10 Apr 2026

External Data & Partnerships Manager

bol

Utrecht

10 Apr 2026

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Senior External Data & Partnerships Manager role at bol's Retail Media Analytics team in Utrecht. Requires 7-10+ years experience in external data management, partnerships, and market intelligence. Responsibilities include building data roadmaps, securing commercial data sources, driving adoption, and collaborating with analytics engineering.

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HybridFull-timeSeniorExternal Data

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid

Experience Required

10 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

7 to 10+ years of experience

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

external datamarket intelligencedata procurementdata licensingprivacygovernancedata managementROI thinkinganalytics engineeringdata integration

Soft Skills

strategistdealmakeradoption championcollaborationstakeholder alignmentnegotiationcontext switchingjudgmentpatience

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

advertisingad techretail media

Key Responsibilities

•Build and maintain an external data roadmap: what to buy, what to partner on, what activities to stop, and securing stakeholder alignment to make it all happen
•Identify, evaluate, and secure commercial data sources that materially enrich how Retail Media operates – from composing shortlists to writing business cases, securing approval, overseeing procurement, and coordinating with legal, and analytics engineering
•Develop sister-brand data collaborations, including clean room and aggregated-insight use cases, by removing blockers, aligning interests, and converting goodwill into repeatable delivery
•Champion data adoption across strategy, commercial, and operations teams, ensuring external data is included in existing reporting, to better inform processes and executive narratives
•Apply explicit ROI thinking to every data investment: will an initiative create more value than it costs?
•Navigate data licensing, privacy, governance, and data management considerations — you’re the authority on how we can use data
•Collaborate closely with analytics engineering to ensure lightweight, sustainable integration of new data sources into the platform

Retail MediaBusiness DevelopmentSalesData PartnershipsExternal DataAnalyticsStrategyProcurementLegalAdoption

Key Responsibilities

•Build and maintain an external data roadmap: what to buy, what to partner on, what activities to stop, and securing stakeholder alignment to make it all happen

•Identify, evaluate, and secure commercial data sources that materially enrich how Retail Media operates – from composing shortlists to writing business cases, securing approval, overseeing procurement, and coordinating with legal, and analytics engineering

•Develop sister-brand data collaborations, including clean room and aggregated-insight use cases, by removing blockers, aligning interests, and converting goodwill into repeatable delivery

•Champion data adoption across strategy, commercial, and operations teams, ensuring external data is included in existing reporting, to better inform processes and executive narratives

•Apply explicit ROI thinking to every data investment: will an initiative create more value than it costs?

•Navigate data licensing, privacy, governance, and data management considerations — you’re the authority on how we can use data

•Collaborate closely with analytics engineering to ensure lightweight, sustainable integration of new data sources into the platform