Enterprise Data & Analytics Platforms Director
Enterprise Data & Analytics Platforms Director
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Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Director of Data Platforms and Architecture to lead the design development and governance of our enterprisewide Snacking data platform ecosystem. This individual will be responsible for driving platform strategy fostering innovation and ensuring robust data architecture that empower multiple products and capabilities to power business decisions scalability and operational excellence.
As a strategic leader the Director of Data Platforms and Architecture will oversee the implementation and optimization of cuttingedge data technologies & solutions establish best practices in data platforms and governance and provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams. You will work closely with stakeholders across business IT and analytics teams to align data architecture with organizational goals enabling seamless data acquisition and advanced analytics capabilities.
What will be your key responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
- Develop and drive the longterm vision for enterprise data platforms and architecture ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities.
- Collaborate with Clevel executives and business leaders to identify opportunities for leveraging data as a strategic asset.
Data Platform Oversight:
- Oversee the design implementation and maintenance of modern data platforms including cloudnative solutions data lakes data warehouses and realtime processing systems.
- Ensure scalability reliability and high availability of the data ecosystem to support growing business needs.
Architecture Design:
- Define and implement enterprise data architecture standards including data modeling integration and API frameworks.
- Optimize workflows and pipelines to ensure efficient and secure data ingestion processing storage and access.
- Foster a datadriven culture by ensuring architecture supports selfservice analytics and business intelligence tools.
Data Governance & Security:
- Establish and enforce robust data governance practices ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.
- Partner with IT security teams to implement securebydesign data architectures that protect sensitive information and mitigate risks.
Team Management:
- Lead and mentor a team of data architects platform engineers and data governance professionals.
- Foster a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous learning within the team.
Emerging Technologies:
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies tools and industry trends in data platforms AI/ML and big data.
- Proactively evaluate and recommend new technologies that enhance data capabilities and drive business innovation.
CrossFunctional Collaboration:
- Partner with IT analytics and business teams to identify data needs and translate them into actionable platform solutions.
- Advocate for data democratization by enabling access to clean highquality data for decisionmaking.
What are we looking for
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Engineering or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in data engineering architecture or platform management roles with 5 years in leadership positions.
- Expertise in modern data platforms (e.g. Azure AWS Google Cloud) and big data technologies (e.g. Spark Kafka Hadoop).
- Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR CCPA) and data security best practices.
- Proven experience in enterpriselevel architecture design and implementation.
- Handson knowledge of database systems (SQL/NoSQL) ETL/ELT processes and data modeling techniques.
- Exceptional leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work in fastpaced agile environments and balance longterm strategy with shortterm execution.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS Certified Data Analytics Azure Data Engineer etc.).
- Experience with AI/ML technologies and data science platforms.
- Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
What can you expect from Mars
- Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
- Bestinclass learning and development support from day one including access to our inhouse Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
