The Talent Engineering Playbook: How Yanolja Built a High-Performance Data Culture

A modern data platform is just the foundation; success depends on the teams steering it. For Yanolja, Korea’s leading travel-tech unicorn, scaling innovation required a systematic talent strategy to match rapid technical growth.

This session offers an inside look at enterprise-scale talent evolution. We deconstruct an "assess-and-architect" methodology, using data-driven diagnostics to bridge skill gaps. A key pillar was establishing an enterprise-wide data capability framework. This created a shared language for skills and maturity — acting as a cultural catalyst that aligns leadership, engineering and business teams.

Partnering with Databricks, Yanolja redefined how human capital accelerates platform ROI. Discover how structural enablement became a tangible value driver. Learn how technical fluency correlates with platform returns and how leadership can pivot from managing systems to architecting a resilient, data-first culture.