Associate Director- Data & AI

Role Overview:
Own the end-to-end architecture for enterprise data platforms and AI-driven supply chain solutions. Define standards, best practices, and ensure scalability and security.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-grade data architectures leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery. (experience with atleast 2 platforms mandatory)

• Define data governance frameworks (Colibra / Atlan / Alation / Databricks Unity), security models, and semantic layers.

• Lead migration strategies from SAP ECC/S4 to cloud lakehouse environments.

• Architect AI-ready data foundations for advanced analytics and LLM integration.

• Guide teams on performance optimization, cost management, and cloud-native patterns.

• Partner with business stakeholders to align architecture with supply chain objectives.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in data architecture for cloud platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery).

• Strong knowledge of data lakehouse patterns, Delta Lake, and semantic modeling.

• Experience with AI/ML enablement, LLM orchestration, and agentic workflows.

• Proficiency in Python, Spark/PySpark, and big data ecosystems.

• Familiarity with SAP and / or SAP BW as the source for data extraction and integration.

• Familiarity with SAP BDC (Business Data Cloud) and building Data Products

• Data governance frameworks (Colibra / Atlan / Alation / Databricks Unity), security models, and semantic layers

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.