BCRHead of IT Data
May. 2017 - Oct. 2024Bucharest, Romania• Platform Strategy & Ownership: Led enterprise-wide strategy and rollout of Data Lake Platform, integrating 30+ data sources to enable real-time analytics, digital adoption, and business intelligence across all bank divisions. • Business Growth Enablement: Founded Data Analytics Lab in partnership with McKinsey, delivering customer campaigns, AI-powered recommendation engines, and BCR's first loyalty program, driving measurable revenue growth. • Cross-functional Delivery: Coordinated 100+ professionals across matrix teams, directing 30+ concurrent projects spanning regulatory compliance, data processes, group consolidated reporting, and business intelligence initiatives with 95% on-time completion. • Investment & Portfolio Leadership: Oversaw €7M+ annual IT investment portfolio, securing €1.5M enterprise data warehouse upgrade approval through strategic business case development. • Customer 360 & Analytics: Built comprehensive Customer 360 product and executive dashboards, increasing Power BI adoption by 30% and enabling data-driven decision making across business units. • Executive Influence: Sustained employee engagement >85% while regularly presenting to Executive Committee on data strategy, regulatory impact and overall IT portfolio delivery. • End-to-End Data Delivery: Owned complete data delivery lifecycle for regulatory reporting, business intelligence, digital processes, and group consolidation requirements using Agile methodologies.