What you will do

Data Team Lead at Helmes

As a Data Team Lead at Helmes, you’ll have the chance to guide a bright team working on exciting projects. Your leadership will help create an environment where people collaborate, grow, and genuinely enjoy building great solutions together.

What our data unit does

• We work with customers across several sectors, as finance, e-commerce, and real estate, primarily in the Nordics and Western Europe
• We set up data warehouses, ETL/ELT processes, and do business analytics
• We work with both on-premises and cloud solutions. This means using tools ranging from MS SQL to Snowflake and Databricks
• We have taken a technology-agnostic approach to different challenges
• We’re a friendly team of international specialists who help and mentor each other

As a Team Lead, you will

• Support the Business Unit Lead in sales and client acquisition by drafting offers and handling related tasks as needed
• Customer account management; Managing communication with clients and internal stakeholders
• Managing people: motivation, personal development, and training planning for all team members.
• Planning team capacity and allocating technical resources
• Responsible for making hiring decisions
• Handling team finances: budgeting, billing, and reporting
• Doing project work (as much as your competencies and time allow)

Your key responsibilities include

• Inspire, motivate, and support your team’s growth and development
• Ensure your team has the necessary resources, including technology, skills, and capacity, to succeed
• Monitor team performance and continuously seek opportunities for improvement
• Manage financial aspects, including monthly billing and reporting
• Build lasting partnerships with clients and actively explore future collaboration opportunities
• Serve as the main point of contact for internal and external communication, fostering strong relationships with clients, vendors, and partners

What to expect

A world-class workplace
We fully support hybrid work principles and ensure that every person and team have both comfortable and ergonomic workspaces. Our company offices are meant to be social hubs for Helmes people.

Supportive ecosystem for growth
We select the best talent and trust them to build successful businesses with their customers. The variety of customers, projects, and smart peers who surround you will enable you to fulfill your professional ambitions.

Balanced life
We care about people and invest in long-term relationships. We believe that the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of our employees is the very foundation of our best-in-class service.

What we offer

What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid work environment
• High degree of autonomy in decision-making, team development, and strategy
• A committed and professional team with an agile mindset
• Motivation package that rewards entrepreneurship
• Flexibility in designing your career based on your wishes, potential, and ambition
• Strong support and opportunities to grow professionally
• A healthy and inspiring environment in our Tallinn or Tartu office
• Many health- and sports-related benefits

Requirements

We are looking for

• Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset
• Skilled in leading a (project) team
• A natural ability to lead, inspire, negotiate, and bring people along
• Reliable, mature, and committed to taking ownership
• Excellent in Estonian and English, both written and spoken
• Experience in budgeting and financial management
• Deep interest in data engineering and related domains
• Previous experience working as a Data Engineer/Data Analyst/BI Developer, or similar, is a plus
• Experience in sales is a plus