Senior AI & Data Strategy Expert

Vantage Towers • Lisboa

Lisboa

from 2026-04-20

The opportunity

The opportunity

At Vantage Towers, we’re on a mission to power Europe’s sustainable digital transformation. As a leading tower company, we’re ushering in an era of technology-driven advances to help connect people, businesses, and internet-enabled devices like never before. We combine the scale, stability and quality of our tower network with the agility, optimism and energy of a start-up.

As a young TowerCo, we have already achieved strong results with a continued focus on accelerating growth and a special emphasis put on sustainability.

As part of our team, you’ll work in a dynamic and multicultural environment that embraces open communication, collaboration and teamwork.

If you’re ready to take responsibility and shape the future of telco infrastructure with us, then let’s level up in your career and reach the top – together.

Your contribution
  • Design scalable, secure, future-proof data architectures that form the backbone of our VT Data Lake and analytics landscape
  • Define end-to-end solution designs for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption across platforms (incl. GCP)
  • Build and optimize data pipelines and data models (ETL/ELT, orchestration, storage design) to support analytics and reporting at scale
  • Enable selected AI/ML use cases by defining governed data access patterns and curated datasets that provide trusted context
  • Develop self-service BI and reporting that translates complex datasets into actionable insights (e.g., Power BI)
  • Lead technical design reviews, assess architectural trade-offs, and ensure solutions follow best-practice patterns
  • Guide and challenge external vendors to deliver high-quality, maintainable, compliant data and analytics solutions
  • Establish data governance principles, standards, and documentation to ensure architectural consistency and data quality
  • Explore and pilot emerging technologies relevant to modern data architecture (including agentic AI enablement where useful)
What makes you stand out
  • Strong architectural mindset with the ability to structure complex data landscapes into coherent, modular, and scalable solutions
  • Deep understanding of data modeling, data integration patterns, and cloud-native architecture principles
  • AI-ready data architecture: build governed models, pipelines and standards so analytics and AI/GenAI can consume trusted data at scale
  • Agentic enablement + translation: design-controlled access patterns (A2A/MCP concepts) and turn AI/GenAI requirements into actionable architecture decisions (performance, cost, governance)
  • Ability to simplify complex technical designs for non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making
  • Confident, structured, and solution-oriented working style with high standards for quality and maintainability
  • Experience operating in distributed, multinational environments with diverse technical stakeholders
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud data platforms, modern ETL/ELT design, and data-driven product development
  • Strong ability to balance conceptual architecture thinking with pragmatic, delivery-focused execution
You must have
  • University degree in IT, computer science, engineering, business with IT focus, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related roles, incl. 2+ years in cloud environments (ideally GCP)
  • Strong knowledge of data architecture principles (data modeling, integration patterns, pipeline orchestration, storage design)
  • AI enablement (platform-side): hands-on exposure to supporting AI/ML workloads on the data platform (e.g., integrating data/pipelines for Vertex AI / BigQuery ML-style use cases, and setting up the data access + monitoring needed for reliable production use)
  • Interoperability experience: enabling cross-platform access to governed data via standard interfaces/protocols (e.g., MCP / A2A concepts)
  • Proficient programming skills (Python or Java) and advanced SQL
  • Practical experience with BI/reporting platforms, preferably Power BI
  • Experience designing or implementing scalable, cloud-native data solutions
  • Proven experience working across distributed and multinational teams
  • Fluent English (C1);
What we offer
  • diverse, multicultural setup based on our values – Accountability, Respect, Teamwork, and Trust – and the unique opportunity to shape the organisation 
  • An attractive salary package
  • Meal Allowance: Delivered on Pluxee card - €10.20/day
  • Pension Plan
  • Full Health Insurance: For employees and co-payment for family members
  • Life Insurance
  • 7 extra vacation days: 4 flexible, plus 3 fixed — 1 on Carnival, 1 on Christmas, and half a day on Easter and New Year's.
  • Parking Slot

    Interested? Send us your CV with your desired salary. Depending on the role, we generally invite you to two rounds of interviews before you receive your offer.

Not the right match? We have plenty of other opportunities to choose from in this department here.

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Employee testimonials

Aingeru Cano
Aingeru Cano
Team Leader Design and Engineering, Vantage Towers Spain

"Working for VT gives you the opportunity of living a unique experience in a multinational, multidisciplinary and customer-centric company.
Within the infrastructure and roll out service department, you have a direct contact with customers, vendors and other departments of the company to which we must provide service. Moreover, our clients’ high level of rigorousness makes us be continuously pursuing cutting-edge technological solutions. 
I find very motivating the fact of knowing how the same projects and problems are faced from the different markets, leading to the same outcomes in most of cases."

Amr Khalifa
Senior Manager Cyber Security, Vantage Towers Group

"At Vantage Towers, you can enjoy working at a company with start-up mentality, be part of implementing new initiatives and technologies whilst enjoying the capabilities and resources of a multi-national corporation. The result of this interesting mix is an exponential learning curve making Vantage Towers a highly professionally rewarding experience!"

Ana Perez Gonzalez
Ana Perez Gonzalez
Head of Business Operations, Vantage Towers Spain

"Working at VT ES is a refreshing experience: from the moment I joined, I have been able to express my opinions, swiftly implement innovative digitalization projects that improve customer interactions and make life easier for our colleagues. The multicultural environment we work in and the professional level that surrounds me are incentives that make me discover something new every day and want to go further."

Athanasia Solomou
Athanasia Solomou
Sites Construction Manager, Vantage Towers Greece

"I am honored and privileged to be working for such an innovative company as Vantage Towers, promoting and implementing hosting environments of high-end technology solutions.
Every day my team and I are facing new challenges, which we approach through a collaborative team spirit and with respect to the environment. 
Saying so, a successful construction implementation is not only a target achievement but a pleasure of creation.
Further on this truly global and diverse working environment helps widening the horizon of our knowledge, resulting to a top quality daily outcome."

Carlos Chilla
Carlos Chilla
Mng. Technology Strategy & Innovation

“At Vantage Towers, your ideas are not just heard - they drive change. From day one, I was entrusted to lead key projects that challenged me to grow - it’s rewarding to see how my contributions makes a real difference to the company’s success. I am proud that my work helps to keep people connected shaping the future of telecommunications. Working at Vantage Towers is an opportunity to leave a real impact on the industry and to improve the way technology transforms lives.”

Catalina Badoiu
Customer Delivery Manager, Vantage Towers Romania

"I'm happy to be part of this team that promotes and demonstrates values ​​such as trust, teamwork, respect! Here, in Vantage you feel like in a family, everything we feel matters and we can express ourselves freely."

Paraskevi Christia
Paraskevi Christia
Commercial Contracts Manager, Vantage Towers Greece

"An environment that promotes collaboration, creativity, innovation and diversity is one that motivates and inspires for great achievements. It's fantastic that I feel like an integral part of such a team and feel that I contribute daily to each one of these achievements while through the same path I enhance my development and skills. That's what it’s like to work at Vantage Towers!"

Walid Heggy
Senior Manager IT Service Delivery Management, Vantage Towers Group

“The Vantage Towers culture is something special. I’m proud to work in a team that values open collaboration—my colleagues are there for me, and I’m there for them. I get to learn about the tower industry and innovative ideas from a diverse team of experts—and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

About Vantage Towers
Vantage Towers - Our Story
Vantage Towers - Our Story
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