Jochem van Grondelle

Senior Data & Product Leader

Netherlands

About

Engineering leader and hands-on technologist, combining deep technical skill with dynamic, real-world global multicultural leadership experience. * Over 17 years, I’ve built and led multicultural and multinational engineering teams, guided strategic cross-team initiatives, and established scalable practices for engineering excellence. * I design high-availability platforms and data systems and am at my best at the intersection of strategy, process, architecture, and team enablement. I value craftsmanship, shared ownership, and continuous growth cultures. * I apply AI pragmatically in design and development, and evangelise effective usage without compromising quality or operational safety across teams. * Outside work, I channel the same curiosity and discipline into music creation, world exploration, and my self-hosted infrastructures centered around OSS which satisfy both my creativity and endless curiosity to learn.

Experience

  • Relocation at Career Break
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Relocating from TH to NL for family

  • Program Manager Data Governance & Quality at Agoda
    Oct 2023 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Head of Data at LINE MAN Wongnai
    Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 · 8 mos

  • OLX Group (Full-time · 7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Data Engineering Manager - Domain Data
      Feb 2020 - Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Data Engineering Manager - Data platform
      Jan 2018 - Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Data Engineering Manager - CLM
      Oct 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Senior Data Warehouse Engineer at Delivery Hero
    Apr 2014 - Jan 2015 · 10 mos