Company: RX Deutschland
Location: Düsseldorf or Richmond / Hybrid
Languages: English, German (nice to have)
About the RoleThe position combines people leadership, stakeholder management, operational excellence, project delivery, and continuous process improvement.
The Data Operations Manager is responsible for the effective management, governance, quality, and operational use of customer data across the organization. The role leads a team responsible for delivering data operation services to primarily Marketing but also other business stakeholders while ensuring compliance with RELX data privacy regulations and internal RELX governance requirements.
Responsibilities:
Lead daily Data Operations activities across systems and teams, ensuring efficient delivery, prioritization, and resource allocation.
Ensure high standards of customer and account data quality, integrity, governance, and GDPR/privacy compliance.
Manage data access, uploads, segmentation, campaign readiness, and escalated CRM or data-related issues.
Lead, coach, and develop the Data Operations team, fostering a collaborative, customer-focused, and high-performing culture.
Translate business requirements into effective data solutions and drive process optimization and automation to improve operational efficiency.
Lead targeting and segmentation initiatives, including support for CDP development, to improve campaign effectiveness and commercial outcomes.
Develop and enhance KPIs, dashboards, reporting, and measurement frameworks to track operational, campaign, and data performance.
Partner with commercial and cross-functional stakeholders to provide actionable insights, continuously improve service delivery, and support data-driven decision-making.
Qualifications:
Strong experience in Data Operations, CRM, Data Management, or a related operational function.
Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing a team.
Strong understanding of data quality, governance, GDPR, and data privacy principles.
Experience working with CRM systems, data platforms, and reporting tools.
Strong analytical skills with experience creating and enhancing dashboards and operational reports.
Ability to translate business requirements into practical and scalable data solutions.
Excellent organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple requests and competing deadlines.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with a collaborative and customer-focused approach.
What we offer:
A varied role with plenty of scope to make an impact in an international events environment.
The opportunity to contribute to the continued development of leading B2B event formats.
A hybrid working model based in Düsseldorf.
Collaboration with dedicated teams, strong partners, and key industry stakeholders.
A dynamic environment where organization, creativity, and strategic thinking are highly valued.
Interested?
We look forward to receiving your application at RX. Join a team that creates relevant, impactful, and engaging events.
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Skills Required
- Experience in Data Operations, CRM, or Data Management
- Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing a team
- Strong understanding of data quality, governance, GDPR, and data privacy principles
- Experience working with CRM systems, data platforms, and reporting tools
- Strong analytical skills with experience creating and enhancing dashboards and operational reports
- Ability to translate business requirements into practical and scalable data solutions
- Excellent organizational and prioritization skills to manage multiple requests and deadlines
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with a collaborative, customer-focused approach
- Experience with targeting, segmentation, and Customer Data Platform (CDP) initiatives
- English language proficiency
- German language proficiency
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
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What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
