Senior Director, Data Platform & Governance
Core
Own the technical delivery and evolution of LEGO's enterprise data platform and embed data governance into the platform to make it the default for users.
Role type
Senior Director, Data Platform & Governance
Builds
Enterprise data platform (Databricks on AWS) and governance frameworks
Domain
Retail / Consumer Products / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Leading platform or data infrastructure teams with a product approach, implementing automated governance (quality checks, lineage, cataloguing, access controls), owning enterprise data models, managing cloud spend and vendor relationships, building partnerships with product counterparts, staying close to users via feedback loops, explaining infrastructure trade-offs to non-technical partners
Preferred skills
Databricks ecosystem (Unity Catalog), governance-as-code, internal developer platforms, data mesh, AI/ML governance (model registries, feature stores), retail/consumer/manufacturing background
Technologies
Databricks, AWS, Unity Catalog
Responsibilities
Own technical delivery and evolution of the enterprise data platform, lead data platform engineering and data governance teams, embed automated data governance, own the enterprise data model, partner with the platform product function, stay close to vertical data teams, set technical standards for data ingestion/transformation/storage/serving, manage platform cost/performance/reliability, advance responsible AI and data ethics posture
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership & hands-on technical ownership
