Director, Enterprise Data Platform

Your Job

Molex LLC is a leading supplier of interconnect solutions for the automotive, medical, consumer electronics, aerospace, and datacom industries that link today's world and solve tomorrow's challenges.

Molex is seeking a Director of Enterprise Data Platform to drive the adoption and enhancement of our Enterprise Data capability.

This role is a part of the Data leadership team responsible for defining, developing, and executing on Enterprise Data Vision aligning with the One Molex Vision and core business strategies.

As such, this person will be responsible for establishing internal service models, long-term roadmaps, and providing measurements of business value achievement along with operating efficiency for Enterprise Data Platform.

This role would have work from home flexibility from the following locations: Lisle, IL or Wichita, KS.

What You Will Do


* Enterprise Data Platform Leadership: Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for the enterprise data platform, ensuring alignment with the organization's overall vision, strategy, and technological advancements.


* Team Leadership & Development: Lead and mentor a global team of data product managers and data engineers.

Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and execution excellence by providing guidance and support to ensure team growth and success.


* Data Product Development & Data Modeling: Oversee the creation of data products that are modeled, abstracted, and harmonized from source datasets.

Ensure these products are democratized across Molex as single sources of truth for trusted analytics.


* Data Ingestion and Enrichment: Manage the design and operation of complex data pipelines to ensure efficient data ingestion, transformation, and storage, supporting both near real-time and batch processing.


* Cloud Data Platforms: Utilize modern cloud-based technologies (e.g., Snowflake, AWS) to ensure optimal data storage and accessibility, focusing on performance and cost-effectiveness.


* Data Governance: Implement and uphold best practices in data governance, quality, security, and compliance to meet both internal standards and external regulatory requirements.

Support efforts in Master Data Management and system integrations.


* Platform Optimization & Integration: Ensure the data platform is robust, optimized, and seamlessly integrated.

Lead initiatives to enhance system performance, drive innovation, and implement scalable solutions that align with strategic company objectives.


* Technical Leadership: Use your strong background in data platforms, data engineering, and cloud technologies to guide the technical direction of the data infrastructure.

Promote the adoption of best practices in data processing, cloud-native delivery, and automation.


* Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Data Product, Data Engineering, and Business teams to align engineering efforts with business goals.

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