Episode 32 Antje Bustamante: How to build effective data product teams

In my 32nd episode I speak to the awesome Antje Bustamante Director of Data & Analytics at Zoopla!  We talk about:   1) A little bit about her background.   2) Her role at Zoopla and how data has been a big influence.  3) How she started to build and scale a team around data. 4) How the data team was organised within the corporate context. 5) How she and her team started to show value through the data layer, while building the foundational elements. 6) How she persuades / influences the C-Suite to think about ROI through data. 7) How she looks at the monetisation of the market place / eco-system at Zoopla. 8) How she brings teams together to solve a business problem through data. 9) How she aligned the data teams to the Zoopla culture. 10) The different techniques she deploys for data product development. 11) What advise she would give to the up and coming women in data.  12) The top three skills that she thinks are important to those who are thinking about a data career.  About Antje:   Antje is Director of Data & Analytics at Zoopla, where she has been working since September 2019. With over 18 years of experience, Antje has built award-winning teams across analytics, data science and data engineering for market-place companies across Europe such as ImmobilienScout24.  Her experience lies in building data product teams that drive direct and indirect monetization and in driving a data literate company culture. Antje is passionate about coaching and mentoring young female leaders and wants to empower more women to be successful in the field of data and leadership. About Samir:   Samir is a data strategy and analytics leader, CEO and Founder of datazuum. He has a history of helping data executives and leaders craft and execute their data strategies. His passion for data strategy led him to launch the Data Strategy & Analytics Coaching Programme, and is host of the Data Strategy Show.  After a career in both private and public sectors Samir launched the datazuum brand in 2012, with a view to working with executives to deliver data strategy at a time when data was not seen as a business asset.   Today datazuum delivers projects across both private and public sectors including: Charities, Financial Services (Banking & Insurance), Government, Housing & Construction, Law Enforcement, Logistics, Media & Publishing, Outsourcing, Postal, Retail, Telecoms, Transport and Utilities.  Samir has 20 years of international experience across Europe, North America, and Africa.  He is a regular speaker at international conferences, coach / mentor, a charity fundraiser, and youth champion for Working Knowledge - supporting young people to achieve their personal and career goals in life.   Samir lives in London with his wife and daughter.     Contact: [email protected]