience in multi-country/multi-entity organisations, ideally with a distributed operating model

• Background in healthcare, dental, or another operationally intensive, multi-site services sector

• Hands-on experience building or scaling an operational/business-performance analytics function alongside a core BI/data platform remit

• Familiarity with European data privacy and reporting regulation relevant to group-wide analytics (e.g. GDPR and local adaptations)

You as a Person

• Entrepreneurial thinker, comfortable acting independently and autonomously in alignment with Group strategy

• Assertive communicator able to win over managers, peers, and employees for new ideas

• Thrives with short decision paths and a high pace of change

• A dedicated team player who excels in a matrix organisation, balancing Group standards with local country needs

What We Offer

• An opportunity to grow and build a modern and scalable data & analytics ecosystem across 11 countries • A modern technology environment with an appetite for long-term investments

• Competitive compensation commensurate with seniority and market

• A purpose-driven organisation: Our mission is to provide modern, quality dentistry services for the benefit of patients, dentists, colleagues and shareholders, striving for continuous growth and excellence.

If interested in this role, please send your CV together with a brief summary on your relevant experience to Elisa Salaberri, our Talent Acquisition Partner for this role, via [email protected]. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in Switzerland.