Head of Data, Cloud, Security and IT
Location
Pindamonhangaba, SP | Brazil
Job description
Opportunity also for people with disabilities
Solfacil is Brazil’s leading and fastest growing solar technology company. Today, our business enables installers to efficiently help homeowners go solar by providing fast, easy and affordable financing solutions. We combine our financing with the distribution of solar hardware kits - including panels, inverters and batteries - in order to make the solar purchase and installation experience seamless for all parties.Homeowners who go solar also have access to data and insights about how their system is performing, and are able to manage their account with Solfacil, through our customer platform. Key data that powers all of the above comes from Ampera, our proprietary IoT hardware, which allows us to monitor and provide insights about a solar energy system’s performance.
Solfacil is investing in product and technology to evolve into a world-class platform company and are looking for top-notch talent to join us on our mission.
As the Head of Data, Cloud, Security and IT , you will be responsible for our software products that are core to their company's success. The right leader possess exceptional technical DNA, deep and broad management experience within Data and Cloud (at minimum), and be able to operate as a collaborative, commercially fluent member of the company leadership team.
Responsibilities and assignments
Responsible for:
- Data Platform: Ensure that our data is clean, usable, reliable and safe. Responsible for our full tech stack for data, including data warehouse and data analytics, and data governance.
- PaaS: Ensure our PaaS is accessible, flexible, secure and scalable. Responsible for our PaaS holistically.
- Security: Build a best-in-class security posture and team for Solfacil, including driving compliance with SOC2 and the NIST cybersecurity framework.
- IT: Ensure that Solfacil’s employees have the right technology to do their jobs and that our facilities are connected and safe.
- Technical Vision, Strategy Ownership and Strategy Alignment: Own and drive the overarching, multi-year technical vision, strategy, and architecture for the Data, PaaS and Security teams. Ensure that technology strategy influences, informs and aligns with company and product strategies, and product roadmap.
- Provide leadership for the Data, Cloud, Security and IT teams, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Create a strong tech culture within your team, and evangelize said culture across your peer teams and Solfacil. Develop and mentor our talent, ensuring a high-performing and motivated team.
- Execution Leadership: Accountable for the execution of the data, cloud and security software suite, and IT, across Solfacil. Drive the team towards building and delivering reliable, innovative and impactful technology solutions. Set and drive key technology-related performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives to achieve company goals.
- Implement operational best practices, identify and address bottlenecks, and establish scalable processes to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the engineering team.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and ensure that teams are collaborating, including engineering, the analytics community at Solfacil, and product management, to understand overarching business needs and ensure the translation of technical strategy into actionable plans.
- Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, from leadership to individual contributors. Build strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on technical strategy and fostering collaboration.
- Operate in a fast-paced environment, making strategic decisions and adjustments when needed. Bring structure and process to ambiguity, ensuring efficient and effective delivery.
- Be a role model for your team.
Requirements and qualifications
Requirements :
- A solid experience of people management experience within technical leadership with responsibility for products that are core to a company’s business.
- Bonus if you have direct experience with B2B2C platforms and/or solar software.
- Academic background in related fields.
- Strong track record of delivering winning products, meaningful commercial outcomes, and building and developing high performing teams.
- Strong technical background with the ability to understand, drive and communicate critical and complex architectural decisions. Has expertise across data and cloud (at minimum), and a baseline facility with security policies, practices and products. Actively builds said acumen within their team.
- Deep understanding (and using) of technology development and best practices.
- Comfortable making decisions and delivering results in a fast paced environment.
- Operates effectively in ambiguity. Proactively creates structure and process where needed.
- Effective leader.
- Clear and effective communicator in English and Portuguese. Brings the right message with the right tone to the right audience at the right level.
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