Department Manager, Data Engineering & AI
Core
Lead the enterprise Data Engineering & AI delivery organization, building and operating shared, reusable capabilities to turn business demand into secure, scalable, production-grade data and AI products.
Role type
Senior IC department manager (Data Engineering & AI)
Builds
Shared data and AI platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, Palantir, Databricks) and enterprise AI brain/ontology
Domain
Enterprise Data & AI, Cloud Platforms, AI Governance
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Cloud platform expertise (Azure, AWS, GCP, Palantir, Databricks), AI/ML engineering, team leadership, engineering standards definition, AI governance, cross-functional stakeholder management, technical roadmap planning
Preferred skills
Experience consolidating multiple cloud platforms, building enterprise ontologies, agentic workflows, vendor/SI management
Technologies
Azure, AWS, GCP, Palantir, Databricks
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Data & AI technical organization across multiple geographies; Own the technical delivery roadmap and turn prioritized backlog demand into capacity plans; Define engineering standards and reusable patterns for ingestion, integration, modeling, and CI/CD; Build and operate the enterprise ontology and AI brain; Implement technical controls for AI governance (access, guardrails, lineage, audit); Drive build-versus-buy decisions and platform consolidation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
