Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Engagement Lead - Data & AI
- Location: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Type: FULL_TIME
- Posted on: 2026-05-06
Are you the rare hybrid who can seamlessly translate between business and tech? Xebia Group is looking for an Engagement Lead in Data & AI to join our team in Eindhoven. This role is for someone who can lead multi-year data strategies, understand technical conversations, and manage complex client engagements.
Responsibilities
As an Engagement Lead, you will:
- Own the client relationship at executive and C-suite level, leading steering committees and framing strategic choices.
- Shape the data & AI strategy alongside the client, translating ambition into a feasible roadmap.
- Lead delivery of the engagement, managing scope, budget, and coordinating across teams.
- Stay close to the technology, particularly around the Microsoft data stack (Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Synapse).
- Work with our delivery practice to staff the engagement, manage risk, and ensure project health.
- Represent Xebia Data in the wider account, spotting opportunities and growing the partnership.
Requirements
- 5–8 years in consulting, data, or strategy roles with experience in leading client engagements.
- Proven C-suite presence: experience in leading conversations with CIOs, CDOs, CFOs, and leadership teams.
- Strong project & program management skills.
- Solid grounding in data & AI: understanding of the modern data stack and experience with the Microsoft / Azure ecosystem (especially Microsoft Fabric).
- Strategic thinking and the ability to move between high-level and detailed views.
- Excellent English and Dutch communication skills.
- Eligible to work in the Netherlands.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, GCP, AWS, and willingness to ramp on Microsoft Fabric.
We Offer
- Hybrid work model: flexibility to work from client sites, our Amsterdam office, or from home.
- Monthly Hackathons: full-day hackathons on company time.
- Development Budget: €5,000 per year and 6 days of dedicated development time.
- Conferences and Speaking: attending and speaking at relevant conferences included.
- Knowledge Sharing: bi-weekly events with dinner.
- Sandbox Environments: build and experiment in GCP, AWS, and Azure environments.
- Modern and dog-friendly office in Amsterdam, Oostenburg.
- Great Community: involvement in community events and sponsorships.
- Physical and Mental Well-being: benefits for health, free healthy lunches, and snacks.
- Tech and Mobility Budget: generous budget for tech and mobility.
- Unlimited Book Budget: order any books to keep learning.
- Very Good Pension Plan: solid pension plan for your future.
- Fun events and activities: ski trips, BBQs, cooking workshops, and more!
About the Company
Xebia Group is renowned for its expertise in building strong Data & AI practices. We help organizations build future-proof capabilities that create value for both their business and their customers. You'll work alongside some of the sharpest data professionals in Europe in an energetic atmosphere that combines the benefits of a large organization with the spirit of a scale-up.
Our core values are people first, quality without compromise, knowledge sharing, and customer intimacy. At Xebia Data, you will find like-minded colleagues who are at the forefront of their field and have the courage to go off the beaten track; they are the people who make organizations move.
Interested? Let’s talk.