Head of Data

The Team
Lead multidisciplinary data teams with a focus on innovation, agility, and collaboration. Align cross-functional partnerships across application, infrastructure, and security domains to enable seamless data integration and business-critical outcomes. Cultivate strategic vendor relationships to drive service excellence and technology advancement. Champion talent strategies that prioritize upskilling, mentorship, and succession planning to build organizational resilience.
Key Impact Areas
Leadership & Collaboration

• Collaborate across Enterprise Architecture, Strategy & Governance, Enterprise Cyber Security and Research & Innovation to elevate data into a strategic asset that fuels innovation and enterprise growth.

• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams including engineers, scientists, analysts, and BI professionals.

• Partner with business units to identify data-driven opportunities and deliver value.

• Serve as the enterprise's primary data authority for internal and external stakeholders.

Data Strategy & Governance

• Own and evolve the enterprise data strategy in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture in alignment with business goals.

• Implement governance frameworks ensuring compliance, security, privacy, and ethical data use as established by Privacy, Data and AI Governance and ETX Risk & Compliance.

• Promote data literacy and embed a data-driven culture across the organization.

Data Architecture

• Define scalable, cloud-native data platforms in partnership with Enterprise Architecture and IT.

• Integrate structured and unstructured data across hybrid environments.

• Lead master and metadata management programs to ensure consistency and traceability.

Data Management & Operations

• Deliver modern data management solutions using ETL/ELT and cloud technologies.

• Implement enterprise data quality frameworks and continuous improvement programs.

• Monitor data health metrics and lead remediation of critical data issues.

• Architect scalable infrastructure including data lakes, warehouses, and pipelines.

• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of platforms (e.g., Vertica, Snowflake, Databricks, AWS/Azure).

• Drive automation and observability to reduce downtime and improve operational efficiency.

Data Integration

• Define and execute the enterprise data integration strategy and roadmap.

• Lead adoption of cloud-native and hybrid integration tools.

• Champion modern integration patterns including data mesh, API-led connectivity, and event-driven architectures.

• Support real-time, batch, and streaming data needs across domains.

Technology & Innovation

• Evaluate and implement emerging data management platforms and tools.

• Stay ahead of trends in data mesh, data fabric, and AI-driven governance collaborating with R&D, EA and PDAIG teams.

• Enable self-service capabilities to empower business users.

Analytics & Insights

• Enable data-driven transformation by advancing the use of AI, machine learning, and analytics to generate insights that drive strategic outcomes.

• Develop performance frameworks and KPIs to measure the impact of data initiatives.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and internal security standards.

• Collaborate with Security and Risk teams to manage data-related risks and audit readiness.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or related field.

• 10+ years in data-focused roles, including 5+ years in Executive or Senior leadership roles.

• Deep technical knowledge of data technologies, platforms and products.

• Strong experience in ETL/ELT, APIs, and streaming technologies (Informatica, Kong, Kafka).

• Deep knowledge of data architecture, governance, and analytics methodologies.
• Experience managing data in the cloud. AWS preferred

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Attributes

• Strategic thinker with a track record of aligning data initiatives to business outcomes.

• Proven success in fast-paced environments with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.

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