We are seeking a visionary and transformational Director – Data Products, Big Data & Analytics to lead the data, analytics, and AI enablement strategy for the Automotive division.
Requirements
- Define and own the Data & Analytics vision and roadmap for the Automotive division
- Act as a transformation leader, driving a shift from centralized data platforms to domain-driven, product-oriented data capabilities
- Partner with executive leadership to shape long-term AI, analytics, and data monetization strategies
- Champion a data-as-a-product mindset across business and technology teams
- Lead the design and rollout of a Data Mesh architecture, enabling domain-owned data products with federated governance
- Establish standards and best practices for data product ownership, including lifecycle management, SLAs, quality, security, and value measurement
- Enable interoperability, discoverability, and trust across data products through shared platforms and enablement services
- Balance innovation with scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency across cloud and big data ecosystems
- Provide strategic oversight of big data platforms and engineering capabilities supporting batch, streaming, and real-time analytics
- Ensure scalable, secure, and resilient data pipelines across cloud and hybrid environments
- Guide platform evolution to support AI/ML workloads, feature stores, and analytics at scale
- Align data architecture with modern cloud-native and event-driven design principles
- Accelerate the AI and Advanced Analytics roadmap by enabling high-quality, reusable, and trusted data products
- Collaborate with AI/ML, software, and product teams to operationalize analytics and models into production
- Drive analytics maturity across descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive use cases
- Enable AI-driven decision-making across Automotive domains, including connected vehicles, software-defined vehicles, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and customer experience
- Own and drive tactical analytics execution within the Automotive division
- Prioritize and deliver high-impact analytics initiatives tied to business KPIs and operational outcomes
- Provide hands-on leadership and direction to analytics teams delivering insights, dashboards, and advanced models
- Ensure analytics outputs translate into actionable decisions and measurable value
- Define and implement federated data governance, including data quality, security, privacy, and compliance
- Establish a clear data operating model between central platforms and domain teams
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards
- Enable responsible AI and ethical data usage practices
- Build, lead, and mentor high-performing teams across data engineering, analytics, and data product management
- Foster a strong culture of data-driven decision-making and ownership
- Develop talent strategies to scale data, analytics, and AI capabilities globally
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, technology partners, and ecosystem vendors
Benefits
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Volunteer leave
- Paid bonding and care giver leave
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Fertility support and adoption assistance
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Retirement savings plan with employer match
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Life insurance
